2019 Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing
Chapter 16 - Driver's Licenses Generally
Subchapter 8 - Issuance of Licenses and Permits
§ 27-16-807. Issuance to Nonresident and Military Licensees
(a)
(1) A person sixteen (16) years of age or older who shall present to the Office of Driver Services, 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 United States Armed Forces 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).
