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Commercial
Driver License
Original CDL or Transfer CDL from Another
State
Effective July 1st, 2007, you must be domiciled in the State of Alaska in order to obtain or renew an Alaska CDL. (Domicile = ALASKA MUST be your true, fixed and permanent home, and principal residence to which you intend to return whenever you are absent.)
If you live in RURAL Alaska, please CLICK HERE for additional information.
Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) are issued by the Department of Homeland Security and are not available through DMV.
 Commercial
Driver Manual
ORIGINAL ALASKA COMMERCIAL DRIVER
LICENSE (CDL)
Effective January 31, 2005, a background check is required if you wish to obtain
a hazardous materials endorsement or renew a CDL with a hazardous materials endorsement.
A commercial driver license (CDL) is required
for a resident of Alaska who is driving a vehicle intrastate (19 & above) or interstate (21 & above) 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 279-8451
for an appointment. Outside the Municipality of Anchorage,
please contact your local DMV or click HERE for additional 3rd Party Testers.
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 intrastate license, the applicant must be at least nineteen years 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 if you intend to make Alaska your home. If you do not have any intention of becoming a resident of Alaska (Seasonal worker, etc.) you must have a valid CDL from your home state in order to drive a Commercial Motor Vehicle in Alaska.
To
transfer a CDL from another state to Alaska, you must:
- Complete an Application for Alaska Driver License, Permit or State Identification (Form 478) and an Application for Commercial Driver License (Form 415).
- Provide proof of the following: Date of birth, legal name, social security number and your physical address IN ALASKA.
- 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.
Effective January 31, 2005, you are required to pass a
background check in order to obtain or retain a hazardous materials
endorsement.
- Pass any knowledge 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.
- 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 ALL written tests that apply to the type of
license you wish to obtain. A road test is required if the license has been expired over five years.
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).
Endorsement Code, Test
Requirements & Endorsement Type
H - Knowledge & Background
Check (Background check - Effective 1/31/05)
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 & Background
Check (Background check - Effective 1/31/05)
Combination of N and H endorsements
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