Suspension under 21 — Texas Permit Test
Suspension under 21 on the Texas permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A conviction for minor in possession of alcohol automatically suspends the driving privilege of a person under 21.
The offense has nothing to do with a car, and the license goes anyway. That is what Texas means by zero tolerance.
Convictions or failure to comply with the following offenses will result in automatic suspension of the driving privilege of individuals who are less than 21 years of age (See Administrative License Revocation (ALR) section for more suspension information regarding minors.) Alcoholic Beverage Code Offenses 1. Minor in possession
An attempt to purchase alcohol by a minor automatically suspends the driving privilege.
Texas does not wait for the sale to go through. The attempt is the offense.
Attempt to purchase alcohol by a minor
Misrepresentation of age by a minor automatically suspends the driving privilege.
Lying about being 21 is what makes the rest of the offense possible. Texas treats the lie as the offense itself.
Alcoholic Beverage Code Offenses 1. Minor in possession 2. Attempt to purchase alcohol by a minor 3. Purchase of alcohol by a minor 4. Consumption of alcohol by a minor 5. Misrepresentation of age by a minor
Failure to complete an alcohol awareness class automatically suspends the driving privilege of a person under 21.
The class is part of the penalty, not an optional extra. Skipping it costs the license a second time.
Alcoholic Beverage Code Offenses 1. Minor in possession 2. Attempt to purchase alcohol by a minor 3. Purchase of alcohol by a minor 4. Consumption of alcohol by a minor 5. Misrepresentation of age by a minor 6. Driving or operating a watercraft under the influence of alcohol by a minor 7. Failure to complete an alcohol awareness class
Failure to complete a tobacco awareness class when required automatically suspends the driving privilege of a person under 21.
The list of things that cost a minor their license reaches past alcohol. This one is tobacco, and it works the same way.
Failure to complete a tobacco awareness class when required
On the test
What does a minor in possession conviction cost a person under 21?
The driving privilege, which is suspended. The offense has nothing to do with a car, and the license goes anyway. That is what Texas means by zero tolerance. Texas Driver Handbook, p.11: “Convictions or failure to comply with the following offenses will result in automatic suspension of the driving privilege of individuals who are less than 21 years of age (See Administrative License Revocation (ALR) section for more suspension information regarding minors.) Alcoholic Beverage Code Offenses 1. Minor in possession”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)