Commercial Driver License
(Original or transfer from another state)
 Commercial Driver Manual
ORIGINAL ALASKA COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE (CDL)
A commercial driver license (CDL) is required for anyone who is driving a vehicle
intrastate or interstate with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds
or more. If you will be driving a vehicle designed to carry 16 or more
passengers, or transporting hazardous materials, regardless of the GVWR, a CDL is
required. A commercial driver may have only one license and that license must be issued by
their home state.
Those exempted from the commercial driver licensing requirements include drivers of
recreational, military and emergency vehicles. Farm vehicles are exempt if controlled and
operated by a farmer, used to transport agricultural products or machinery to and from a
farm, not used in for-hire or contract carrier operations, and if driven no further than
150 miles from the farm.
Your social security number is required to obtain a CDL.
The commercial driver license fee is $100.00. There is a $25.00 non-refundable fee for
those requiring a road test. Road test appointments must be scheduled in person at
the office where the test will be taken. In the Municipality of Anchorage,
commercial tests are administered by the Center for Employment Education (CEE). Call
274-TEST for an appointment. (274-8378) Outside the Municipality of Anchorage,
please contact your locat DMV or Northern Industrial Training (NIT) at 357-6400 or
888-367-6482.
An applicant must be at least twenty-one years of age at the time of application and
must have held a valid driver license for at least one year. For an interstate
license, the applicant must be at least nineteen year of age. An applicant must pass
the road, vision and written test prior to issuance of the CDL. For further
information about obtaining a commercial driver license, please address your questions to:
E-mail
ALASKA DMV
For questions regarding CDL Medical Cards, please call (907) 341-3200.
TRANSFERRING A CDL FROM ANOTHER STATE
Welcome to Alaska! Please be sure to obtain an Alaska license within 30 days of
your arrival.
To transfer a CDL from another state to Alaska, you must:
- Surrender your valid license from another state. (Cannot be expired for over 1
year.)
- Pass the written "Rules of the Road" test to convert to an Alaska license.
(20 questions)
- Pass the "Hazardous Materials" test if you have that endorsement and wish to
keep it.
- Pass any tests for endorsements that you wish to add to your license and do not have on
your current license. Some endorsements require a road test as well.
- Pass a vision test.
- Pay the $100.00 fee for an ALASKA CDL.
Note: If your CDL from another state has been expired over one
year, you must pass a road test and ALL written tests that apply to the type of
license you wish to obtain.
Types of Commercial Driver License's and Endorsements:
- A/CDL - Any combination of vehicles with a Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) of
26,001 or more pounds, provided the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the vehicle(s)
being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds. (Examples: 18 wheelers, log trucks)
- B/CDL - Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle
towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR. (Examples: dump trucks,
cement mixer, box trucks, motor coaches)
- C/CDL - A motor vehicle or a combination of a motor vehicle and one or more vehicles
that:
- the GCWR is greater than 26,000 pounds where the GVWR
of the towing vehicle is 26,000 pounds or less, and the combined GVWR of the vehicle or
vehicles being towed is 10,000 pounds or less; or
- does not meet the definition of Class A or B and (A) is designed to transport more than
15 passengers including the driver; or (B) is used in the transportation of materials
found by the United States Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous for the purposes of
49 U.S.C. 1801-1813 (Hazardous Materials Transportation Act) and which require the motor
vehicle to be placarded under the Federal Hazardous Material Regulation (49 C.F.R. Part
172, Subpart F).
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Endorsement
Code, Test Requirements & Endorsement Type
H - Knowledge - Hazardous
material in placardable amounts
N - Knowledge - Hauling liquids
in bulk (Tank)
P - Knowledge
& Skills (road test) - Transporting more than 15 passengers
S - Knowledge & Skills
(road test) - School Bus
T - Knowledge - Double or
Triple Trailers
X - Knowledge - Combination of
N and H endorsements
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