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80 percent, and it is the state's own published figure. Chapter 1 of the June 2026 Minnesota Driver's Manual, page 10: "You may take only one written test per day and must score 80 percent to pass." No manual page and no dps.mn.gov page read for this guide attaches a question count to that percentage, so the roughly 40-question, 32-correct model this site shows is ours and the 80 percent is Minnesota's.

One. The same manual sentence that sets the 80 percent rations the attempts: only one written test per day. A morning failure becomes an overnight wait plus a new appointment, since appointments are required for the Class D written test at a DVS exam station.

The DVS fee page lists $29.50 for the Class D instruction permit, valid two years, renewing at $24.50; $32.50 for the provisional license; and $46 for the Class D driver's license, renewing at $41. A duplicate of any class is $26 and the enhanced upgrade adds $15. The manual says the Minnesota Legislature sets these, so confirm each amount on the DVS fee page the week you apply.

On the third attempt, in both directions. Fail two consecutive written tests and $10 applies to the third and every later one; fail the road test twice and $20 applies to each later one. The fee page marks both rows as exam-station fees. A fourth road-test failure adds at least six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction with a licensed instructor before you may test again.

$40 if you do not show up, or if you cancel or reschedule less than 24 hours before your appointment time. Canceling or rescheduling between 24 and 72 hours out costs $20. DVS states the rule practically as: cancel at least 72 hours ahead if you cannot make it.

180 days if you are 18 or younger, 90 days from 19 on. DVS says that if you turn 19 before the 180 days are up you fall under the 19-year-old rules — its own example is an applicant with 100 days of valid practice time who turns 19 and can then take the road test. The permit itself is valid two years from the application date.

Normal or corrected vision of at least 20/40 and peripheral vision of at least 105 degrees, screened both when you apply and when you renew. The manual says this is not a medical exam. Fall below 105 degrees or fail for any reason and you are referred to an eye doctor, whose report goes to the DVS Driver Evaluation Unit and decides the outcome. DVS also lets you bring your own eye doctor's report instead of taking the screening at the office.

Three parts: a safety equipment demonstration, a vehicle control skills check, and the driving performance test. Failing the equipment demonstration ends the appointment that day. Five actions fail you outright — disobeying a traffic law, driving dangerously or carelessly or recklessly, being unable to control the vehicle or finish a maneuver without the examiner's help, an avoidable crash even if you are not at fault, and refusing to cooperate with the examiner.

60 days, or 30 days for commercial drivers. Over 21 with a valid unexpired non-commercial license from another U.S. state, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. military or Canada, you need no tests. Expired, or under 21, and the written test comes back; expired more than a year, the road test does too.

Not on its own. DVS says federal enforcement began in 2025 and Minnesotans 18 or older can no longer use a standard license or ID to board domestic flights or enter certain federal facilities. Three things still work: a Minnesota REAL ID card, a Minnesota enhanced card, or another federally approved identification such as a passport. A standard card plus a passport and boarding pass will also get you through.

On your birthday, every four years, once you are past 21. A license issued before 21 is printed vertically with a red banner showing the date you turn 21, and it expires on that birthday. Instruction permits and provisional licenses each run two years from the application date. DVS says you can renew as early as nine months out without shortening the cycle — but if you are under 21, wait until no more than 60 days before your 21st birthday.

No. The manual says that when the Legislature passed the Driver's License for All law it changed the documents needed, and that starting October 1, 2023 you can get a standard driver's license, learner's permit or state ID regardless of immigration status — the law removed the requirement to show proof of legal presence. REAL ID and enhanced cards are unaffected and still run on federal document rules.