# MS — US graduated driver licensing requirements by state

For MS, learner minimum age is 15; mandatory holding period is 12 months; supervised driving hours is none; 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, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.

- **State:** MS
- **Learner minimum age:** 15
- **Mandatory holding period:** 12 months
- **Supervised driving hours:** none
- **Intermediate minimum age:** 16
- **Nighttime restriction:** 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Sun.-Thur., 11:30 p.m.-6 a.m. Fri.-Sat.
- **Passenger restriction:** none
- **Night restriction lifted:** licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.)
- **Passenger restriction lifted:** none

## 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

## Source

- https://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-08-05.
Part of [US graduated driver licensing requirements by state](https://referencesource.org/graduated-driver-licensing/).