61-9-227. Blinker-type or revolving red light on certain private vehicles -- use -- identification card. (1) Firefighters, when authorized by the chiefs of their respective departments, and search and rescue and volunteer emergency medical personnel, when authorized by the county sheriff, may use a blinker-type or revolving red light or both on the front or the top of their privately owned motor vehicles. This light must be used on emergency duty only while responding to but not upon returning from a fire or other emergency.
(2) A firefighter or search and rescue or volunteer emergency medical personnel displaying the emergency red light on a privately owned motor vehicle shall also carry on the vehicle an identification card showing the name of the owner of the vehicle and the organization to which the firefighter or search and rescue or volunteer emergency medical personnel belongs, and bearing the signature of the person authorizing the emergency use of the light.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 32-21-141.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 369, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 431, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
61-9-201. When lighted lamps are required
61-9-202. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps
61-9-203. Headlamps on motor vehicles
61-9-205. New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors
61-9-206. Stop lamps -- when required
61-9-207. Application of succeeding sections
61-9-208. Additional equipment required on certain vehicles
61-9-209. Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, reflectors, and backup lamps
61-9-210. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps
61-9-211. Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps
61-9-212. Obstructed lights not required
61-9-213. Lamp or flag on projecting load
61-9-214. Lamps on parked vehicles
61-9-215. Lamps on farm tractors, farm equipment, and implements of husbandry
61-9-216. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
61-9-217. Spot lamps, fog lamps, and auxiliary lamps
61-9-218. Signal lamps and signal devices -- when required
61-9-219. Additional lighting equipment
61-9-220. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
61-9-221. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
61-9-222. Single-beam road-lighting equipment
61-9-223. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles
61-9-225. Number of driving lamps required or permitted
61-9-226. Special restrictions on lamps -- definition