Idaho Code § 49-302 What Persons Are Exempt From License

• Library: Idaho Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Idaho Code § 49-302

The following persons are exempt from licensing if driving privileges are not suspended, canceled, revoked, disqualified, denied or refused:

(1) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry when incidentally operated on a highway.

(2) Farmers are exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C driver's license to operate a commercial motor vehicle [which] that is:

(a) Controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by employees or family members; and

(b) Used to transport [either] agricultural products, farm machinery, or farm supplies[, or both,] to or from a farm; and

(c) Not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier; and

(d) Used within one hundred fifty (150) miles of the person's farm.

(3) Any person is exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C driver's license for the operation of commercial motor vehicles [which] that are necessary to the preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency governmental functions, are equipped with audible and visual signals, and are not subject to normal traffic regulations.

(4) Any person is exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C license to operate a commercial vehicle [which] that is exclusively used to transport personal possessions or family members for nonbusiness or recreational purposes.

(5) A nonresident who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to him in his home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in Idaho only as a class D operator with driving privileges restricted to daylight hours only [except as provided in] pursuant to section 49-307(9), Idaho Code, and with full privileges at sixteen (16) years of age, and only if Idaho residency is not established.

(6) A nonresident who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and who has in his possession a valid driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement or who has a valid motorcycle driver's license issued to him in his home state or country may operate a motorcycle in Idaho with driving privileges restricted to daylight hours only[,] and with full privileges at sixteen (16) years of age.

(7) A nonresident who has in his immediate possession a valid commercial driver's license issued to him in his home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in Idaho.

(8) A nonresident on active duty in the armed forces of the United States who has a valid driver's license issued by his home jurisdiction[,] and such nonresident's spouse or dependent son or daughter who has a valid driver's license issued by such person's home jurisdiction.