How many can I miss on the Florida permit test?
An unrelated licensing-source disagreement remains unresolved. The reviewed test count and passing rules below do not establish your eligibility to apply.
Reviewed test format
50 questions. At least 40 correct overall; calculated maximum of 10 mistakes overall.
Test options and applicant conditions: An applicant needing an oral exam must use a driver license or tax collector office; third-party operators cannot give oral exams.
Test format scope: Class E Knowledge Exam for a learner’s license: the published count covers traffic law, safe driving and traffic controls together.
Test duration notes: An approved third-party online exam has a 60-minute limit; unanswered items count as incorrect. This published timing rule applies to online exams.
Online testing: Applicants younger than 18 may use an approved third-party online exam. A parent proctor form must be notarized or signed before a driver license examiner. Passing applicants can be selected for an additional office retest.
Questions: 50
Correct answers to pass: 40
Passing percentage: 80
Driver’s education: unresolved source disagreement
The current DETS page specifies six-hour DETS for first-time applicants under 18 from August 1, 2025, with stated exceptions. The 2023 handbook describes TLSAE, and the general knowledge-exam page still presents TLSAE without that age-specific update. Read the current age-specific requirement and its exceptions before applying.
Since August 1, 2025, first-time applicants under 18 who have never held a license in another jurisdiction need six hours of DETS. FDOE Traffic Safety Classroom 1900300 or 1900310 and approved school DELAP courses may substitute. Exceptions cover valid out-of-state license transfers, Florida learner licenses obtained before that date, and TLSAE completed before that date; grandfathered TLSAE certificates last one year after completion.
The 2023 learner-license checklist calls for TLSAE.
The general exam page still requires TLSAE for a person never licensed in any state or country, without the newer under-18 DETS distinction.
Documents to bring: unresolved source disagreement
The 2023 handbook rejects photocopies or notarized copies for its general document list. The current U.S.-citizen checklist explicitly accepts printouts or faxes for residential-address evidence. These are conflicting copy-format instructions for address documents; identity and SSN originals are separate requirements.
The handbook requires original or certified documents and rejects photocopies and notarized copies.
First-time applicants must visit an office with identity, Social Security number and Florida address evidence. Choose the agency checklist for your citizenship or immigration status. U.S. citizens need one original primary ID, one original Social Security document and two different address documents; address printouts or faxes are accepted. Bring documents linking any legal name changes.
Permit fee: unresolved source disagreement
The current fee schedule says the $6.25 tax collector fee may apply and exempts customers with documented veteran status. The teen FAQ instead says it applies to all driver-license transactions, without the veteran exception.
The initial Class E fee, including a learner license, is $48. A $6.25 tax collector service charge may apply; documented veterans are exempt from that service charge. A knowledge retest costs $10, with applicable service charges.
The teen FAQ states a $6.25 service fee applies to all driver-license transactions completed at a tax collector office.
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