Motorcycle Permit Tests by State: Law Questions Only

One law-only bank for each of 43 states and Washington DC, with the section of law under every question and no riding technique.

These are unofficial motorcycle permit practice tests for 43 states and Washington DC so far, 3,616 questions in all. The smallest bank, Oregon's, holds 27 and the largest, Minnesota's, 157.

44 pages

A–C 7

H–K 7

L–M 8

N 8

O–U 7

V–W 7

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Georgia, Tennessee and every other state missing from the list have no page yet. No page here is a government website, and no licensing agency has reviewed a question. Choose the state that will issue your permit, because the rules change at the border: who must wear a helmet, whether a permit holder may carry a passenger or ride after dark, and how many motorcycles may share a lane.

Every bank is written from that state's own statutes and rules, and the section number sits under each question so you can check the law. That is also the limit of these pages: they are law only. The real tests lean on the state's motorcycle manual, and most questions on the California DMV's own sample tests, read September 2026, are about riding technique. These banks hold none, so a good score here does not cover braking, cornering or lane position. Read your state's manual as well. Where an agency publishes the length or pass mark of its test, the page copies it and names the source. Where it does not, the page says so and shows no pass line.

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