From provisional to full license
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How long must you hold a provisional license before it can become a full driver's license?
The rule
You keep a provisional license at least 18 months. You get a full driver's license at 18 or older once you've had no moving-violation conviction or PBJ in the past 18 months.
You need at least 18 months on a provisional license. You must also be 18 or older, with no moving-violation conviction or PBJ in the last 18 months.
From the Maryland Driver's Manual, Section 2, page 11. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the MVA have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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