Mississippi Drivers Education
If you are 14 years old and can provide proof that you have enrolled in a driver’s education course at your school, you are eligible to apply for a Mississippi Learner’s Permit. If you have not registered in a driver’s education course you may apply for a Learner’s Permit at age 15. Other requirements include a complete notarized application (with both parent’s signatures), your social security card, your certified birth certificate, and proof (dated within 30 days) that you are attending school. In addition, you must pass a written test as well as an eye test.
Once you have held your learners permit for six months, you can apply for an Intermediate Drivers License or a Class “R” Drivers License (if you are under 18 but over 15 ½) which allows you to drive unsupervised between 6am and 10pm, though you may drive from 10pm to 6am if you are accompanied by a licensed driver who is over the age of 21 and occupying the seat beside you. Additional driving skills tests and vision tests are also required, as are the parental consent form and the school attendance form.
The following documents will assist you in your effort to obtain first your permit then your license:
Application for Mississippi Driver's License
Application to be used for obtaining a Mississippi Driver's License
Certification of Diabetic
Application for a special driver license or identification card that will help
identify a person as a diabetic.
Instructions for 17 and older Application
Use this application to apply for one of the following: an Operator's License, a
Learner's Permit (17 or over), a Commercial Driver License (CDL), a Class "D"
Commercial License (Non-CDL) or a Non-Driver's Identification Card. This
application may also be used to change your name and/or address on you driver
license and/or voter registration files.
Proof of Domicile
Effective July 1, 1999, any applicant for an original license who is over
eighteen (18) years of age must show proof of domicile in this state to receive
a license.
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