To be issued a Minor Driver's License (ages 16 - 20) you must meet the following requirements:

1. Must hold instruction permit for 12 months (if under 18)
2. Must be at least 16 years old
3. Present a completed and signed Drive Time Log (if under 18)
4. License will expire 20 days after your 21st birthday
5. A 6-hour Behind the Wheel (BTW) certificate is required, for any minor who is under the age of 16 years 6 months at the time they apply for their license. Exception: 12 hours of behind the wheel training may be administered by a parent, guardian or alternate permit supervisor if there is no approved school offering at least 20 hours of driver education per week located within 30 miles of the permit holders residence. 
6. Pass a drive test with either a third-party tester or at a Driver's License office. *Drive Tests at Driver's License offices are by appointment only*

There are a few additional rules you must follow.

The Minor Instruction Permit allows ONLY the signer of the DR2460 and/or the Driver Education Instructor to complete and log the 50 hours required on the drive time log sheet. This restriction does not apply to any person 18 years of age or older.
 
While you are under 18, if the person(s) who signed the DR2460 does not hold a valid Colorado driver's license, they may appoint an Alternate Permit Supervisor to supervise the minor while driving.  The Alternate Permit Supervisor must hold a valid Colorado driver's license and be 21 years of age or older.  Drive time with an Alternate Permit Supervisor will count toward the 50-hour total required on the log sheet. 
 
The person(s) who signed the DR2460 may also allow any person 21 years of age or older, who holds a valid license, to supervise the minor while driving but that driving time does not count toward the 50 hour total required on the log sheet.

For Questions: Contact the Compliance Office at - 303-975-9734

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Understand Colorado's Graduated Driver's License (GDL) Law

Beginning July 1, 2005, regardless of when you got your license, if you are under 18 you cannot drive a vehicle carrying a passenger under 21 unless you have held your driver license for at least 6 months. And, you cannot drive a vehicle carrying more than one passenger under 21 unless you have held your driver license for at least one year.

• If your parent or guardian is in the car with you, or
• If there is an adult passenger in the vehicle, 21 years of age or older, who has a valid license and has held a driver license for at least one year or
• If the passenger under 21 needs emergency medical assistance, or
• If the passengers under 21 are members of your immediate family and they are all wearing seatbelts.

So, if you were issued your license on January 1, 2005, on July 1, 2005, you would be able to carry only one passenger under 21 but no more than one until January 1, 2006, unless you meet one of the exceptions above.

There are also new restrictions on the time of day that you can drive. If you are under 18 you cannot drive between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m. unless you have held your driver license for at least one year

• unless your parent or guardian is in the car with you, or
• unless there is an adult passenger, 21 years of age or older, in the vehicle who has a valid license and has held a driver license for at least one year, or
• unless you are driving to school or a school-authorized activity and the school doesn't provide transportation. You will need a signed statement from the school official showing the date of the activity, or
• unless you are driving because of employment; you must carry a signed statement from your employer verifying your employment, or
• unless you are driving because of an emergency, or
• unless you are an emancipated minor but your parent(s) or guardian(s) have not canceled your license.