Special DL Required for RV's over 26,000 GVWR

Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

As donn0128 said, driver's licensing and registration are accepted reciprocally by all states, so if you're legal in your home state with your license, you're legal everywhere.

This does not apply to equipment requirements, however; things like overall length limits or the permissibility of recreational double towing or trailer brake requirements or tire chain laws vary, and you need to comply with the laws of whatever state you're in.

donn0128 wrote:
Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

There is one huge caveat to that however.

As stated previously, reciprocity does NOT cover equipment regulations, so if your coach has air brakes and your home State does not require an air brake endorsement, you are NOT legal in states (or Canada) where such IS required.

JaxDad wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

There is one huge caveat to that however.

As stated previously, reciprocity does NOT cover equipment regulations, so if your coach has air brakes and your home State does not require an air brake endorsement, you are NOT legal in states (or Canada) where such IS required.

If this were true, you could not use your motor home in those states or Canada, since you can't get a driver's license or endorsement anywhere other than your home state.

Home State rules rule. If you are a TX resident then you must have a "big" RV rider added to your license. If you are from FL (and many other States, you do not). You just have to follow the rules that apply to the State where your RV is registered and your drivers license is issued.

JaxDad wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

There is one huge caveat to that however.

As stated previously, reciprocity does NOT cover equipment regulations, so if your coach has air brakes and your home State does not require an air brake endorsement, you are NOT legal in states (or Canada) where such IS required.

Yeah, I don't believe this is true. California does not require an airbrake endorsement so that's a lot of motorhomes being driven in other states.

msmith1199 wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

There is one huge caveat to that however.

As stated previously, reciprocity does NOT cover equipment regulations, so if your coach has air brakes and your home State does not require an air brake endorsement, you are NOT legal in states (or Canada) where such IS required.

Yeah, I don't believe this is true. California does not require an airbrake endorsement so that's a lot of motorhomes being driven in other states.

This is NOT true as you suspect. Your home State RULES! No matter what CA may or may not require, it does not apply to you. The only CA rule that "used" to apply, no matter where you were from, was the 60' max length, but that was repealed.

donn0128 wrote:
Its called recripical.
Driving license and vehicle license covers you for all 50 states, canada and mexico

Don't bet on your insurance in Mexico and I would double check it even for Canada.

When I had the Monaco forty foot dp in order to be legal in NC I had to get a Class B license with air brake endorsement. In NC it is not over 26000 but 26001 and over. With that being said I never was checked or stopped. The DL examiner at the time told me I was one of the few who actually applied for one. All it took was a night or two of study, taking the test on a computer and having a picture taken along with the fee of course. The dl examiner told me I would be fine wherever I went in the US.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Home State rules rule. If you are a TX resident then you must have a "big" RV rider added to your license. .........

There is no “rider” for a Texas license. If you are over 26,000 lbs you either get a class A non commercial or a class B non commercial depending on what you may be towing behind it.

26,000 and under a standard class C non commercial is all you need.