There are different sources of authority, including international treaties and state and federal laws, which govern the operation of commercial and non-commercial vehicles by persons licensed in foreign countries. The licenses of residents of foreign countries that are considered valid are listed below. An international driving permit is not required. For licenses that are not in English, and interpreter may be required to determine the licenses’ validity. Courts and law enforcement should not seize and destroy foreign drivers’ licenses pursuant to section 625g of the Michigan Vehicle Code. 1943 Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic Residents of countries that are signatories to the 1943 Convention may in this country if they have a valid commercial or driver’s license issued by their country of residence or an authorized political subdivision of that country. These countries include: Mexico Honduras Brazil Nicaragua Colombia Panama Costa Rica Uruguay El Salvador 1949 Convention on Road Traffic Reidents of countries that are signatories to the 1949 Convention may in this country if they have a valid commercial driver’s license issued by their country of residence. These countries include: Albania Cyprus Israel Algeria Czech Rep. Italy Argentina Denmark Jamaica Australia Dominican Rep. Japan Austria Ecuador Jordan Bahamas Korea Bangladesh Fiji Kyrgyz Rep. Barbados Finland Laos Belgium France Lebanon Belize Gambia Lesotho Benin Georgia Luxembourg Botswana Ghana Macao Bulgaria Greece Madagascar Cambodia Grenada Malawi Canada Guatemala Malaysia Central African Rep. Guyana Mali Chile Haiti Malta China (Taiwan) Hon Kong Mauritius Congo Hungary Monaco Congo Democratic Rep. Iceland Morocco Cote d’Ivoire India Namibia Cuba Ireland Netherlands
There are different sources of authority, including international treaties and state and federal laws, which govern the operation of commercial and non-commercial vehicles by persons licensed in foreign countries. The licenses of residents of foreign countries that are considered valid are listed below. An international driving permit is not required. For licenses that are not in English, and interpreter may be required to determine the licenses’ validity. Courts and law enforcement should not seize and destroy foreign drivers’ licenses pursuant to section 625g of the Michigan Vehicle Code. 1943 Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic Residents of countries that are signatories to the 1943 Convention may in this country if they have a valid or commercial driver’s license issued by their country of residence or an authorized political subdivision of that country. These countries include: Mexico Honduras Brazil Nicaragua Colombia Panama Costa Rica Uruguay El Salvador 1949 Convention on Road Traffic Reidents of countries that are signatories to the 1949 Convention may in this country if they have a valid driver’s license issued by their country of residence. These countries include: Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Botswana Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Central African Rep. Chile China (Taiwan) Congo Congo Democratic Rep. Cote d’Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Dominican Rep. Ecuador Fiji Finland France Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Hon Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Korea Kyrgyz Rep. Laos Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritius Monaco Morocco Namibia Netherlands commercial
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