Missouri (MO) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
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
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table