Maryland driving skills test checklist
For your behind-the-wheel drive test. Print it, or keep it open on your phone.
Book and bring
- An appointment: book it at mva.maryland.gov (Make an Appointment) or by phone.
- A vehicle you bring, with up-to-date license plates and registration.
- Proof that the vehicle is insured.
- A supervising driver, who comes with you to the test site.
Manual Section 1, pages 7 and 8.
The car
- Safe to drive.
- No cracks or anything else on the windshield that could block your view.
- At least half a tank of gas.
- During the test only you and the examiner are in the car, plus an MVA-approved interpreter if you need one.
Manual Section 1, page 8.
What you'll do
- Drive on public roads and on a special course at the test site.
- Pull-in parking and back-in parking in a 10 by 20 foot space.
- A three-point turn in a 16 by 20 foot space.
- A reverse two-point turn. Parallel parking is no longer on the test.
Manual Section 1, page 7, and Section 10, page 53.
Before you book, under 25
- You've finished an approved Maryland driver education program.
- Your learner's permit is valid, and you've held it long enough without a violation (9 months under 18).
- Your signed Practice and Skills Log shows at least 60 hours with a supervising driver, 10 of them at night.
- No moving-violation conviction or probation before judgment during your permit time.
Manual Section 2, pages 9 to 11.
From the Maryland Driver's Manual (December 2025), read on October 24, 2026: Section 1, Driving tests requirements, Section 2, Licensing requirements and process and Section 10, Other important information.
Checked against these sources on October 24, 2026.