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 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
- State
- NV verified
- State name
- Nevada our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15, 6 months verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 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
NV | 15, 6 months | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night (none with defensive driving course) | 16 Footnote 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 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table