Free Kansas DMV permit practice tests

The Kansas knowledge test has 25 multiple choice questions on traffic signs, pavement markings, Kansas laws, and safe driving, and you need 80% to pass. It isn't timed, but most people finish in 15 to 20 minutes. You can take it at a full-service driver's license office, through an approved driver's education course, or online.

You can take it again the next working day after paying a small re-exam fee. You get four chances. After a fourth failure, you wait at least six months from that exam before you try again.

You can get an instruction permit at 14. If you're under 16, a parent or guardian applies with you and signs an affidavit at the office. You pass the vision and written tests, or bring the DE-99 form from a driver's education course you're taking. With the permit you drive only with a licensed adult who is at least 21 and has a year of experience, and no one else sits in front.

At 15, after holding a state-issued permit for at least a year. At 15 you also need an approved driver's education course and 25 hours of supervised driving. At 16 the requirement is 50 hours, 10 of them at night, plus the vision, written, and driving tests, or the DE-99 completion slip from driver's education.

At 15 you can drive alone only to and from work, school on school days, and religious activities, and you can't carry minor passengers who aren't siblings. At 16 you can drive anywhere from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., and at any hour for work, school activities, or religious activities, with one minor passenger who isn't a sibling. Permit and restricted license holders can't use wireless devices while driving except to report illegal activity or get emergency help. After you're 16 and have held the license for 6 months, the age-related limits come off.

You need a Kansas driver's license within 90 days of moving to Kansas. If your out-of-state license is valid, you won't need to retest. If it's expired, you take the written and driving exams.

As of August 2026, the Kansas Division of Vehicles' credential fee chart, marked updated 5/2023, lists the Regular Learners Permit at $10.00 for all ages. That total is a $2.00 issuance fee plus an $8.00 photo fee.

A first-time Kansas applicant needs proof of lawful presence, proof of Social Security number, two proofs of Kansas residential address, and proof of legal name change if your name differs from your lawful presence document. For 14 and 15 year olds, a parent or guardian must also approve and sign an affidavit at the driver licensing office.

A Kansas instruction permit expires in 1 year and may be renewed with testing, according to the Kansas Driving Handbook. The handbook lists this under the Class C or M Instructional Permit, which has a minimum age of 14.