REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEWArkansas Car requirements
Requirements depend on the applicant and can change. Verify each item with the cited agency.
age
Arkansas noncommercial driver-license applicants, including teen applicants in the graduated licensing system.
The learner’s license is for ages 14-15, the intermediate license is for ages 16-17, and at age 18 a teen is eligible to apply for a regular unrestricted license subject to the state’s clean-driving-record condition. Applicants under 18 require a parent or guardian to assume financial responsibility.
documents
Arkansas knowledge- and skills-test applicants; required items vary by age and testing stage.
Arkansas State Police requires applicants to present the documents and records required for their testing stage before testing begins. ASP publishes separate under-18 and over-18 knowledge-test checklists, an all-ages skills-test checklist, and a Financial Responsibility Acceptance Form.
tests
Arkansas applicants who must complete noncommercial driver examination.
Arkansas State Police administers knowledge and skills testing statewide and provides statewide scheduling. The skills-test checklist requires the original permit and the other listed driver, insurance, registration, and vehicle-related items before the driving exam can begin.
passing
Arkansas applicants completing the driver-examination process.
Arkansas DFA states that passing the driver exam is the first step in obtaining an Arkansas driver’s license. For applicants using a permit, the current State Police checklist says the skills exam must be completed and the license purchased before the two-year permit expires.
applicability
Users of this Arkansas car/general practice bank.
This page concerns the noncommercial car licensing path and general driving rules. Arkansas separately identifies noncommercial Class D, motorcycle credentials, and commercial licensing; teen applicants also follow graduated-license restrictions that do not apply in the same way to adult regular-license applicants.