The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 23 : Motor Vehicles
Chapter 009 : Operator's Licenses
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 608)-
§ 608. Fees
(a) The four-year fee required to be paid the Commissioner for licensing an operator of motor vehicles or for issuing an operator’s privilege card shall be $62.00. The two-year fee required to be paid the Commissioner for licensing an operator or for issuing an operator’s privilege card shall be $39.00, and the two-year fee for licensing a junior operator or for issuing a junior operator’s privilege card shall be $39.00.
(b) An additional fee of $4.00 per year shall be paid for a motorcycle endorsement. The endorsement may be obtained for either a two-year or four-year period, to be coincidental with the length of the operator’s license.
(c)(1) Individuals under 23 years of age who were in the care and custody of the Commissioner for Children and Families pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 4903(4) in Vermont after attaining 14 years of age shall be provided with operator’s licenses or operator privilege cards at no charge.
(2) No additional fee shall be due for a motorcycle endorsement for an individual under 23 years of age who was in the care and custody of the Commissioner for Children and Families pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 4903(4) in Vermont after attaining 14 years of age.
[Subsection (d) effective July 1, 2026.]
(d) Individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Income and individuals with a disability as defined in 9 V.S.A. § 4501 shall be provided with operator’s licenses or operator privilege cards for the following fees:
(1) Original issuance: $20.00.
(2) Renewal every four years: $20.00.
(3) Replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated card or a new name is required: $10.00. (Amended 1965, No. 154, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1965; 1967, No. 86, § 2; 1975, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1981, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 51, § 35; 1989, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 21, 1990; 2001, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. May 15, 2002; 2003, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2009, No. 50, § 46; 2011, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2015, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; 2023, No. 78, § G.127, eff. January 1, 2024; 2025, No. 66, § 8, eff. July 1, 2025; 2025, No. 66, § 9, eff. July 1, 2026.)
