For ordinary ongoing operation, may a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle keep one driver’s license for commercial driving and a second driver’s license for personal driving?
Correct answer: No. A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle may not have more than one driver’s license.
Section 263:83 limits a commercial motor vehicle driver to one driver’s license, not merely one CDL. Separate personal and commercial uses do not justify two driver’s licenses.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:83, reader lines 1085–1089; history 1989, 319:17, effective July 1, 1989. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
You receive notice that you are disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle. Under New Hampshire’s driver-notification rule, when must you tell your employer?
Correct answer: Before the end of the business day following the day you received the notice.
Section 263:84 II sets the next-business-day deadline for notice of disqualification, loss of commercial driving privilege, or a suspended, revoked or canceled license. Notification does not authorize driving during the disqualification.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:84 II, reader line 1095; history line 1101, effective July 1, 1989. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
You are driving a commercial motor vehicle as a licensed driver, not under a learner exception. What license requirement does New Hampshire impose during the drive?
Correct answer: Hold and have in immediate possession a CDL valid for the vehicle being driven.
Outside the learner exceptions, §263:86 I requires both valid authority for that vehicle and immediate possession of the CDL. Employer knowledge of the license does not replace possession.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:86 I, reader lines 1111–1113; history line 1117, latest amendment 1990, 262:3, effective June 27, 1990. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
You hold a CDL issued by another state and apply for a New Hampshire CDL. What must happen to the existing out-of-state CDL before New Hampshire issues its CDL?
Correct answer: Surrender it first so it can be returned to the issuing state for cancellation.
Section 263:86 III makes prior surrender a condition of issuance. Surrender alone does not establish eligibility or waive testing, disqualification or other applicable requirements.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:86 III, reader lines 1115–1117; latest amendment 1990, 262:3, effective June 27, 1990. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
Your driver’s license is currently suspended in another state. Can New Hampshire issue you a commercial driver learner permit while that suspension remains in effect?
Correct answer: No. The permit cannot be issued while the license is suspended in any state.
Section 263:88 II bars issuance during suspension, revocation or cancellation in any state, or a commercial-driving disqualification. Supervision does not remove that issuance barrier.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:88 II, reader lines 1126–1128; latest amendment 2013, 146:2, effective August 27, 2013. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
You have a valid New Hampshire commercial driver learner permit. Which accompanying-driver arrangement satisfies the stated CDL and seating condition for highway practice?
Correct answer: A person with a CDL valid for this vehicle sits immediately adjacent to you to give instruction.
Section 263:88 II requires an accompanying holder of a CDL valid for the vehicle, seated immediately adjacent for instruction. This selected condition does not replace other applicable permit requirements.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:88 II, accompaniment sentence, reader line 1126; history line 1128, latest amendment effective August 27, 2013. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
Before using New Hampshire’s supervised-learning exception to drive a commercial motor vehicle, which age and credential combination does §263:25 II require?
Correct answer: Age 18 or older, a valid noncommercial driver’s license, and an issued commercial driver learner permit.
The commercial-learning exception requires all three: at least 18, a valid noncommercial license and an issued learner permit. This does not grant interstate operating authority or dispense with the required accompanying instructor.
Source: New Hampshire General Court, RSA Chapter 263, Drivers’ Licenses; §263:25 II, reader line 320; history line 321, latest amendment 2019, 276:1, effective July 19, 2019; accompanying-instructor condition §263:88 II, line 1126. Actual codified HTML read October 1, 2026. Selected ordinary CDL clauses, not a DMV handbook, complete eligibility guide or medical-reporting reconciliation; reader lines are not PDF pages. ↗
