Class C DL –

• You may drive a:
  • 2-axle vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,000 pounds (lbs.) or less.
  • 3-axle vehicle weighing 6,000 lbs. or less gross.
  • Housecar 40 feet or less.
  • 3-wheel motorcycle with 2 wheels located in the front or back.
  • Vanpool vehicle designed to carry more than 10 persons, but no more than 15 persons including the driver.

A driver of a vanpool may operate with a Class C license but shall possess evidence of a medical examination required for a Class B license when operating vanpool vehicles. In the vanpool vehicle the driver must keep a statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that they have not been convicted of reckless driving, drunk driving, or hit-and-run in the last 5 years (CVC §12804.9(j)).

• You may tow a:
  • Single vehicle with a GVWR of 10,000 lbs. or less, including a tow dolly, if used.
• With a vehicle weighing 4,000 lbs. or more unladen, you may tow a:
  • Trailer coach or fifth-wheel travel trailer under 10,000 lbs. GVWR when towing is not for compensation.
  • Fifth-wheel travel trailer exceeding 10,000 lbs. but under 15,000 lbs. GVWR, when towing is not for compensation, and with endorsement.
• A farmer or employee of a farmer may drive:
  • Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,000 lbs. or less, if used exclusively in agricultural operations and not for hire or compensation.

• Class C licensees may not tow more than 1 vehicle.
• A passenger vehicle, regardless of weight, may not tow more than 1 vehicle.
• A motor vehicle under 4,000 lbs. unladen weight may not tow any vehicle weighing 6,000 lbs. or more gross (CVC §21715(b)).

Other classes of driver licenses/endorsements are:

• Noncommercial  Class A
• Noncommercial  Class B
• Commercial Class A
• Commercial Class B
• Commercial Class C
• Motorcycle Class M1
• Motorcycle Class M2
• Commercial endorsements:
  • Doubles/Triples
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Passenger Transportation
  • Tank Vehicle
• Ambulance Driver Certificate
• School Bus Endorsement
• Tow Truck Driver Certificate
• Verification of Transit Training Certificate
• Farm Labor Vehicle Certificate
• Firefighter Endorsement

Commercially-licensed firefighters must submit a Medical Examination Report Form, (MER) MCSA-5875 and Medical Examiner’s Certificate Form, (MEC) MCSA-5876. Noncommercially licensed firefighters may submit a self-certifying Health Questionnaire (DL 546).