Reinstatement — Alabama Permit Test
Reinstatement on the Alabama permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Anyone whose license has been canceled, suspended, revoked or disqualified must pay a reinstatement fee of not less than $100, along with meeting the other requirements of state law, before being relicensed.
Getting a license back costs money as well as time, which is one more reason to keep it clean in the first place.
Any person whose driver license has been canceled, suspended, revoked, or disqualified must pay a reinstatement fee of not less than $100 in addition to meeting other requirements of state law before being relicensed.
Failing to surrender your license within the time allowed after it is canceled, revoked or suspended adds a $50 fee.
A license that has been taken away must leave the driver's hands, so holding on to it costs extra.
Failure to surrender your driver license within the time allowed as directed when canceled, revoked, or suspended, will result in an additional $50 fee.
Reinstatement after a drug-related conviction requires an additional $25 fee.
Drug convictions carry their own added cost on top of the ordinary reinstatement fee.
Reinstatement resulting from drug related convictions require an additional $25 fee.
On the test
What is the least a reinstatement fee can be after a suspension or revocation?
$100 fee. Getting a license back costs money as well as time, which is one more reason to keep it clean in the first place. Alabama Driver Manual, p.17: “Any person whose driver license has been canceled, suspended, revoked, or disqualified must pay a reinstatement fee of not less than $100 in addition to meeting other requirements of state law before being relicensed.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Alabama Driver Manual, published by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AL.pdf (Alabama Driver Manual, November 2024, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Driver License Division, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AL.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-license-manuals
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-license-information (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/graduated-driver-license (read 2026-10-04; "Must complete the written examination and receive a passing grade.")
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alabama/Ala-Admin-Code-r-760-X-1-.13 (read 2026-10-04; requires the examination, sets no figure)