Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA): Frederick
- Full Service, 1601 Bowman's Farm Rd. (exit 56 off I-70)
Frederick, MD
21701. Services - Provides a complete range of MVA services. Hours -
Monday-Friday 0830-1630 for all services and every Saturday 0830-1200 for
Driver's License Services only.
Persons exempt from licensing
requirements: A member of the armed forces of the United States or USPHS who is
serving on active duty and any dependent of the member, if: (i) The driver has
with him a license to drive issued to him by his state of domicile; and (ii) The
license authorizes the driver to drive in his state of domicile the vehicles of
the class he is driving in Maryland. Annotated Code of Maryland, Transportation
16-102(a)(7). Both military members and their dependents may lawfully drive
with a foreign license that is current if that license is issued by the state of
legal residence of the driver. If the member leaves active duty, that member and
their dependents have 30 days to get a Maryland license.
Motor Vehicle
Registration: If a nonresident is a member of the armed forces of the
United States or of the USPHS and is serving on active duty in this State or an
adjoining state or the District of Columbia, the nonresident need not register
his personal passenger vehicles in this State if the vehicles are registered in
the state of his residence. Annotated Code of Maryland, Transportation
13-402.1(c). Note: this provision does not extend to dependents of military
members. Vehicles titled only in the name of dependents must be retitled in the
State of Maryland within 30 days of arrival to the state.