Arizona learner’s permit requirements
Everything here comes from Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division pages, handbooks or state law, and each fact links to its source. Where Arizona doesn’t publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Last checked September 22, 2026.
At a glance
- Minimum age
- 15 years, 6 months
- To pass the knowledge test
- 24 of 30 correct (80%)
- Fees
- $7 total
- Supervised driving
- 30 hours (10 at night)
- Where you take the test
- Online or in person
The knowledge test and your permit
- Time limit
- None published
- Permit and test fees
- $7 totalThe $7 instruction-permit application fee covers the written test (in office or Permit Test @ Home) and the permit, for teens and adults alike.Sources 123
- Minimum age for a permit
- 15 years, 6 monthsGraduated instruction permit (and motorcycle instruction permit) at 15 years 6 months; operator permit at 18. Graduated permit valid 12 months.Sources 435
- Test languages
- 11 languagesEnglish, German, Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Italian, French, Tagalog, KoreanSources 123
- If you fail
- Current MVD pages: one application fee allows unlimited testing attemptsif you do not pass you may test again the following day. A verbal test may be arranged after a failed second or third attempt. (Older ADOT blog posts from 2014/2015 state 'up to three times without paying another application fee' and a 'seven day' wait; see verification notes.)Sources 123
From permit to full license
- Graduated instruction permit at 15.5 (supervised by licensed driver 21+ in the seat beside).
- Class G graduated license at 16-17 after holding the permit at least 6 months and either an MVD-approved driver education program or parent certification of 30 hours supervised practice including 10 at night (20 hours/6 night if a Traffic Survival School or Defensive Driving course was completed).
- For the first 6 months of the Class G: no driving midnight-5 a.m. and no more than one passenger under 18 (siblings excepted) unless a parent/guardian is in the front seat; no wireless device use except emergencies or an audible turn-by-turn navigation system that is not programmed or adjusted while driving (A.R.S. 28-3174).
- Instruction-permit holders may not use a wireless device except in an emergency (A.R.S. 28-3154).
Before you go
Rules and fees change. Confirm appointments, documents and current fees on the official Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division website: azdot.gov.