31 MAC Pt. 1, R. 2.18
Graduated Driver License
Cite as 31 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 1, R. 2.18
Graduated Driver License
Any person at least fourteen (14) years of age may obtain a learner’s permit if they are enrolled
in a certified driver education program. The permit can only be used as an instructional permit
for operating the driver education car only. When the applicant reaches the age of fifteen (15),
they need to report to the nearest driver license office to purchase a new learner’s permit and be
placed in the computer for the six (6) month time requirement to begin. All fifteen (15) or sixteen
(16) year olds that receive a learner’s permit must hold that permit at least six (6) months. After
the six (6) months waiting period, they can go to the nearest driver license office and complete
the road test requirement to receive an intermediate driver license. The intermediate driver
license requirement is that the applicant can legally drive between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
10:00 p.m. without a licensed driver in the vehicle with them. After 10:00 p.m. and until 6:00
a.m., they can drive only if a licensed driver at least twenty-one (21) years of age is in the front
seat with them. The intermediate driver license shall be held for a period of six (6) months or
until the applicant reaches their seventeenth (17th) birthday or whichever occurs first. After the
applicant has held the intermediate driver license the required amount of time, or reaches the age
of seventeen (17), then the applicant will receive an unrestricted license. All applicants under the
age eighteen (18) must have a valid school attendance form in order to obtain an original driver
license or to renew a driver license.