Alabama driver testing
Alabama DMV practice tests
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Practice tests
Tests we cover in Alabama
- Alabama Permit Practice Test
Driver license knowledge test
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Alabama road signs practice: 23 sign questions from your handbook, 10 at a time.
At a glance
Alabama permit test facts
- Road signs
- no separate signs test stated; single knowledge test covers laws, road signs, safe driving source
- Languages
- English plus Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese; oral exams on automated equipment source
- Where you take it
- in office (automated testing at Driver License examining offices); no online test found source
- Test fee
- 5 source
- Permit fee
- 36.25 (Stage I learner license) source
- Minimum permit age
- 15 source
Checked November 4, 2026. Confirm with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division before your test.
Test day
Alabama permit test checklist
Only what the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division publishes, each with its source. Anything the state doesn't say clearly is left out.
Before you go
Documents to bring
Two IDs (one with a photo, one from the Primary list) or three non-photo IDs; proof of your Social Security number; under 19: a current Student Enrollment/Exclusion Form (DL-1-93)
Source for documents to bring (official site), checked November 5, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/ALEA%20DL%20Manual.pdf
Minimum age
15 years old
Source for minimum age (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/graduated-driver-license
Permit fee
$36.25 (Stage I learner license)
Source for permit fee (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/graduated-driver-license
Test fee
$5
Source for test fee (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/ALEA%20DL%20Manual.pdf
At the test
Where you take it
in office (automated testing at Driver License examining offices); no online test found
Source for where you take it (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/ALEA%20DL%20Manual.pdf
Languages
English plus Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese; oral exams on automated equipment
Source for languages (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/ALEA%20DL%20Manual.pdf
Road signs
no separate signs test stated; single knowledge test covers laws, road signs, safe driving
Source for road signs (official site), checked November 4, 2026 · https://www.alea.gov/sites/default/files/ALEA%20DL%20Manual.pdf
Last checked November 5, 2026. Rules and fees change: confirm with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division before your test.
Official documents
Official Alabama manuals
- Driver handbookAlabama Driver ManualOpen PDFDetails
- Motorcycle manualAlabama Motorcycle Operator Manual, 18th Edition - this IS the MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th ed.) with ALEA additionsOpen PDFDetails
- CDL manualAlabama Commercial Driver License Manual (AAMVA 2005 CDL Testing System, Version July 2017) + CDL Manual Supplement for Modernized Version (AAMVA, Version September 9, 2022)Open PDFDetails