Arizona (AZ) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Arizona (AZ), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.); exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 2: In Arizona, a driver education instructor can authorize an enrolled student who is 15 to drive only while supervised by the authorizing instructor, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
- State
- AZ verified
- State name
- Arizona our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15, 6 months verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 30 hours, 10 of which must be at night (none with driver education) verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement verified
- Passenger restriction
- no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 secondary enforcement verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 2: In Arizona, a driver education instructor can authorize an enrolled student who is 15 to drive only while supervised by the authorizing instructor. our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
AZ | 15, 6 months Footnote 2 | 6 months | 30 hours, 10 of which must be at night (none with driver education) | 16 | midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement | no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 secondary enforcement | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table