---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31302"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "31302"
heading: "Commercial driver’s license requirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/31302"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs"
  - "Part B — Commercial"
  - "Chapter 313 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators"
---

# §31302. Commercial driver’s license requirement


No individual shall operate a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4) without a valid commercial driver’s license issued in accordance with section 31308. An individual operating a [commercial motor vehicle](/usc/49/31301.md?p=4) may have only one driver’s license at any time and may have only one learner’s permit at any time.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4011(b)(1), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 407; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4122(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1734.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31302 | 49 App.:2701. | Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 12002, 100 Stat. 3207–170. |

The words “Effective July 1, 1987” are omitted as executed. The words after “issued a driver’s license” are omitted as expired.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–59 inserted “and may have only one learner’s permit at any time” before period at end.

1998—Pub. L. 105–178 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An individual operating a commercial motor vehicle may have only one driver’s license at any time, except during the 10-day period beginning on the date the individual is issued a driver’s license.”