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California Driver License
Requirements at-a-glance:

DMV Info
Minimum Age for Learning Permit 15 years, 6 months
Learner Permit Holding Period 6 months
Minimum amount of supervised driving 50 hours, including 10 at night. The supervising licensed driver must be at least 25 years old.
Minimum Age for Driver License 16 years
Road Test Yes
Unsupervised driving rules Licensed minor may not drive from 11pm to 5am unless supervised by a 25 year-old driver, for the first 12 months of having a license
Passenger rules Licensed minors may not carry anyone under 20 years old unless supervised by a 25 year-old driver, for the first 12 months
Other Students enrolled in driver education may drive while supervised by a certified driving instructor. Driver education is required for applicants under 18.

How To Get Your
California License Step-by-Step:

Enroll in our online driver education course. Once you complete it, we will send you your online driver education certificate of completion (Form DL400C). You MUST have this form with you when you go to take your learner's permit test at the DMV.

Practice driving with your learner permit. Order the drivers ed DVD to supplement your driving course, and to learn important step-by-step driving tips.

Practice for the written Learner Permit Exam by ordering the Exam Prep practice tests. Exam Prep contains hundreds of simulated DMV written exam questions to help prepare you for the DMV written exam.

Take the Driving Exam at the DMV, and get your driver's license!

Find a driver license office and schedule an appointment for the written exam (you may also simply show up but you may have to wait some time).

Remember everything you have learned in DriverEdtoGo's online drivers education course as well as your behind-the-wheel training. DRIVE SAFELY!

Bring your certificate of completion (DL400C) from our online driver education course to the DMV office and take your California learner's permit test. Once you get your learner's permit, go ahead an enroll at the driving school of your choice.