Out of state license transfer — New Hampshire Permit Test
Out of state license transfer on the New Hampshire permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Only a vision test is required for a driver new to New Hampshire who holds a valid out-of-state driver’s license.
Another state already tested the rules and the driving. What New Hampshire still has to check for itself is the eyesight.
Only a vision test is required for drivers new to New Hampshire holding a valid out-of-state driver’s license.
If an out-of-state license has been expired for more than one year, the applicant must pass the vision, knowledge and road tests.
A year out of date is long enough that the other state’s check has stopped meaning much, so the whole thing is done again.
If the out-of-state driver’s license has been expired for more than one year, the applicant will be required to successfully pass the vision, knowledge and road tests.
On the test
What test does a new resident with a valid out-of-state license have to pass?
The vision test alone. Another state already tested the rules and the driving. What New Hampshire still has to check for itself is the eyesight. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.5: “Only a vision test is required for drivers new to New Hampshire holding a valid out-of-state driver’s license.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Hampshire Driver's Manual, published by the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pdf (New Hampshire Driver's Manual, Rev. 11/25, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)