Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Lighting Equipment
61-9-227. Blinker-type or revolving red light on certain private vehicles -- use -- identification card

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

Montana Code Annotated

Title 61. Motor Vehicles

Chapter 9. Vehicle Equipment

Part 2. Lighting Equipment

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

61-9-204. Taillamps

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

61-9-224. Repealed

61-9-225. Number of driving lamps required or permitted

61-9-226. Special restrictions on lamps -- definition

61-9-227. Blinker-type or revolving red light on certain private vehicles -- use -- identification card

61-9-228. Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment

61-9-229. Flashing amber light on mail delivery vehicle