49 CFR § 384.212 - Domicile requirement.

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title: "49 CFR § 384.212 - Domicile requirement."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "384.212"
section_name: "Domicile requirement."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
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part_name: "STATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM"
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# 384.212 Domicile requirement.

(a) The State may issue CDLs or CLPs only to persons for whom the State is the State of domicile as defined in § 383.5 of this subchapter; except that the State may issue a Non-domiciled CLP or CDL under the conditions specified in §§ 383.23(b), 383.71(f), and 383.73(f) of this subchapter.

(1) For applicants domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction, the State must:

(i) Comply with the document verification and retention requirements set forth in § 383.73(m)(2) before issuing (which includes amending, correcting, reprinting, reinstating, or otherwise duplicating a previously issued CLP or CDL), transferring, renewing, or upgrading a non-domiciled CLP or CDL; and

(ii) Provide copies of all documents involved in the licensing process to FMCSA within 48 hours after request.

(iii) Provide copies of all documents involved in the licensing process to FMCSA within 48 hours after request.

(2) [Reserved]

(b) The State must require any person holding a CDL issued by another State to apply for a transfer CDL from the State within 30 days after establishing domicile in the State, as specified in § 383.71(c) of this subchapter.

[76 FR 26894, May 9, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 59456, Oct. 2, 2014; 90 FR 47628, Oct. 2, 2025; 91 FR 7103, Feb. 13, 2026]