Provisional restriction removal — Alaska Permit Test
Provisional restriction removal on the Alaska permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Once you have an Alaska provisional license, you may not graduate to a full driver license for at least six months, and you must have no traffic or repeat minor-consuming-alcohol conviction in the six months before applying.
The first months of solo driving are the riskiest, so the limits stay on until a new driver proves a clean record.
Once you obtain your provisional license you may not graduate to a driver license for at least six months and cannot have been convicted of violating a traffic law or been convicted of violating AS 04.16.050(c), repeat minor consuming alcohol, during the six months before applying for a driver license.
After six months of conviction-free driving with no convictions for illegal use of alcohol or drugs, a driver under 18 may have the provisional restriction removed by providing a new parental consent.
The parent who signed for the restricted stage decides again whether the teen is ready for full privileges.
To remove a provisional restriction a new parental consent must be provided, and a new driver license issued for a fee of $15.00.
Alaska's provisional restrictions no longer apply after 18 years of age, or once you go to the DMV and have them removed.
By 18 the law treats a driver as an adult who answers fully for their own driving.
After 18 years of age, or once you go to DMV and remove the restrictions, the restrictions no longer apply.
On the test
How long must you hold an Alaska provisional license before graduating to a full driver license?
At least 6 months. The first months of solo driving are the riskiest, so the limits stay on until a new driver proves a clean record. Alaska Driver Manual, p.10: “Once you obtain your provisional license you may not graduate to a driver license for at least six months and cannot have been convicted of violating a traffic law or been convicted of violating AS 04.16.050(c), repeat minor consuming alcohol, during the six months before applying for a driver license.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Alaska Driver Manual, published by the Alaska Department of Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pdf (Alaska Driver Manual, REV.10/2025, Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/drivermanual/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/instruction-permit/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/your-first-alaska-drivers-license/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://www.akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp?media=print&secStart=2.90.010&secEnd=2.90.990 (2 AAC 90, read 2026-10-04; 2 AAC 90.420(h)(2) sets the knowledge test's retest wait and no figure)