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49 USC § 31302 - Commercial driver’s license requirement 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s31302"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 31302 - Commercial driver’s license requirement"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "31302"
section_name: "Commercial driver’s license requirement"
chapter_number: 313
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4011(b)(1), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4122(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1734.)"
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# § 31302. Commercial driver’s license requirement

No individual shall operate a commercial motor vehicle without a valid commercial driver’s license issued in accordance with section 31308. An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver’s license at any time and may have only one learner’s permit at any time.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4011(b)(1), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4122(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1734.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31302 | 49 App.:2701. | Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12002, 100 Stat. 3207–170. |

The words “Effective ” are omitted as executed. The words after “issued a driver’s license” are omitted as expired.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2005— inserted “and may have only one learner’s permit at any time” before period at end.

1998— amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver’s license at any time, except during the 10-day period beginning on the date the individual is issued a driver’s license.”