Keeping your license current — Michigan Permit Test

Keeping your license current on the Michigan permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Michigan law requires the address on your driver's license to match your residence address, and your license may be suspended or revoked if you fail to change it.

Notices about your license go to that address. If it is wrong, you can miss a warning that matters.

Your driver’s license may be suspended or revoked if you fail to change your address with the Secretary of State.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

A Michigan driver's license is usually valid for four years and expires on your birthday in the year shown on the license.

Expiring on your birthday makes the date easy to remember.

Your driver’s license is usually valid for four years and expires on your birthday in the year shown on the license.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

If you are under 21, your driver's license expires on your 21st birthday.

The card is replaced when you turn 21, so the license runs out on that birthday rather than four years on.

If you are under age 21, your driver’s license expires on your 21st birthday.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

Driving without a valid license is illegal, so do not let your license expire unless you will no longer be driving.

An expired license is no license at all in the eyes of the law.

Driving without a valid license is illegal.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

You must renew your driver's license at a Secretary of State office every 12 years, where a vision screening is given and a new photograph is taken.

Eyes and faces change. An in-person visit now and then keeps the photo and the vision check current.

You must renew your driver’s license every 12 years at a Secretary of State office.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

A driver's license will not be renewed if it has been suspended, revoked or denied.

Renewal is not a way around a suspension. The suspension has to be dealt with first.

A driver’s license will not be renewed if it has been suspended, revoked, or denied.

What Every Driver Must Know, p.10

On the test

What can happen if you fail to change your address with the Secretary of State?

Your license may be suspended or revoked. Notices about your license go to that address. If it is wrong, you can miss a warning that matters. What Every Driver Must Know, p.10: “Your driver’s license may be suspended or revoked if you fail to change your address with the Secretary of State.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against What Every Driver Must Know, published by the Michigan Department of State, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.