Title 23, Title 23: Motor Vehicles

§ 604. Early renewal (a) The holder of an operator’s license or privilege card issued under the provisions of this subchapter may renew the operator’s license or privilege card at any time prior to the expiration of the operator’s license or privilege card. If one or more years r…

§ 606. Age limit An operator’s license shall not be issued to an individual under 18 years of age. An individual who has previously held a junior operator’s license in Vermont prior to application for a license under this section shall have held that license for a minimum of six …

§ 607. Junior operator’s license (a) A junior operator’s license may be issued initially only to persons who: (1) are 16 and 17 years of age; (2) have passed the driver examination required in subchapter 2 of this chapter and a driver education and training course approved by the…

§ 607a. Recall of learner’s permit or junior operator’s license (a) A learner’s permit or junior operator’s license shall contain an admonition that it is recallable and that the later procurement of an operator’s license is conditional on the establishment of a record that is sa…

§ 608. Fees (a) The four-year fee required to be paid the Commissioner for licensing an operator of motor vehicles or for issuing an operator’s privilege card shall be $62.00. The two-year fee required to be paid the Commissioner for licensing an operator or for issuing an operat…

§ 609. Veterans’ exemption No fees shall be charged an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces who is a resident of the State of Vermont for a license to operate a motor vehicle, when the veteran has acquired a motor vehicle with financial assistance from the U.S. D…

§ 610. License certificates (a) The Commissioner shall assign a distinguishing number to each licensee and shall furnish the licensee with a license certificate that shows the number and the licensee’s full name, date of birth, and residential address, except that at the request …

§ 610c. Legislative intent; existing driver’s licenses without photograph or imaged likeness It is the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of subsection 610(c) of this title not require individuals who, prior to July 1, 2004, were issued a driver’s license without …

§ 611. Possession of license certificate Every licensee shall have the licensee’s operator’s license certificate in the licensee’s immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. However, a licensee cited with violating this section or section 610 of this subcha…

§ 612. Restricted license When issuing or reinstating the license of an operator, the Commissioner may restrict the privileges granted by such license to the operating of one or more specified motor vehicles or in such other manner as the Commissioner may deem best, and such rest…

§ 613. Replacement license (a) In case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a license or error in a license, the licensee shall immediately notify the Commissioner who shall furnish the licensee with a replacement on receipt of $24.00. (b) A replacement license shall not be…

§ 614. Rights under license (a) An operator’s license shall entitle the holder to operate a registered motor vehicle with the consent of the owner whether employed to do so or not. (b) A junior operator’s license shall entitle the holder to operate a registered motor vehicle with…

§ 615. Unlicensed operators (a)(1)(A) An unlicensed person 15 years of age or older may operate a motor vehicle if he or she possesses a valid learner’s permit issued to him or her by the Commissioner, or by another jurisdiction in accordance with section 208 of this title, and i…

§ 616. Extension of license for members of U.S. Armed Forces and immediate family members (a) Definition. As used in this section, “immediate family member” means a child; stepchild; foster child; spouse; domestic partner, as defined in 17 V.S.A. § 2414; civil union partner; pare…

§ 617. Learner’s permit (a) Any Vermont resident 15 years of age or over, but under 18 years of age, who has no convictions under section 601, 674, 676, 1091, 1094, 1128, 1133, or 1201 of this title, suspensions under section 1205 of this title, or civil traffic violations under …

§ 618a. Anatomical Gift Act; donor; form The Commissioner shall provide a form that, upon the licensee’s execution, shall serve as a document of an anatomical gift under 18 V.S.A. chapter 110. An indicator shall be placed on the license of any person who has executed an anatomica…

§ 631. Requirements; rules (a) The Commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 governing the examination of new applicants for operator’s licenses and may prescribe requirements to obtain or hold a license or learner’s permit, by either a new or renewal applicant…

§ 632. Examination required; waiver (a) Before an operator’s or a junior operator’s license is issued to an applicant for the first time in this State, or before a renewal license is issued to an applicant whose previous Vermont license had expired more than three years prior to …

§ 633. Examiners Inspectors appointed under the provisions of section 103 of this title shall also be examiners of new applicants for operators’ licenses.

§ 634. Fee for examination (a) The fee for an examination for a learner’s permit shall be $39.00. The fee for an examination to obtain an operator’s license when the applicant is required to pass an examination pursuant to section 632 of this title shall be $23.00. The fee for a …

§ 635. Place of examinations The Commissioner shall cause examinations of operators to be held at such convenient times and places throughout the State as he or she may determine. (Amended 1971, No. 74, § 2.)

§ 636. Special examinations (a)(1) Whenever the Commissioner has good cause to believe that any holder of an operator’s license, or any applicant for renewal of an operator’s license, is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, he or she may require such person to s…

§ 637. Examiners of physical and mental conditions The Commissioner may designate physicians, licensed physician assistants, licensed advanced practice registered nurses, ophthalmologists, oculists, and optometrists properly registered and authorized to practice in this State or …

§ 639. Fees for physical and mental examinations The compensation of the examiners provided in section 637 of this title shall be paid by the person examined. (Amended 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 67.)

§ 671. Procedure (a) In the Commissioner’s discretion, the Commissioner may suspend indefinitely or for a definite time the license of an operator, or the right of an unlicensed individual to operate a motor vehicle, after opportunity for a hearing upon not less than 15 days’ not…

§ 672. Suspending or revoking right of nonresident operator (a) The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the right of any nonresident operator to operate a motor vehicle in this State for the same causes and under the same conditions and in the same manner that the Commissioner cou…

§ 673a. Habitual offenders (a) The Commissioner shall revoke the license of an operator or the right of an unlicensed individual to operate a motor vehicle for a period of two years when the individual is a habitual violator of the motor vehicle laws. (b) As used in this section,…

§ 674. Operating after suspension or revocation of license; penalty; removal of registration plates; towing (a)(1) Except as provided in section 676 of this title, a person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked for a violation of this…

§ 675. Fee prior to termination or reinstatement of suspension or revocation of license (a) Before a suspension or revocation issued by the Commissioner of a person’s operator’s license or privilege of operating a motor vehicle may be terminated or before a person’s operator’s li…

§ 676. Operation after suspension, revocation, or refusal — civil violation (a) A person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended, or refused by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for any reason other than a violation of subsection 1091(b)…

§ 677. Operating commercial motor vehicle after disqualification (a) A person who has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver’s license under subsection 4116(d) of this title and who operates or attempts to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon a public highway befor…

§ 679. Operating commercial motor vehicle after privilege suspended A person whose privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle has been suspended under section 4116a of this title and who operates or attempts to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon a public highway before …

§ 701. Definitions The following terms when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Commissioner” means the Vermont Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. (2) “Department” means the V…

§ 702. Training school and instructor’s licenses A person shall not operate a driver training school or act as an instructor unless the person has secured a license from the Commissioner. Applications for such licenses may be filed with the Commissioner and shall contain the info…

§ 703. Possession of license Each person granted a driver’s training school license shall display the same conspicuously on the school premises. Each person granted an instructor’s license shall carry the same in the person’s possession while engaged in giving driver training. In…

§ 704. Qualifications for training school license To qualify for a driver’s training school license, each new and renewal applicant shall: (1) not have been convicted of a felony nor incarcerated for a felony within the 10 years prior to the date of application; (2) maintain an e…

§ 705. Qualifications for instructor’s license (a) In order to qualify for an instructor’s license, each applicant shall: (1) not have been convicted of: (A) a felony nor incarcerated for a felony within the 10 years prior to the date of application; (B) a violation of section 12…

§ 706. Powers of Commissioner The Commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements and standards for driver training, operation of driver training schools, and conduct of instructors. The charges for such driver training shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner. (Added…

§ 707. Records required; maintenance of vehicles Every driver’s training school licensee shall keep a record on such forms as the Commissioner may prescribe showing the name and address of each instructor, the instruction license number of such instructor, the particular type of …

§ 708. Refusal to issue license The Commissioner may refuse to issue a license to any applicant for a driver’s training school license or instructor’s license when the Commissioner is satisfied that: (1) the applicant has not met the applicable requirements of sections 704 and 70…

§ 709. Suspension and revocation (a) The Commissioner may at any time cancel, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any driver’s training school or instructor’s license when the Commissioner is satisfied that: (1) the licensee fails to meet the applicable requirements for a license…

§ 710. Hearing and appeal Each holder of a driver’s training school or instructor’s license under this section shall be entitled to notice and hearing prior to cancellation, suspension, revocation, or failure by the Department to renew the license of such licensee. Hearings under…

§ 711. Penalties Any person who operates a driver training school or acts as an instructor without a license shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $500.00. (Added 1959, No. 153, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1960; amended 2003, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Ses…

§ 721. Authority to require driver retraining The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, either in his or her discretionary authority under this chapter or upon the recommendation of a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, may require a motor vehicle operator to attend at his or h…

§ 722. Recommendation of a court When a motor vehicle operator is convicted of a violation of chapter 13, subchapters 1 through 5 of this title involving the operation of a motor vehicle in motion, the judge of the court in which the conviction was obtained may recommend, in writ…

§ 723. Supervision (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may by rule prescribe requirements and standards for driver retraining, operation of a driver retraining program, and qualifications and conduct of the instructors. (b) Upon application of a person as defined by section 70…