DRIVER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

                                      EVERYONE MUST HAVE A DRIVER'S PERMIT

1) TEENS - Have completed  32 hours Classroom Hours

     ADULTS - 18-24 Years old must have completed 6 Classroom Hours

2) TEENS - 14 Laboratory Driving Hours with Designated Instructor 

       ***Instructor must be 25 or over and have had a license for at least 7 years***

3) TEENS - 30 Hour Driving Log with at least 10 hours at night.

     ***Instructor must be 21 or over and have had a license for at least one year***

4) TEENS  -   2 HOUR ITTD IMPACT VIDEO CERTIFICATE

    ADULTS -  1 HOUR ITYD IMPACT VIDEO CERTIFICATE

To obtain a driver’s license under the age of 18, DPS requires a student to have the following:  
1.    Final Drivers Education Certificate (DE-964) must read: FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE ONLY

2.    30 hr behind the wheel driving log (at least 10 hours at night)

3.     If Parent Taught also bring the 14 hr In-car laboratory driving log

4.    ITTD Program **IMPACT** Certificate less than 90 days old **Started September 1, 2015**

5.    DL-14B Application For Renewal/Replacement/Change - For the DPS Office
    

Click on the link
Texas Driver's Handbook

TxDPS-Impact Texas Teen & Adult Drivers (ITTD) Program

DL-14B Driver license application for MINOR

DL-14A Driver license application for ADULT

DL-5 Texas Residency Form

Aplicaciones en Español

DL-14A SOLICITUD DE UNA LICENCIA DE CONDUCIR

                     DL-14BS - SOLICITUD DE UNA LICENCIA DE CONDUCIR MENOR DE EDAD 

ATTENTION: Effective September 1, 2015, if you are taking a teen driver education course, you must complete the ITTD requirement before you will be eligible to take the driving skills exam (Driver's Test). This program has been added to emphasize the ever increasing dangers of distracted driving.

Impact Texas Teen Drivers (ITTD) Program

Impact Texas Teen Drivers (ITTD) was developed by the Department of Public Safety with the goal of saving lives through awareness and education. The intent of the program is meant to educate young or new drivers in an effort to reduce the risk of being involved in automobile crashes, particularly those caused by distracted driving.

ITTD is a 2 hour informational video that is a prerequisite to the drive skills examination (Driver's Test) being administered by the Department. ITTD must be viewed AFTER you have received your DE-964, showing completion of a Teen Driver Education course.

Upon completion of the ITTD program you can print your Certificate of Completion that must be presented prior to taking the drive skills examination (Driver's Test). The ITTD Certificate of Completion must be dated WITHIN 90 DAYS of the administered skills examination (Driver's Test).

 
To obtain a Learners License (Driver's Permit) you must have:    
1. Official birth certificate or Passport
2. Social Security Card
3. DL-5 Form-Texas Residency Affidavit
4. DL-14A  OR DL-14B Form-Application for Texas Driver’s License
5. Two acceptable forms of address verification as listed on Form DL-5.
6. Texas Drivers Education Certification (DE-964-Minor  OR  ADE-Adult) 
7. Processing fee of $16.00 (Exact amount of cash, check, or Credit card. 
8.  Minor Only - Verification of Enrollment (VOE) in school less than 30 days old