Mississippi (MS) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
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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.
For Mississippi (MS), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Sun.-Thur., 11:30 p.m.-6 a.m. Fri.-Sat; passenger restriction is none; night restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.); passenger restriction lifted is none; exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 40: In Mississippi, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed driver education, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
- State
- MS verified
- State name
- Mississippi our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 12 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- none verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Sun.-Thur., 11:30 p.m.-6 a.m. Fri.-Sat. verified
- Passenger restriction
- none verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- none verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 40: In Mississippi, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed driver education. 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
MS | 15 | 12 months | none | 16 Footnote 40 | 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Sun.-Thur., 11:30 p.m.-6 a.m. Fri.-Sat. | none | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) | none
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table