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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-111.1" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Issuance, Expiration, and Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant is entitled to receive the driver’s license applied for if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Passes the examination provided for in this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Surrenders the last learner’s instructional permit issued to him, if any; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pays the fees provided for by this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to an applicant who holds a provisional license under § 16-111 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant is entitled to receive a license if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets the minimum age required under § 16-103(c)(3) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfies the provisional license requirements under § 16-111(d) or (e) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Surrenders any provisional license issued to the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Pays the fee established under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each license issued by the Administration shall be identified clearly as to its specific class. A Class M license may be issued in combination with any one of the other classes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration shall assign an identifying number to each license it issues.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may not use, include, or encode, in any form, an individual’s Social Security number on the individual’s driver’s license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, each noncommercial Class A, B, C, or M license issued by the Administration shall be of the size, design, and content that the Administration specifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A noncommercial Class A, B, C, or M license shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and residence address of the licensee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date of birth of the licensee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A description of the licensee, which shall include the height, weight, and sex of the licensee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A photograph of the applicant that is taken in accordance with a procedure that the Administration requires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The type or class of vehicles that the license authorizes the licensee to drive;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The signature and seal of the issuing agent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A space for the signature of the licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license is not valid unless the licensee signs the license in the licensee’s usual signature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When issued and signed, a driver’s license authorizes the licensee to drive any vehicle of the type or class specified on it, subject to any restrictions endorsed on the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Only one current driver’s license may be issued by the Administration to and held by any individual at any one time.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before issuing a license, the Administration shall require the applicant to surrender any license issued to the applicant by any other jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
