Title 49 — MOTOR VEHICLES

49-301. Drivers to be licensed. (1) No person, except those expressly exempted by the provisions of this chapter, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway unless the person has a current and valid Idaho driver’s license. Provided however, that those persons holding a restrict…

49-302. What persons are exempt from license. The following persons are exempt from licensing if driving privileges are not suspended, canceled, revoked, disqualified, denied or refused: (1) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry when inc…

49-303. which persons shall not be licensed. The department shall not issue any driver’s license, any instruction permit, privileges, or right to drive and, if issued, shall revoke or cancel the driver’s license of a person who: (1) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D…

49-303A. Driver’s license or permits issued to certain persons under the age of eighteen years. (1) Attendance requirements. The department may issue a driver’s license, a class D driver’s training instruction permit, a class D supervised instruction permit, or a class D instruct…

49-304. Motorcycle endorsement. The department shall issue a motorcycle "M" endorsement on a driver’s license to applicants who complete the requirements to operate a motorcycle. (1) No person may operate a motorcycle upon a highway without a motorcycle "M" endorsement on a valid…

49-305. Instruction permits — commercial learner’s permit — conditional licenses — Motorcycle endorsement instruction permit. (1) Upon passage of the required knowledge tests appropriate for the vehicle being operated, the department may issue a commercial learner’s permit for th…

49-306. Application for driver’s license, instruction permit, commercial learner’s permit or restricted school attendance driving permit. (1) Every application for any instruction permit, restricted school attendance driving permit, or driver’s license shall be made on a form fur…

49-307. Class D driver’s training instruction permit — Class D supervised instruction permit — Application for a class D driver’s license — Restrictions on class D driver’s license. (1) No enrollee of any class D driver’s training course shall be allowed to attend classes or part…

49-307A. Restricted school attendance driving permit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter applying to licenses or permits, and notwithstanding the minimum age requirement for a driver training course specified in section 33-1703, Idaho Code, other than those provi…

49-308. Driver training account established. The driver training account is established in the office of the state treasury, which account is continuously appropriated for the purpose of driver training. All disbursements for driver training purposes made under certificate of the…

49-310. Applications of persons under the age of eighteen years. (1) The application of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for any class D instruction permit, restricted driver’s license, restricted school attendance driving permit, driver training instruction permit…

49-311. Release from liability. Any person who has signed the application for a driver’s license of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years may file with the department a verified written request that the driver’s license so granted be cancelled and the department shall can…

49-312. Death of person signing application for person under eighteen years of age. The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person(s) who signed the application of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years for a driver’s license, shall cancel…

49-313. Examination of applicants. (1) The sheriff, his deputy or authorized agents of the department shall examine every applicant for an instruction permit, commercial learner’s permit, restricted school attendance driving permit, seasonal driver’s license, driver’s license or …

49-314. Local examiners appointed by department. (1) The department shall appoint the sheriff in each county and may appoint any deputy sheriff, chief of police, or other officials or private citizens whom the department deems qualified as examiners, who shall be agents of the de…

49-315. Licenses issued to drivers. (1) The department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a distinguishing driver’s license as applied for, which shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, the full name, date of birth, Idaho residence address, sex, weight…

49-316. Driver’s license to be carried and exhibited on demand. Every licensee shall have his driver’s license in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall, upon demand, surrender the driver’s license into the hands of a peace officer for his …

49-317. Restricted driver’s licenses. (1) The department, upon issuing a driver’s license, shall have authority whenever good cause appears to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to: (a) The type of or special mechanical control devices req…

49-318. Duplicate driver licenses and substitute permits. (1) The holder of any instruction permit, class A, B, C or D, restricted school attendance driving permit, or seasonal driver’s license which is lost or destroyed, or a licensee whose name is legally changed, may apply for…

49-319. Expiration and renewal of driver’s license. (1) Every noncommercial Idaho driver’s license issued to a driver shall expire and be renewable as follows: (a) For drivers twenty-one (21) years of age or older, the driver’s license shall expire on the licensee’s birthday in t…

49-320. Notice of change of address. It is the responsibility of every licensed driver and every person applying for a driver’s license to keep a current address on file with the department. (1) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver’s license shall move fro…

49-321. Records to be kept by the department. (1) The department shall file every application for a driver’s license received by it and shall maintain suitable indices containing: (a) All applications denied and on each note the reason for denial; (b) All applications granted; (c…

49-322. Authority of department to cancel and downgrade driver’s license or instruction permit. (1) The department shall cancel any driver’s license, restricted school attendance driving permit, or instruction permit upon determining that the licensee or permittee was not entitle…

49-323. Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions. (1) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways given to a nonresident shall be subject to suspension, disqualification or revocation by the department in a like manner and for a like cause as a…

49-324. Suspending resident’s license and privileges upon conviction, administrative action or court order in another state or jurisdiction. The department shall suspend, disqualify or revoke the driver’s license or privilege of any resident of this state or the privilege of a no…

49-325. Mandatory revocation by department — Temporary restricted permit. (1) The department shall revoke the operating privilege of any driver upon receiving a record of the person’s conviction of any of the following offenses, when the conviction has become final, if the court …

49-326. Authority of department to suspend, disqualify or revoke driver’s license and privileges. (1) If the court has not ordered the suspension of a license or privileges, the department is authorized to suspend, disqualify or revoke the license or privileges of a driver withou…

49-326A. Administration by department of judicial suspensions of driver’s licenses or privileges to become effective after release from confinement. When a court’s judgment or order provides that the suspension of an individual’s driver’s license or driving privileges shall begin…

49-328. Reinstatement of revoked, disqualified or suspended driver’s license — Fee — When reinstatement prohibited. (1) When the period of revocation, disqualification or suspension of a driver’s license has expired, or the reason for the revocation, disqualification or suspensio…

49-329. No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in Idaho. No resident or nonresident whose driver’s license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in Idaho has been suspended or revoked shall operate a motor vehicle in this state under a drive…

49-330. Right of appeal to court. Any person denied a driver’s license by the department or whose driver’s license has been cancelled, suspended, disqualified, revoked, or restricted by the department shall have the right to file a petition for judicial review pursuant to chapter…

49-331. Unlawful use of driver’s license. (1) It is a misdemeanor for any person: (a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed any mutilated or illegible, canceled, revoked, suspended, disqualified, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver’s license or to have in his posse…

49-332. Making false affidavit perjury. Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the provisions of this chapter to be sworn to or affirmed, is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished as pro…

49-333. Prohibitions. No person shall: (1) Cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of eighteen (18) years to operate a motor vehicle upon any highway when the child or ward is not authorized under or is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. (2) …

49-334. Renting motor vehicle to another. (1) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then licensed or, in the case of a nonresident, then licensed under the laws of the state or country of his residence, except a nonresident whose hom…

49-335. Disqualifications and penalties — Commercial driver’s license. (1) Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle or who holds a class A, B or C driver’s license is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one (1) year if co…

49-336. Nonresident commercial driver’s license. (1) The department shall issue a license in class A, B, or C or any endorsement, only to a person who is domiciled in this state; however, an applicant who is domiciled in a foreign country where the commercial motor vehicle operat…

49-337. Employee and employer responsibilities. (1) Any operator of a commercial motor vehicle or any person who holds a class A, B or C driver’s license issued by this state, and who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance in any other state relating to motor …