Minors restricted license — North Dakota Permit Test

Minors restricted license on the North Dakota permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

After passing the road test, a 15-year-old in North Dakota gets a restricted Class D license that allows driving only a parent's, guardian's, grandparent's, sibling's, aunt's or uncle's vehicles.

Family vehicles keep a young driver in cars an adult knows and answers for while experience builds.

While in possession of a restricted Class D operator’s license, the driver is restricted to operating his or her parent’s, guardian’s, grandparent’s, sibling’s, aunt’s or uncle’s vehicles.

North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.6

A 15-year-old with a restricted license may not drive without a parent, legal guardian or someone at least 18 between the later of sunset or 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Night driving is when new drivers crash most, with darkness, fatigue and other impaired drivers all at once.

At age 15, when in possession of a restricted Class D operator’s license, the individual is not allowed to operate a vehicle without his or her parent, legal guardian, or an individual at least 18 years of age between the later of sunset or 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.6

The only exception to the restricted license's night limit is driving directly to or from work, an official school activity or a religious activity.

A teen may still need to get home from a late shift or game, so a direct trip for those reasons is allowed.

The only exception to this is driving directly to or from work, an official school activity or a religious activity.

North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.6

At age 16, the restricted Class D license becomes an unrestricted license.

By 16 the driver has had a year or more of real driving, and the state lifts the limits it set at 15.

At age 16 the restricted Class D Operator’s License transitions to an unrestricted license.

North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.6

On the test

Whose vehicles may a 15-year-old with a restricted Class D license drive?

Only those of certain relatives. Family vehicles keep a young driver in cars an adult knows and answers for while experience builds. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.6: “While in possession of a restricted Class D operator’s license, the driver is restricted to operating his or her parent’s, guardian’s, grandparent’s, sibling’s, aunt’s or uncle’s vehicles.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.