§ 27-16-603 - Persons exempted from licensing. - Arkansas Statutes

27-16-603. Persons exempted from licensing.

The following persons are exempt from licensing under this act:

(1) A person who operates a motor vehicle for a military purpose:

(A) While in the service of the:

(i) Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps of the United States; or

(ii) National Guard or military reserve; or

(B) While serving as a National Guard military technician;

(2) Any person while operating or driving any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved on a highway;

(3) A nonresident who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid noncommercial driver's license issued to him or her in his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state only as a noncommercial driver;

(4) A nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid commercial driver's license issued to him or her by his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state as a noncommercial driver or may operate a commercial motor vehicle as provided by 27-23-123; and

(5) Any nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of noncommercial drivers may operate a motor vehicle as a noncommercial driver only, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is duly registered in the home state or country of the nonresident.