Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-807 (2026)

1. 1. A person sixteen (16) years of age or older who shall present to the Office of Driver Services, or an authorized agent thereof, a valid driver's license issued to the person by another state or by a branch of the armed services of the United States that is currently valid or that expired not more than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date presented shall be issued an Arkansas driver's license if he or she:
      1. Surrenders the license to the office;
      2. Pays the license fee prescribed in § 27-16-801(a);
      3. Pays the other fees required by § 27-16-801(e);
      4. Pays a transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00); and
      5. Is tested and passes the minimum requirements of the eyesight test prescribed in this chapter.
   2. A person sixteen (16) years of age or older who shall present to the office a driver's license issued to the person by another state or by a branch of the United States Armed Forces that expired more than thirty-one (31) days prior to the date presented shall be issued an Arkansas driver's license if he or she:
      1. Is the spouse of a member of the military who was living outside of the United States due to a military duty assignment of the person's spouse when the license expired;
      2. Surrenders the license to the office;
      3. Pays the license fee prescribed in § 27-16-801(a);
      4. Pays the other fees required by § 27-16-801(e);
      5. Pays a transfer fee of five dollars ($5.00); and
      6. Is tested and passes the minimum requirements of the eyesight test prescribed in this chapter.
2. The five dollar ($5.00) transfer fee is to be paid in lieu of the fees prescribed by § 27-16-801(a)(1)(C), but shall be collected and deposited in the same manner as prescribed by § 27-16-801(d).

History. Acts 1963, No. 147, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-352; Acts 1989, No. 193, § 5; 1995, No. 413, § 1; 2005, No. 235, § 1.