Editing General Mobile Radio Service (section)

==Licensing==
Any individual in the United States who is at least 18 years of age and not a representative of a foreign government may apply for a GMRS license by completing the application form, online through the FCC's Universal Licensing System.  No exam is required. A GMRS license is issued for a 10&ndash;year term.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC |title=GMRS Information |date=August 2011 |url=https://www.fcc.gov/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs}}</ref>
The fee was reduced to $35 for all applicants on April 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC |title=GMRS fee schedule |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-343611A1.pdf}}</ref>

A GMRS individual license extends to immediate family members and authorizes them to use the licensed system.<ref name="family">{{CodeFedReg|47|95|1705|c}}</ref> GMRS license holders are allowed to communicate with FRS users on those frequencies that are shared between the two services.<ref>{{CodeFedReg|47|95|1731}}</ref> GMRS individual licenses do not extend to employees.<ref name="family" />

New GMRS licenses are being issued only to individuals. Prior to July 31, 1987, the FCC issued GMRS licenses to non-individuals (corporations, partnerships, government entities, etc.). These licensees are [[Grandfather clause|grandfathered]] and may renew but not make major modifications to their existing licenses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=licensing_1&id=general_mobile |publisher=FCC |series=Wireless Services: General Mobile Radio Service |title=Licensing: Eligibility}}</ref>

In any case, each GMRS station must be identified by transmission of its FCC-assigned call sign at the end of a transmission or a series of transmissions, and at least once every 15 minutes for a series lasting more than 15 minutes. The call sign may be spoken or sent with audible tones using Morse code. A repeater station handling properly identified transmissions of others is not required to send its own station identification.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) |url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=3adadbdfab9fb44c7685ffaa48d6fb89&mc=true&node=se47.5.95_11751&rgn=div8 |website=Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) |language=en}}</ref>