(a) Except as provided under Alaska Stat. § 28.15.051, a person who is at least 16 years of age but not yet 18 years of age may not be issued a driver‘s license unless the person has

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.15.057

  • driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • license: when used in relation to driver licensing, means a license, provisional license, or permit to drive a motor vehicle, or the privilege to drive or to obtain a license to drive a motor vehicle, under the laws of this state whether or not a person holds a valid license issued in this or another jurisdiction. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • motor vehicle: means a vehicle which is self-propelled except a vehicle moved by human or animal power. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using a highway or vehicular way or area that is open to public use for purposes of travel. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
(1) been licensed under an instruction permit issued under Alaska Stat. § 28.15.051 or under the law of another state with substantially similar requirements for at least six months;
(2) held a valid provisional driver’s license issued under Alaska Stat. § 28.15.055 for at least six months; and
(3) not been convicted of violating a traffic law during the six months before applying for a driver’s license; in this paragraph, “traffic law” has the meaning given to “traffic laws” in Alaska Stat. § 28.15.261.
(b) A person authorized to drive a motor vehicle under a provisional driver’s license issued under Alaska Stat. § 28.15.055 may not

(1) operate a motor vehicle that is carrying any passengers

(A) except a passenger who is a parent, legal guardian, sibling, or a person at least 21 years of age; or
(B) unless at least one of the passengers is a parent, legal guardian, or person at least 21 years of age; or
(2) operate a motor vehicle between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., except when the person is

(A) accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or a person at least 21 years of age who is licensed to drive the type or class of vehicle being used; or
(B) driving to or from the person’s place of employment or within the scope of the person’s employment and the driving is along the most direct available route.
(c) This section does not apply to restricted licenses issued to persons to operate motor vehicles in areas of the state off the road system when operating motor vehicles in those areas.
(d) A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.
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