Free Colorado DMV permit practice tests

You can get a Colorado learner's permit at 15. If you're under 18, a parent, guardian, or another responsible adult 21 or older signs an Affidavit of Liability (form DR 2460), and you'll need to finish driver education first. At the office you also take a vision exam, give fingerprints, and have your photo taken.

Colorado's rules for the written knowledge test given at driving schools require 80% or higher, with 0 to 5 incorrect answers, which fits a 25 question test. The DMV doesn't publish a question count for the test given in its offices. The questions cover the Colorado Driver Handbook, including road signs, impaired driving, driving rules, and safety.

You can take it online with the @Home Driving Knowledge Test, at a DMV office, or at a driving school. The @Home test needs a desktop or laptop with a webcam, gives you 60 minutes, and test takers under 19 need an adult proxy. After you pass, you still make an appointment at a state driver license office to get the permit.

A licensed driver who is 21 or older has to sit in the front passenger seat. That person needs a valid Colorado driver license, or a military ID together with a valid out-of-state license.

If you're under 18, you hold the permit for at least 12 months and log 50 hours of supervised driving, 10 of them at night. If you're younger than 16 and a half, you also need 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training with an approved driving school. You can take the drive test at 16, with an approved third-party testing school.

For the first six months, you can't carry passengers under 21 unless a parent or another licensed adult is with you. For the next six months, one passenger under 21 is allowed. Siblings and medical emergencies are exceptions. During your first year you also can't drive between midnight and 5 a.m., except for school, work, a medical emergency, or with a parent or guardian.

Under House Bill 24-1021, anyone aged 15 through 17 who applies for a permit on or after January 1, 2027 must finish a 30-hour driver education course first. Applicants aged 18 through 20 will need either the 30-hour course or a 4-hour driver awareness program. If you get your permit before that date, the new rules don't apply to you.

As of October 2026, the Colorado DMV lists the instruction permit at $20.00 in its REAL ID license and ID fees, and that price includes a motorcycle permit. The same page lists the instruction permit at $23.00 in its Standard license and ID fees.

At your Colorado DMV appointment, you bring identification documents such as a passport or birth certificate, because a school ID alone is not enough. You also need two proofs of address, and a parent's can be used for a minor. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian signs the Affidavit of Liability and Guardianship (DR 2460).

A Colorado instruction permit is valid for three years or until your 21st birthday, whichever comes first, according to the Colorado DMV. The DMV gives that answer on its page for minor drivers under 21.