REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEWGeorgia Car requirements
Requirements depend on the applicant and can change. Verify each item with the cited agency.
age
Georgia applicants using the Class CP learner permit, Class D teen license path, or regular Class C license path.
A Class CP instructional permit may be issued beginning at age 15. Eligible drivers age 16 or 17 may pursue a Class D provisional license after holding the permit for at least one year and one day and meeting the teen-driver requirements. A regular Class C license is available at age 18 for applicants who satisfy the applicable requirements.
documents
Applicants preparing an original Georgia learner permit or driver-license transaction, especially applicants under 18.
Georgia DDS requires proof of identity and lawful status, Georgia residency, and Social Security information or proof of ineligibility as applicable. Applicants under 18 have additional school-enrollment and adult-signature requirements described in the permit instructions.
tests
First-time Georgia permit or Class C applicants who are required to complete driver testing.
A Class CP permit applicant must complete the required vision screening and knowledge examination. For a first-time Class C applicant, DDS identifies vision, knowledge, and road-skills testing as part of the licensing process, subject to the applicant's transaction and existing credential.
passing
Applicants taking the Georgia DDS knowledge examination.
The Georgia knowledge examination has separate Road Rules and Road Signs parts. Each part contains 20 questions, and an applicant must answer at least 15 correctly on each part to pass.
applicability
Georgia noncommercial car applicants comparing learner-permit, teen Class D, and adult Class C requirements.
This page covers general noncommercial Georgia car knowledge and the CP, D, and C licensing paths relevant to ordinary passenger-vehicle applicants. Teen Class D applicants have Joshua's Law and provisional-license conditions that do not apply in the same way to an adult Class C applicant, and a first-time Class C applicant may have different steps from a person exchanging an existing Georgia credential.