Applying at a license office — Utah Permit Test

Every document given to the Driver License Division must be an original or a copy certified by the issuing agency, and faxed or photocopied documents are not accepted.

A photocopy proves nothing about the paper it came from. The office checks the document, not a picture of one.

All documents must be original or certified copies by the issuing agency. Faxed or photocopied documents will NOT be accepted.

Any name variation from an identity document must be accompanied by legal authorizing documentation such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order.

A changed name breaks the chain from the birth certificate to the person at the counter. The extra paper is what joins it up.

Any name variation from your identity document must be accompanied by legal authorizing documentation.

A Utah driving skills test will not be given when conditions exist that could create unsafe driving, including bad weather or an unregistered or unsafe vehicle.

A skills test is a real drive on a real road. An examiner will not start one in conditions that could hurt somebody.

Driving skills tests will not be provided when conditions exist that could create unsafe driving.

A check that the bank returns costs the driver a $20 service charge to keep the driving privilege.

A bounced check leaves the state holding a license nobody paid for. The charge is what settles it before the license goes.

If the bank returns your check, you must pay a $20 service charge to keep your driving privilege.

Documents handed to the Driver License Division are imaged, stored in a secure database, and returned to the applicant at once.

Nobody should have to leave a birth certificate behind. The office keeps the picture and gives the paper back.

All documents provided to the division will be imaged and stored in a secure database and immediately returned to the applicant.

Which documents will a Utah license office refuse?

Faxed or photocopied documents. A photocopy proves nothing about the paper it came from. The office checks the document, not a picture of one. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.13: “All documents must be original or certified copies by the issuing agency. Faxed or photocopied documents will NOT be accepted.”