What to bring — New Hampshire Permit Test
What to bring on the New Hampshire permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
An applicant must bring all driver licenses issued by any state to the tests.
The state has to collect the old licenses to keep one driver to one record, and it cannot do that if they are at home.
All driver licenses issued by any state.
The test vehicle must be legally registered, inspected, in safe running condition, and the proper class for the type of license being tested for.
An examiner will not ride in a car that is not roadworthy, and a trip that ends at the curb costs the applicant the appointment.
A vehicle that is legally registered, inspected and in safe running condition. The vehicle must be the proper class for the type of license being tested for.
A licensed driver must bring the test vehicle to the site and remain there until the road test has been completed.
An applicant who fails has no license to drive home on, so somebody who can drive has to be there when it finishes.
That person is required to remain at the test site until the road test has been completed.
On the test
Which licenses must an applicant bring to the tests?
All driver licenses issued by any state. The state has to collect the old licenses to keep one driver to one record, and it cannot do that if they are at home. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.3: “All driver licenses issued by any state.”
How this works
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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)