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Missouri (MO) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules

16
The earliest age your teen may drive without an adult in the car — the intermediate (provisional) licence age. Night-time and passenger limits still apply until the points shown below. From the IIHS graduated-licensing table row quoted on the record page.
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DatasetUS graduated driver licensing requirements by state

For Missouri (MO), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 1 a.m.-5 a.m; passenger restriction is first 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 19; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers younger than 19; night restriction lifted is age 18; passenger restriction lifted is age 18; exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 41: In Missouri, licensees within the 30 days immediately preceding their eighteenth birthday who have clean records may apply for and receive full driving privileges, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

State
MO verified
State name
Missouri our reading
Learner minimum age
15 verified
Mandatory holding period
6 months verified
Supervised driving hours
40 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
Intermediate minimum age
16 verified
Nighttime restriction
1 a.m.-5 a.m. verified
Passenger restriction
first 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 19; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers younger than 19 verified
Night restriction lifted
age 18 verified
Passenger restriction lifted
age 18 verified
Exceptions and footnotes
Footnote 41: In Missouri, licensees within the 30 days immediately preceding their eighteenth birthday who have clean records may apply for and receive full driving privileges. 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

MO | 15 | 6 months | 40 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16 | 1 a.m.-5 a.m. | first 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 19; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers younger than 19 | age 18 Footnote 41 | age 18 Footnote 41

iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02

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