License application requirements — Delaware Permit Test

License application requirements on the Delaware permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A Delaware applicant who holds a license or ID card from another state must surrender it.

A driver holding two licenses could hand the clean one to an officer and hide the record on the other.

Applicants who are licensed or have an identification (ID) card in another state must surrender their license and/or ID card from the other state(s).

Delaware Driver Manual, p.21

Every Delaware driver license applicant must pass an eye-screening examination.

A driver who cannot see a sign until it is beside them has no time to obey it.

Each driver must pass an eye-screening examination.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.21

Every Delaware driver license applicant may be given a written exam and a road skills exam.

A driver who has never shown what they know may be missing a rule that matters on the first trip.

Every driver license applicant is subject to a written and road skills exam

Delaware Driver Manual, p.21

In Delaware, a driver license may be suspended at any time if false information is found on the signed application.

A license won by lying on the form would leave the state trusting a record that is not true.

A driver license may be suspended any time false information is found on the signed application form

Delaware Driver Manual, p.21

On the test

What must a Delaware applicant do with a license from another state?

Surrender it to Delaware. A driver holding two licenses could hand the clean one to an officer and hide the record on the other. Delaware Driver Manual, p.21: “Applicants who are licensed or have an identification (ID) card in another state must surrender their license and/or ID card from the other state(s).”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Delaware Driver Manual, published by the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.