(a) (1) A person sixteen (16) years of age or older who shall present to the Office of Motor Vehicle, or an authorized agent thereof, a valid driver's license issued to the person by another state or by a branch of the armed services of the United States that is currently valid or that expired not more than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date presented shall be issued an Arkansas driver's license if he or she:
(A) Surrenders the license to the office;
(B) Pays the license fee prescribed in § 27-16-801(a);
(C) Pays the other fees required by § 27-16-801(e);
(D) Pays a transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00); and
(E) Is tested and passes the minimum requirements of the eyesight test prescribed in this chapter.
(2) A person sixteen (16) years of age or older who shall present to the office a driver's license issued to the person by another state or by a branch of the armed services of the United States that expired more than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date presented shall be issued an Arkansas driver's license if he or she:
(A) Is the spouse of a member of the military who was living outside of the United States due to a military duty assignment of the person's spouse when the license expired;
(B) Surrenders the license to the office;
(C) Pays the license fee prescribed in § 27-16-801(a);
(D) Pays the other fees required by § 27-16-801(e);
(E) Pays a transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00); and
(F) Is tested and passes the minimum requirements of the eyesight test prescribed in this chapter.
(b) The five dollar ($5.00) transfer fee is to be paid in lieu of the fees prescribed by § 27-16-801(a)(1)(C), but shall be collected and deposited in the same manner as prescribed by § 27-16-801(d).
History. Acts 1963, No. 147, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-352; Acts 1989, No. 193, § 5; 1995, No. 413, § 1; 2005, No. 235, § 1.
Amendments. The 2005 amendment redesignated former (a) as present (a)(1); in (a)(1), substituted “A person” for “Any person” and “that” for “which,” and made minor punctuation changes; and added (a)(2).