License restrictions — Missouri Permit Test
License restrictions on the Missouri permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A restricted license lets you drive only under specific conditions, and the conditions are shown on the card as restriction codes.
The card carries its own limits so an officer can read them. Nobody has to take your word for what you are allowed to do.
If you have a restricted license, it will have one or more of the restriction codes shown below.
Disobeying a restriction on your license can be charged as driving without a license, and a conviction puts points on your record.
The restriction is part of what the license permits. Driving outside it is, in law, driving on no license at all.
If you disobey the restriction(s), you can be charged with driving without a license, and if convicted, points will be placed on your driving record.
You may be required to take a driving test to have a restriction removed from your license.
The restriction went on because something was in doubt. Taking it off means showing the doubt has gone.
You may be required to take a driving test in order to have a restriction removed from your license.
Any law enforcement officer, judge, or physician can ask the Department to place restrictions on your license.
Three very different people see the same thing from different sides. Any one of them can start the conversation.
Any law enforcement officer, judge, or physician can ask the Department to place restrictions on your license.
An uncoded restriction is shown as the letter U on the license, with the description printed on the back.
Not every limit has a letter of its own. U means read the back of the card rather than guess from the code list.
An uncoded restriction will be listed as a “U” in the restriction area of the driver license or permit and the description will display on the back of the document, space permitting.
On the test
How are the conditions on a restricted Missouri license shown?
As restriction codes printed on the license. The card carries its own limits so an officer can read them. Nobody has to take your word for what you are allowed to do. Missouri Driver Guide, p.9: “If you have a restricted license, it will have one or more of the restriction codes shown below.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Missouri Driver Guide, published by the Missouri Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MO.pdf (Missouri Driver Guide, Revised August 2026, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MO.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 2, folioMarker, nonLawPages and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)