Driver License Application - When you apply for a driver license, you are required by ARS 28-3158(D)(5) and 42 USC 405(c)(2)(C) to provide your Social Security Number. It will be used to verify your identity and to comply with federal and state child support enforcement laws. It will not be used as your driver license number.

Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV) - Click here for information.

Electronic Vehicle Sold Notice - By law, you will need to send MVD a notice when you sell your vehicle, transfer vehicle ownership, or end your vehicle lease. Otherwise you may be liable for fees, tickets, accidents, etc., that occur after the sale. Click here for detail information.

Graduated License - A new provision in Arizona law requires drivers under age 18 to hold an instruction permit for five months before being eligible to apply for a graduated (class G) driver license.

During the five-month instruction permit holding period, teens must do one of the following:

• Complete an approved driver education program, including behind-the-wheel practice, or
• Parent/guardian must certify the teen driver has completed 25 hours of supervised driving practice, including at least 5 hours of nighttime driving.

All teens who apply for a graduated driver license on or after July 18, 2000, are affected by the new law, regardless of when they may have applied for an instruction permit. The instruction permit must be held for a full five months before the driver can apply for a graduated license.

An applicant holding an out-of-state driver license is exempt from the driving practice and instruction permit requirements.

The new law requires motorcycle drivers under age 18 to hold a motorcycle instruction permit for five months before being eligible to apply for a motorcycle (class M) license or endorsement. Applicants for a motorcycle license or endorsement must complete an approved motorcycle driver education program or complete 25 hours of daytime driving practice.

An applicant holding an out-of-state motorcycle license or endorsement is exempt from the driver education/driving practice and instruction permit requirements.

Eligibility for an operator (class D) driver license begins at age 18.

Open Container – It is unlawful for a person to consume or possess an open container of spirituous liquor while operating or while within the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle that is located on any public highway or right-of-way of a public highway in Arizona.

The open container law does not apply to a passenger in any bus, limousine or taxi, or in the living quarters of a motor home. Persons violating this law will be guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

ATV – Exempts from registration an all-terrain vehicle or an off-road recreational motor vehicle operating on a dirt road located in an unincorporated area of Arizona.

Golf Carts – Golf carts manufactured or modified on or after June 17, 1998, must be equipped with a windshield.

Hearing Impaired – Allows a person licensed to practice medicine in another state to complete a form that will certify an applicant is medically, hearing impaired for the purposes of obtaining a special hearing impaired plate or placard. Previously the person had to be licensed in Arizona.

Fleets – Fleet registration is available for owners of 2 or more vehicles and the $100 application fee is eliminated. Previously, owners were required to have 3 or more vehicles to qualify for fleet registration.

Returned Checks – The fee has been raised from $10 to $25 for any check, draft or money order that has been returned by a financial institution.

Bicycles – Motorists are required to allow a minimum safe distance of 3 feet when passing a bicycle traveling in the same direction.

Juveniles – A juvenile who fails to appear for a court hearing or fails to comply with any outstanding court order, will have their driver license suspended until their 18th birthday.