2013 Mississippi Code
Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Chapter 1 - DRIVER'S LICENSE
Article 5 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
§ 63-1-210 - Application for commercial driver's license


MS Code § 63-1-210 (2013) What's This?

(1) The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit shall include the following:

(a) The full name and current mailing and residential addresses of the person.

(b) A physical description of the person, including sex, height and weight.

(c) Date of birth.

(d) The applicant's social security number.

(e) The person's signature.

(f) Certifications that:

(i) For an applicant who operates or expects to operate in interstate or foreign commerce or who is otherwise subject to 49 CFR, Part 391, the applicant meets the qualification requirements contained in Part 391; or for an applicant who operates or expects to operate entirely in intrastate commerce and who is not subject to Part 391, that the applicant is subject to state driver qualification requirements and is not subject to Part 391;

(ii) The motor vehicle in which the applicant's skills test will be taken is representative of the type of motor vehicle that the applicant operates or expects to operate;

(iii) The applicant is not subject to any disqualification under 49 CFR, Part 385.51, or any license suspension, revocation, or cancellation under state law; and

(iv) The applicant does not have a driver's license from more than one (1) state or jurisdiction.

(g) Any other information required by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, the names of all states or jurisdictions where the applicant has been licensed to operate any type of motor vehicle during the previous ten (10) years.

(h) The application shall be accompanied by a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($ 25.00).

(2) When a licensee or permittee changes his or her name, mailing address, or residence or in the case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a license or permit, the licensee or permittee shall forthwith notify the commissioner and apply in person for a duplicate license or permit in the same manner as set forth in subsection (1) of this section. The fee for a duplicate license or permit shall be Six Dollars ($ 6.00).

(3) A person who has been a resident of this state for more than thirty (30) days shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction.

(4) Any person who knowingly falsifies information or certifications required under subsection (1) of this section shall have the person's commercial driver's license revoked. Such persons may reapply for a commercial driver's license no sooner than sixty (60) days after the revocation.

(5) (a) Any male who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-six (26) years of age and who applies for or renews a commercial driver's license or renewal of a commercial learner's permit under this article shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 USCS Appx. 451 et seq., as amended.

(b) The department shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicant to the Selective Service System. The applicant's submission of the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the department to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The commissioner shall notify the applicant on, or as a part of, the application that his submission of the application will serve as his consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if so required. The commissioner also shall notify any male applicant under the age of eighteen (18) that he will be registered upon turning age eighteen (18) as required by federal law.

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