1. A. The application of any person under the age of sixteen (16) years for a restricted license shall be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by the father, mother or guardian, or, in the event there is no parent or guardian, then by another responsible adult who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this act upon a person signing the application of a person under sixteen (16) years of age.
2. B. Any negligence or willful misconduct of a person under the age of sixteen (16) years when driving a motor vehicle upon a highway with the knowledge and consent of the person who signed the application for the restricted license shall be imputed to the person who has signed the application. Such person shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by such negligence or willful misconduct, except as otherwise provided in subsection C of this section.
3. C. In the event a person under sixteen (16) years of age deposits or there is deposited upon his behalf proof of financial responsibility in respect to the operation of a motor vehicle owned by him or if not the owner of a motor vehicle then with respect to the operation of any motor vehicle, in form and in amounts as required under the motor vehicle financial responsibility laws of this state, then the Department may accept the application of such person when signed by one parent or the guardian of such person, and while such proof is maintained such parent or guardian shall not be subject to the liability imposed under subsection B of this section.
4. D. The Department may, at its discretion, cancel or suspend the license of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for any unlawful act, negligence or misconduct while driving a motor vehicle.
5. E. Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a license may thereafter file with the Department of Public Safety a verified written request that the license of that minor so granted be canceled. The Department shall then cancel the license of the minor and the person who signed the application of the minor shall be relieved from the liability imposed under this act by reason of having signed the application on account of any subsequent negligence or willful misconduct of the minor in operating a motor vehicle.
6. F. The Department of Public Safety upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the application of a minor for a license shall cancel the license and shall not issue a new license until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made as required by this chapter. This provision shall not apply in the event the minor has attained sixteen (16) years of age.

Laws 1961, HB 556, p. 343, § 6-107, eff. September 1, 1961; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1143, c. 343, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1976; Amended by Laws 1978, SB 521, c. 304, § 5; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1242, c. 284, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1543, c. 45, § 5, eff. January 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1989, c. 219, § 15, eff. January 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2302, c. 397, § 16, eff. November 1, 2002 (superseded document available).