REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEWKansas Car requirements
Requirements depend on the applicant and can change. Verify each item with the cited agency.
age
Kansas teen driver-license applicants
Kansas allows an instruction permit beginning at age 14. Drivers under 18 use the graduated driver licensing process, with restricted and less-restricted stages whose age, permit-holding, supervised-driving, driver-education, passenger, and time-of-day requirements vary by stage.
documents
Applicants for an original Kansas driver license
Kansas requires acceptable identity/lawful-presence documentation, Social Security documentation when applicable, and Kansas residency documentation. The current proof checklist generally calls for one document from List A or B, one from List D, and two proofs from List C; applicants younger than 16 need a parent or guardian present with photo identification.
tests
Kansas applicants for whom initial licensing tests are required
An applicant who has never been licensed must pass a vision examination, applicable written examination or examinations, and a driving examination. Teen instruction-permit applicants may satisfy the written-test step with the written exam or an accepted driver-education completion certificate; testing can differ for out-of-state transfers.
passing
Applicants taking the Kansas driver-license knowledge test
The current Kansas Driver’s Handbook states that the knowledge test contains 25 multiple-choice questions and requires 80 percent correct to pass. This saved 100-question practice bank is a study set and does not represent the official exam’s question count.
applicability
Applicants studying for a Kansas noncommercial car driver license or permit
This page covers general Kansas noncommercial car-driver knowledge represented in the saved bank. Graduated licensing requirements apply to teen drivers, while testing can differ for people transferring a valid or expired out-of-state license. Motorcycle and commercial-driver credentials use separate requirements.