Pennsylvania License & Test Fees

6.00

Source: 75 Pa.C.S. Sec. 1951 sets driver licensing fees. PennDOT Form DL-180: "Permit Fee: Additional permit fee of $6.00 for each class permit requested." Class C (automobile) is $6.00; Class M (motorcycle) is $18.00 including the MSEA fee. The permit fee is never paid on its own: PennDOT collects the 4-year license fee of $39.50 on the same application, so an applicant pays $45.50 out of pocket, which the Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025) lists as "Initial Permit & 4-Year License $45.50." · Verified Aug 2026

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Source: No separate knowledge-test fee. PennDOT collects a permit fee plus the license fee on Form DL-180; neither the form nor the Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025) carries a knowledge-test line item. Statutory authority: 75 Pa.C.S. Sec. 1951. · Verified Aug 2026

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Source: PennDOT Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025) carries no road-test line item under Non-Commercial, so PennDOT charges nothing to administer the non-commercial road test. A road test booked through a PA-certified third-party tester is not free: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95, 4-21), Chapter 1, notes those testers set their own market-driven fee, which PennDOT does not regulate or publish. · Verified Aug 2026

39.50

Source: PennDOT Form DL-180 lists the 4-Year Driver's License at $39.50 ($27.50 for age 65 and over on a 2-year license). The license fee is collected with the permit application, so the combined initial permit and 4-year license is $45.50, as shown on the Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025): "Initial Permit & 4-Year License $45.50." · Verified Aug 2026

39.50

Source: PennDOT Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025): "Renew 4-Year License $39.50"; "Renew 2-Year License (age 65+) $27.50." · Verified Aug 2026

43.50

Source: PennDOT Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025), Identification Cards: "Initial $43.50"; "Renew $44.50"; "Replace $42.50." · Verified Aug 2026

No retake fee. The knowledge test carries no PennDOT fee, so a retake costs nothing.

Source: No retake fee. The PennDOT Driver Licensing Fee Chart (FS-DLF, July 2025) lists no knowledge-test or road-test retake fee. PennDOT Online Driver's Manual, Chapter 1 (Testing): a failed knowledge test may be retaken "the following business day"; "You have three chances with each learner's permit to pass the road test before the expiration date of the learner's permit." · Verified Aug 2026