2020 Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing
Chapter 16 - Driver's Licenses Generally
Subchapter 6 - Licensing Requirements
§ 27-16-603. Persons exempted from licensing

The following persons are exempt from licensing under this chapter:

1. (1) A person who operates a motor vehicle for a military purpose:

   1. (A) While in the service of the:

      1. (i) United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, or United States Marine Corps; or

      2. (ii) National Guard and reserve components of the armed forces; or

   2. (B) While serving as a National Guard military technician;

2. (2) Any person while operating or driving any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved on a highway;

3. (3) A nonresident who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid noncommercial driver's license issued to him or her in his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state only as a noncommercial driver;

4. (4) A nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid commercial driver's license issued to him or her by his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state as a noncommercial driver or may operate a commercial motor vehicle as provided by § 27-23-123; and

5. (5) Any nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of noncommercial drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a noncommercial driver only, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is duly registered in the home state or country of the nonresident.