Losing your license — Missouri Permit Test

A parent or guardian of a driver under 18 may ask the Director of Revenue to deny that driver a license.

A parent who thinks their teenager is not ready can say so to the state, and the state will listen.

If you are under the age 18, your parent or guardian may request that the Director of Revenue deny you a license.

A parental denial cancels a license the young driver already holds.

The request is not only about the future. A card already in a wallet stops being valid.

If you already have a driver license, the request will cancel your license.

A parental denial expires when the driver turns 18, or earlier if the parent asks for the record to be cleared.

It is meant to run out on its own. A parent who changes their mind does not have to wait for the birthday.

The denial expires when you turn 18 or when your parent or guardian requests your driving status be cleared.

Leaving the scene of a traffic accident is one of the reasons Missouri can take your license away.

Stopping is the whole of what the law asks after a crash. Driving off turns a collision into an offense.

Leaving the scene of a traffic accident.

Refusing to let a police officer test you for alcohol or drugs is a reason your license can be taken away.

Refusing is not a way out. Missouri treats the refusal itself as the thing that costs you the license.

Refusing to let a police officer test you for alcohol or drugs.

Giving false information when you apply for a license is a reason the license can be taken away.

The application is the state's whole record of who you are. A lie in it makes every later document unreliable.

Giving false information when you apply for a license.

Failing to yield the right-of-way and causing injury or death is a reason your license can be taken away.

Yielding is the cheapest thing a driver does. When skipping it hurts somebody, the state takes the license, not just the fine.

Failing to yield the right-of-way and causing injury or death.

Failing to keep insurance is a reason your license can be taken away.

Insurance is what pays for the harm you cause. Driving without it puts that cost on whoever you hit.

Failing to keep insurance (financial responsibility)

Who may ask the Director of Revenue to deny a license to a driver under 18?

That driver's parent or guardian. A parent who thinks their teenager is not ready can say so to the state, and the state will listen. Missouri Driver Guide, p.14: “If you are under the age 18, your parent or guardian may request that the Director of Revenue deny you a license.”