Nevada (NV) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Nevada (NV), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 10 p.m.-5 a.m. secondary enforcement; passenger restriction is no passengers younger than 18 secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is age 18; passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.); exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 46: In Nevada, driver education is required of all license applicants younger than 18 unless there is no driver education program offered within a 30-mile radius of the applicant's residence, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- NV verified
- State name
- Nevada our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15, 6 months verified
- Mandatory holding period (IIHS table)
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night (none with defensive driving course) verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- 10 p.m.-5 a.m. secondary enforcement verified
- Passenger restriction
- no passengers younger than 18 secondary enforcement verified
- Night restriction lifted
- age 18 verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 46: In Nevada, driver education is required of all license applicants younger than 18 unless there is no driver education program offered within a 30-mile radius of the applicant's residence. our reading
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What the source says
State, Learner minimum age, Mandatory holding period (IIHS table), Supervised driving hours, Intermediate minimum age, Nighttime restriction, Passenger restriction, Night restriction lifted and Passenger restriction lifted
The source prints these values inside the passage below but does not name them there. The passage shows where each one appears; what ties them to this record is the position on the page, not anything the passage says.
NV | 15, 6 months | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night (none with defensive driving course) | 16Footnote 46 | 10 p.m.-5 a.m. secondary enforcement | no passengers younger than 18 secondary enforcement | age 18 | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table