# VA — US graduated driver licensing requirements by state

For VA, learner minimum age is 15, 6 months; mandatory holding period is 9 months; supervised driving hours is 45 hours, 15 of which must be at night; intermediate minimum age is 16, 3 months; nighttime restriction is midnight-4 a.m. secondary enforcement, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **State:** VA
- **Learner minimum age:** 15, 6 months
- **Mandatory holding period:** 9 months
- **Supervised driving hours:** 45 hours, 15 of which must be at night
- **Intermediate minimum age:** 16, 3 months
- **Nighttime restriction:** midnight-4 a.m. secondary enforcement _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Passenger restriction:** first 12 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers younger than 21 secondary enforcement
- **Night restriction lifted:** age 18
- **Passenger restriction lifted:** age 18

## What the source says

> VA | 15, 6 months Footnote 74 | 9 months Footnote 74 | 45 hours, 15 of which must be at night | 16, 3 months Footnote 75 | midnight-4 a.m. Footnote 74 secondary enforcement | first 12 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers younger than 21 secondary enforcement | age 18 | age 18

## 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/).