Minnesota - Apply for Commercial Driver License

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Procedure

• Obtain commercial driver license application form at any Drivers License Office or Driver and Vehicle Services Exam Station.
• Complete and submit the application at the renewal office
• Make the payment either by personal check or cash only.
• Screen the Vision for drivers licenses
• Take the Picture

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Required Documents

Applicant must present the required identifications while submitting the application form. Follow link for identification requirements https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/forms-documents/Documents/IdentificationRequirements_English.pdf

Office Locations & Contacts

Driver and Vehicle Services Central Office Town Square Building 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 190 Saint Paul, MN 55101-5190

Driver Services [email protected]

Drivers Licenses: (651) 297-3298 Office Locations: (651) 297-2005 Drivers License Status: (651) 284-2000 or online Schedule a Skills (Road) Test: (651) 284-1000 or online Assistance for Hearing Impaired Callers (TDD/TTY): (651) 282-6555

Website: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/locations/Pages/default.aspx

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Fees

• Class A: $42.25
• Class A, under age 21: $22.25

• Class B, regular or under age 21: $34.25
• School Bus Processing Fee Original and Renewal Applications: $4

• Class C, regular or under age 21: $27.25
• School Bus Processing Fee Original and Renewal Applications: $4

• Third and Subsequent Knowledge Test after failing first two: $10
• Expedited (Fast Track) Service: $20, optional fee

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Instructions

Class A Any vehicle towing a unit of more than 10,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight Rating with a gross combination weight rating (truck plus trailer) over 26,000 pounds.

Your license may be restricted to the size and type of vehicle you use for the road test. Unless the CMV used for testing has air brakes, you will be restricted to driving vehicles without air brakes, even if you passed the air brake knowledge test.

Class B A single-unit vehicle that is over 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

Your license may be restricted to the size and type of vehicle you use for the road test. Unless the CMV used for testing has air brakes, you will be restricted to driving vehicles without air brakes, even if you passed the air brake knowledge test.

Class C A single-unit vehicle, 26,000 pounds GVWR or less, with one or more of the following endorsements:

• Hazardous Materials
• Passenger
• School bus (with passenger endorsement)

Your license may be restricted to the size and type of vehicle you use for the road test. Unless the CMV used for testing has air brakes, you will be restricted to driving vehicles without air brakes, even if you passed the air brake knowledge test.

Knowledge (Written) Tests: You will take one or more CDL knowledge (written) tests, depending on class of license and endorsements. You may attempt each knowledge (written) test once per day.

Instruction Permits: You must have a valid Minnesota drivers license in order to obtain a CDL instruction permit. All applicants for a CDL will obtain a 6-month, non-renewable permit. A currently licensed CDL driver who wishes to upgrade to a higher class of license must take all applicable knowledge (written) tests. Drivers who have an unrestricted air brake CDL do not need to retake the air brake knowledge test.

Skills Tests: When you pass the required knowledge (written) tests, you are eligible to take the CDL skills (road) test.

The CDL skills (road) test consists of the pre-trip inspection, the basic control skills and the road test. You must take the CDL road test in the type of vehicle for which you wish to be licensed.

In the basic control section of the CDL skills (road) test, new regulations add offset backing to the required skills demonstrations. The offset backing skill requires the driver to back the vehicle, either to the right or left, into an adjacent lane. An offset backing diagram is included in the 2010 Commercial Drivers Manual on page 3 of Section 11.

Medical Requirements Under the driver qualification rules, a driver is required to have in possession, while driving, a current and valid medical certificate showing that s/he is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle. Details for medical examinations are found in 49 CFR 391.43.

Medical Waiver A commercial driver may be granted a waiver from the following physical qualification requirements: vision, insulin-dependent diabetes, deaf and hard of hearing and limb impairment. Intrastate drivers must submit medical waivers requests to the Minnesota Department of transportation (Mn/DOT), Office of Motor Carrier Services.

How to Renew

• A renewal license can be obtained at any Drivers License Office or Driver and Vehicle Services Exam Station.
• Complete an application at the renewal office
• Payment is by personal check or cash only. For all fee information, please see the complete list
• Vision is screened for drivers licenses
• Picture is taken

What to Bring

• Minnesota driver's license
• Social Security number (SSN)

Anyone turning 21 years of age should not renew a license until 3 weeks before their 21st birthday.

Medical Requirements

• Starting January 30, 2012 you will need to certify the following information with Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS):
  • The type of driving you are engaged in (interstate or intrastate) and
  • Whether you are subject to or exempt from the medical examination requirements of 49 CFR part 391 or Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221
• The Commercial Driver License Medical Self-Certification Form must be completed and if you certify that you are subject to medical examination requirements, you must provide a copy of your medical examiners certificate and any required waiver.

Medical Waiver

• A commercial driver may be granted a waiver from the following physical qualification requirements: vision, insulin-dependent diabetes, deaf and hard of hearing and limb impairment.
• If your medical examiners certificate is only valid with a vision, diabetes or a skills performance evaluation waiver granted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA), or if you are an intrastate driver with a MnDOT waiver or hold a DVS School Bus Waiver, you must also provide a copy of your waiver.
• To obtain a federal exemption or waiver, you must contact the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA), which will advise on how to proceed.

Diabetes/Vision waivers: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/medical/exemptions.htm

Skill Performance: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/medical/spepackage.htm

FMCSA Phone: 1 (800) 832-5660

FMCSA Midwestern Service Center: (708) 283-3577

For information about MnDOT waivers, contact the MnDOT Driver Medical Program at (651) 366-3674.

Required Information

• Full Name
• Date and Place of Birth
• Sex
• Country
• Social Security Number
• Mailing address
• Residence address

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You can apply for Minnesota Commercial Driver License by following the below instruction and procedure.

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