AM (categoria de condução)
Published 30 October 2026, 20:39
AM — driving licence category (moped and light quadricycle)
Under article 3(2) of the Regulamento da Habilitação Legal para Conduzir (annexed to Decreto-Lei n.º 138/2012), the category covers two- and three-wheeled vehicles and light quadricycles with a maximum design speed of 45 km/h: an engine of up to 4 kW or up to 50 cm3, and for a quadricycle also an unladen mass of up to 425 kg. It can be obtained from the age of 16; from 14 it can be obtained only for a two-wheeled moped and only after a special course, with code 790, which lapses at 16 (articles 10 and 20).
Where you come across it. A moped or scooter of up to 50 cc, a light quadricycle, part-time delivery work.
It is rarely obtained on its own: category AM is included in every higher licence, so with A1, A2, A or B you can ride a moped. Do not confuse it with A1, which covers motorcycles of up to 125 cm3 and is more powerful. The renewal periods are the standard ones: every 15 years until you turn 60, then every 5 years, and every 2 years after 70.