León opens permanent applications for the municipal taxi license exams

The León City Council has approved the open and permanent call for examinations to obtain the municipal permit for driving taxi vehicles within the municipal district, along with the rules and syllabus that will govern the exams. The decision is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of León (Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de León) no. 212, dated November 9, 2026, under the official reference BOP-LE-2026-212007 (page 20 et seq.).

A resolution signed by the delegated councilor

The agreement is formalized through Resolution no. 11408/2026, dated October 2, 2026, from the Councilor for Internal Affairs, Human Resources, Mobility, and Sports of the León City Council. The text orders the full publication of the resolution and its annexes—Annex I, containing the rules of the call, and Annex II, containing the syllabus for blocks A, B, and C—in the Official Gazette of the Province of León and on the Notice Board of the municipal electronic headquarters. The announcement appears signed in León on November 4, 2026, by the Mayor, P.D., Vicente Canuria Atienza.

The tests are governed by Chapter VIII of the Municipal Ordinance Regulating the Taxi Service in the municipal district of León and by its article 40, as well as by Law 9/2018, of December 20, on Public Passenger Road Transport of Castilla y León. The permit will be required for license holders, salaried drivers, and freelance collaborators. As a precedent, the modification of said ordinance underwent public consultation following its initial approval, published in the provincial gazette on September 21, 2026.

Open call: application at any time

The call is open and permanent, meaning that individuals who meet the requirements may submit their application at any time and will be included in the next round of tests once compliance with the requirements has been verified. The procedures outlined in the rules are as follows:

• Requirements: class B driving license or equivalent with a minimum seniority of one year and all points in force, provable with the license from the General Directorate of Traffic and a responsible declaration.
• Health and criminal certifications: not suffering from any infectious-contagious disease nor any physical or psychological impediment for the profession, and not having been convicted of sexual offenses, via a certificate from the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders and Human Trafficking.
• Fee: electronic payment at the Virtual Tax Office, in the section “Pay fees – Autotaxi Licenses – Examination Fees”, or in person at the Municipal Transport Office, at San Agustín, 1, 1.º León; failure to pay excludes the applicant from the procedure.
• Submission: General Registry of the León City Council, municipal electronic office, or the means specified in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015.
• Admission: provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates, with 10 business days for appeals, followed by a definitive list.
• Notice: the call for each test will be announced at least ten days prior to the scheduled date.

A 45-question test with four answers

The exam will be a written multiple-choice test of 45 questions with four alternatives and only one correct answer, plus 9 reserve questions to replace any annulled by the Qualifying Board. The grading ranges from 0 to 10 points: each correct answer adds one point and each error penalizes 0.33 points, while unanswered questions are not penalized. The test is considered passed, with a grade of FIT (APTO), upon reaching a minimum of 5 points out of 10. The maximum time to complete the exam shall not be less than 60 minutes, and the answer key will be published within a maximum period of 72 hours. Applicants will have five calendar days to appeal the questions and another five to appeal the score obtained.

Street map, ordinance, and mechanics: the syllabus

Annex II divides the subjects into three blocks:

• Block A (physical environment): street layout and major road axes; hospitals and health centers —Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Hospital San Juan de Dios, HM Regla y San Francisco—; administrative and judicial headquarters; access to the Bus Station, the León-Adif Railway Station, and the León Airport; monuments such as the Cathedral, San Isidoro, Casa Botines, Hostal de San Marcos, and MUSAC; campuses and industrial estates; shopping centers and the network of official taxi ranks.
• Block B (regulatory framework): licensing regime and Municipal Registry, driving permit, service provision conditions, vehicles, contracting, tariff regime, and the ordinance’s sanctioning regime, together with Law 9/2018.
• Block C (mechanics): engine and fluids, tires and safety, brakes and steering, electrical system and batteries, and electric vehicles with DGT labels.

The resolution warns that passing the tests does not in itself grant a taxi license nor confer any right to its ownership or operation, and those found NOT FIT may repeat the procedure with a new application. Against the resolution, which exhausts the administrative route, an appeal for reversal may be filed within one month or a contentious-administrative appeal before the Court of First Instance of León within two months.

The new framework directly interests the taxi sector of the capital and those aspiring to drive a rental vehicle: by eliminating specific calls for applications, the corporation establishes a continuous procedure that regulates the entry of new drivers and links access to the activity to knowledge of the city, municipal regulations, and vehicle maintenance.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of León, no. 212, November 9, 2026, section I, page 20 (official reference: BOP-LE-2026-212007).