ISF Internal Security Forces Lebanon : Vehicles’ Driving License

Name of the Organization : Internal Security Forces
Type of Facility : Vehicles’ Driving License
Country : Lebanon

Website : http://www.isf.gov.lb/en/ways

Vehicles’ Driving License :

Following the registration of the vehicle, the competent service shall issue to the vehicle’s owner a driving license, in conformity with the content of the delivery report, where the following details are enlisted:
** Full name and domicile of the owner.
** Type and intended use of the vehicle.

Related : ISF International Driver’s License Lebanon : www.statusin.org/5752.html

** Make and model of the vehicle.
** Number of engine and chassis.
** Number of cylinders and engine capacity.
** Shape, color of the vehicle and description of the trunk.
** Empty weight, net and gross load, if intended for transport.
** Date of first authorization for road driving.
** Number of passengers and way of their distribution.
** Special remarks and observations.

Driver’s License:
The driver’s license categories are divided to the following six categories:
First category: driver’s license for motorcycles.
Second category: driver’s license for tourist or transportation vehicles, which total weight does not exceed 3500 Kg.
Third category: driver’s license for transportation vehicles, which total weight is between 3500 and 10000 Kg, and buses which total seats are 20 maximum.
Fourth category: driver’s license for transportation vehicles, which total weight is over 10000 Kg, and buses which total seats are more than 20.
Fifth category: driver’s license for agricultural vehicles and equipment, and public works vehicles and equipment.
Sixth category: driver’s license for private tourist cars and motorcycles used for the transportation of persons and driven by physically disabled people, provided that such car or motorcycle shall be specifically made for them.

Types of Driver’s License:
Driver’s licenses intended for driving tourist cars are divided to two types only:
** Private driver’s license: which authorizes the holder thereof to drive a private tourist car, provided that he shall not be recruited by others.
** Public driver’s license: which authorizes the holder thereof to drive a private or public tourist car, against certain remuneration.

Private License :

Conditions to issue the driver’s license:
An application shall be submitted to the competent service, including the full name, domicile and date of birth of the applicant, in addition the license category requested and the type (whether public or private).

Age condition: the minimum age of driver’s license applicants shall be as follows:
** 18 years for the applicants for the driver’s license of category 1 – 2 – 5 – 6.
** 21 years for the applicants for the driver’s license of category 3 – 4.
** Licenses of category 4 shall be only granted to those holding a driver’s license of category 3 since at least six months.
** The applicant shall pass a technical test before a committee to be appointed by the Minister of Interior.
** The applicant shall not be convicted of a verdict which prevents him from holding a driver’s license.
** The applicant shall be medically fit for driving the type of vehicle subject of the driver’s license requested.

The driver’s license, regardless of its type, shall not be granted to the following individuals:
** Those who do not have an effective domicile in Lebanon.
** Those who are sentenced to more than 3 months of imprisonment for having committed serious traffic accidents without holding a driver’s license, unless two years after the expiry date of the judgment execution.
** Those who are sentenced to less than 3 months of imprisonment for having committed serious traffic accidents without holding a driver’s license, unless one year after the expiry date of the judgment execution.
** Alcoholic people.
** Those who are addicted to drugs, or those who consume, produce, originate, hold, transport or promote drugs or any work related to drugs.
** The public driver’s license shall be only granted to Lebanese individuals, after rehabilitation of those who were convicted of a dishonorable crime or felony.
** The driver’s license may be withdrawn, regardless of its type or category, following the issue of a judicial judgment against the holder thereof, for any of the crimes that prevent the individual from holding a driver’s license, whether temporarily or permanently.

Documents required for the renewal of the driver’s license at the age of 50, and each 5 years thereafter:
** The expired driver’s license.
** A criminal record.
** Two passport photos.
** A certificate of residence.
** A health certificate certified by the Order of Physicians.
** LBP 40,000 fee.
** The blood type.