California
Track your California supervised driving hours — without the paper headache
Log every practice drive, watch your 50 total / 10 night hours add up automatically, and generate the official Supervised Driving Log California requires — pre-filled and ready to keep and certify from.
No account, no password. Enter your email only when you're ready to save your log.
Starting fresh or catching up — you can enter drives you've already completed.
Join thousands of drives already logged.
What California requires
In California, a learner permit is available starting at age 15 (and six months, with driver education). California requires 50 hours of supervised driving, including 10 at night before a teen can finish the supervised-driving stage of licensing.
The learner permit also has to be held for at least 6 months before a teen can move up to the next license stage in California, so it's worth starting the log early.
A parent or guardian certifies the completed hours on the DL 44 driver's license application; the Supervised Driving Log is the record behind that certification. There's no trip log to submit. Learner Log generates a print-ready Supervised Driving Log filled in from your logged drives, ready to keep and certify from. No hand-copying a paper tally.
✓ Requirements verified on July 19, 2026 against California's official DMV source.
Official sources: Supervised Driving Log Official California DMV
Requirements change; always confirm the current rules with your state's licensing agency or the official form.
California certifies the hours rather than submitting a log: see submit vs. certify.
How to fill out the Supervised Driving Log
Planning your record: common driving-log mistakes paper log vs. app
Log your first supervised drive
- 1. Log a drive in a few taps (day or night).
- 2. Enter your email to save your log.
- 3. Track progress and export when ready.
Already been driving? You can enter drives you've already completed — just pick the date each one happened.
Completing your California supervised-driving log, step by step
From your first supervised drive to a completed California log — the workflow, in order.
- Log every supervised drive as you go — Learner Log records each drive's date, length, and day-or-night split for you.
- Build toward California's requirement of 50 hours of supervised driving, including 10 at night.
- Hold the permit the required 6 months — start logging early so the hours are finished by the time California's waiting period is up.
- Generate the print-ready Supervised Driving Log straight from your logged drives — no hand-copying a paper tally.
- Have a parent or guardian certify the completed hours on the DL 44 driver's license application, and keep the Supervised Driving Log as the record behind it — there's no trip log to turn in.
California requirements checklist
- Confirm learner-permit eligibility (age 15, and six months, with driver education).
- Log 50 total hours of supervised driving.
- Include at least 10 hours at night.
- Have a parent or guardian certify the completed hours.
- Generate the print-ready Supervised Driving Log and print it.
Track your California supervised-driving hours free at learnerlog.app/california
Generate this automatically.
Log your hours and Learner Log fills in the official Supervised Driving Log with your totals and supervising-driver details — ready to keep and certify from, no hand-copying.
Logging is free. Certification-ready Supervised Driving Log export included with the one-time $5 unlock.
Questions about California requirements
Does Learner Log create my Supervised Driving Log?
Yes. Once you've logged your hours, the export generates a print-ready Supervised Driving Log filled in from your logged drives.
Do I submit this log to California?
No. A parent or guardian certifies your completed hours on the DL 44 driver's license application; the Supervised Driving Log is the record you keep and certify from, with no trip log to turn in.
How many of the hours have to be at night?
California requires 10 of the 50 hours at night. Learner Log tracks daytime and nighttime minutes separately, so your night total is always current.
How long must the California permit be held?
The configured California licensing path requires the permit to be held for at least 6 months. Confirm the current timing with the licensing agency before applying.
Related states
Moving, or supervising a driver elsewhere? These states have similar supervised-driving requirements:
See all states →