NVNevada CDL permit test guide
The core course follows the national manual text most states use. When your state manual gives a different number, it wins.
- Licensing agency
- Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
- Official CDL page
- dmv.nv.gov ↗
- Official CDL manual
- dmv.nv.gov ↗
- Testing, fees and appointments
- dmv.nv.gov ↗
- Knowledge-test language
- Confirm with the agency
Nevada allows an interpreter only for the opening standard instructions, never during a knowledge or skills test; for the skills test you must understand the examiner's commands in English.
- Source collection date
Steps to your CDL (federal minimums)
- Choose your class (A, B or C) and endorsements.
- Get a DOT medical exam from a provider on the National Registry and a medical examiner's certificate.
- Pass the knowledge tests at the state agency to get your commercial learner's permit (CLP).
- Hold the CLP at least 14 days and practice with a qualified CDL holder. A CLP is valid for up to one year (some states less).
- Complete entry-level driver training (ELDT) with a registered provider.
- Pass the skills test: pre-trip inspection, basic control and road test, in English.
- Get your CDL. You must be 21 to drive across state lines.
What is different in this state
- Test languages
Nevada allows an interpreter only for the opening standard instructions, never during a knowledge or skills test; for the skills test you must understand the examiner's commands in English.
- Learner permit (CLP)
A Nevada CLP is valid for 180 days; hold it 14 days before skills tests. If it has been expired 30 days or more you must retake the knowledge tests, and renewing a CLP means retaking all skills tests.
- Fees
Instruction permit $57.25; original CDL needing knowledge and skills tests $141.25; added endorsement $17.25; skills test to change a restriction $30. Extra fees apply after two failed attempts ($3.25 written, $25 drive).
- Age
Interstate CDL requires age 21, and over-length (70 ft) combinations require 25. Drivers 18–20 may drive intrastate only, without passengers for hire or placarded hazmat.
- Also important
Only P, S and N endorsements can be on a Nevada CLP. ELDT schools must also hold a Nevada DMV business license or results may be rejected; skills tests may be given by DMV or third-party certifiers.
State-only topics in the manual
- Nevada Information pages: exemptions, endorsements, ELDT school licensing, age rules, CLP, interpreters, expiration dates, hazmat and fee table.
Source collection date:
The three permit tests
General Knowledge
Required for every CDL class.
Mock examAir Brakes
Needed to drive a vehicle with air brakes without an "L" restriction.
Mock examCombination Vehicles
Needed for Class A (tractor-trailers).
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