REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEWUtah CDL Class B requirements
Requirements depend on the applicant and can change. Verify each item with the cited agency.
age
Applicants seeking an original Utah Class B commercial learner permit or CDL.
Utah DLD requires a CDL applicant to be at least 18 years old and to have held a Class D driver license for one year. Drivers ages 18 through 20 are limited to intrastate commercial operation; interstate commercial operation generally requires age 21.
documents
Applicants preparing for a Utah original Class B CDL appointment.
Utah DLD lists proof of identity, Social Security number, Utah address, a current driver license, and medical/self-certification information among the items needed for the original commercial licensing process.
tests
Utah Class B applicants taking required CDL knowledge and skills tests.
Utah CDL knowledge tests are closed-book, multiple-choice, English-only tests based on the CDL handbook. Required tests depend on CDL class, vehicle equipment, and endorsements, and the Class B skills process includes vehicle inspection, basic control, and road testing.
passing
Applicants taking Utah CDL written knowledge tests and the required Class B skills tests.
Utah DLD states that commercial written knowledge tests require 80 percent to pass. Applicants must also successfully complete the applicable skills-test components before CDL issuance when a skills test is required.
applicability
First-time Class B applicants and drivers seeking passenger, school-bus, or hazardous-material endorsements.
Federal Entry-Level Driver Training generally applies to first-time Class B applicants before the CDL skills test and to first-time P, S, or H endorsement applicants before the applicable skills or knowledge test. Class B authority does not by itself grant every specialty endorsement represented in this mixed practice bank.