DMV permit test · Minnesota
As of October 26, 2026, Minnesota DVS requires a score of 80 percent on the Class D written test and allows only one written test per day.
Minnesota issues an instruction permit at 15 to applicants who, if under 18, have completed 30 hours of classroom driver education and enrolled in behind-the-wheel instruction.
A Minnesota Class D instruction permit costs $29.50 and is valid for two years (per dps.mn.gov, checked on Oct 26, 2026).
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You can get a Minnesota instruction permit at 15. Applicants under 18 must also have finished 30 hours of classroom driver education and be enrolled in behind-the-wheel lessons, or be 15 classroom hours into a concurrent course.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 1: Your license to drive
DVS requires a score of 80 percent. You may take only one written test per day, and the questions are multiple choice and true-or-false.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 1: Your license to drive
Permit holders under 18 drive with a supervising driver aged 21 or older in the front passenger seat. Once you are 18, the supervising driver only has to be 18 or older.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 1: Your license to drive
Without the parent class, the log must show at least 50 hours of supervised driving, including 15 at night. If a parent completes the class, the minimum drops to 40 hours, still with 15 at night.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 1: Your license to drive
Flashing red lights alone require you to stop at least 20 feet from the bus, from the front or the back. Not stopping is a misdemeanor with a fine of at least $500 and loss of driving privileges.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 4: Sharing the road
On two-lane highways with a limit of 55 mph or more, Minnesota adds 10 mph to the limit while you lawfully pass a vehicle going your way. Everywhere else, you may not exceed the limit to pass.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation
When traffic is slow and heavy, stay in your current lane up to the merge point and take turns with other drivers. Minnesota says this shortens backups and makes merging safer.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 4: Sharing the road
Minnesota has a no tolerance rule: drivers under 21 may not drive with any detectable alcohol. A first conviction brings a 30-day suspension and a second one 180 days.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 8: Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Minnesota bans parking within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. Other limits are 10 feet from a fire hydrant and 20 feet from a crosswalk at an intersection.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation
Turn your headlights on at sunset and leave them on until sunrise. Use them also in rain, snow, hail, sleet or fog, or any time you cannot see the road for at least 500 feet.
From Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) · Chapter 2: Your vehicle
Minnesota publishes the passing mark, 80 percent, but neither the June 2026 manual nor the DVS pages OneTryPass read give a question count. Expect multiple choice and true-or-false items on traffic laws and road signs.
Book the written test ahead: DVS requires appointments. You get one attempt per day, on paper or a computer, and computer stations offer other languages and ASL.
Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive
Fifteen. Teens also need 30 classroom hours plus enrollment in behind-the-wheel lessons (the Blue Card), or the first 15 hours of a concurrent course (the Pink Card). Adults 18 and older skip driver education.
The permit costs $29.50 and lasts two years. A parent, court-appointed guardian, foster parent or transitional living program director signs the application for anyone under 18.
Sources: Chapter 1: Your license to drive · Driver's license and ID card fees
Under 18, practice with a supervisor 21 or older in the front passenger seat and no phone use at all. Hold the permit six months (three if you are 19 or older), then pass the road test with a log of 50 hours, or 40 if a parent took the parent class, 15 of them at night.
The provisional license, available at 16, keeps the phone ban. For six months it bars driving from midnight to 5 a.m. with listed exceptions and limits you to one passenger under 20, then three for the next six months, family excepted.
Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive
Fail the written test twice in a row and the third try costs $10, as does every try after it.
For the road test, the examiner assigns practice time before the next attempt. After two failures each retest costs $20, and after four you need six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction with a licensed instructor.
Sources: Chapter 1: Your license to drive · Driver's license and ID card fees
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A Class D instruction permit is $29.50 and stays valid for two years; renewing one costs $24.50. The provisional license that comes next is $32.50. Source: official page "Driver's license and ID card fees", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
Yes. DVS posts the Class D manual in English as a written PDF and as an audio manual, and the written test can be heard through headphones at the exam station. Source: official pages "Class D driver's license forms, documents and manuals" and "Chapter 1: Your license to drive", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
No. OneTryPass writes its own practice questions from the rules in the Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026), and each question names the part of the handbook it comes from so you can check the rule.
No. OneTryPass is an independent practice site and is not part of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services. The Minnesota Driver's Manual (June 2026) is free at dps.mn.gov.
Every rule on this page comes from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services' own website or handbook. OneTryPass reads the page, writes the rule in plain English and records the date. A rule that passes its re-check date leaves this page on its own until it is read again.
How often each kind of rule is read again: knowledge test, 120 days; minimum age, 365 days; fees, 90 days; if you fail, 180 days; permit rules, 365 days; what to bring, 180 days; test appointments, 60 days; official handbook, 180 days; agency, 365 days.
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