Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations
61-9-435. Exhaust noise limitation

61-9-435. Exhaust noise limitation. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person may not operate a motor vehicle with an exhaust system that emits a noise in excess of 95 decibels, as measured by the society of automotive engineers' standard j1169 (May 1998).
(2) A person charged with violating this section may not be convicted if the person had reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicle was not operated in violation of the standard in subsection (1).
(3) This section does not apply to a motorcycle or quadricycle that is subject to 61-9-418.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 329, L. 2007.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 61. Motor Vehicles

Chapter 9. Vehicle Equipment

Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations

61-9-401. Horns, security alarms, and warning devices

61-9-402. Audible and visual signals on police, emergency vehicles, and on-scene command vehicles -- immunity

61-9-403. Mufflers -- prevention of noise

61-9-404. Mirrors

61-9-405. Windshields required, exception -- unobstructed and equipped with wipers -- window tinting and sunscreening -- restrictions -- exemptions

61-9-406. Restrictions as to tire equipment -- particular tires, chains, or traction devices -- definitions

61-9-407. Fenders, splash aprons, or flaps required on certain vehicles -- dimension and location

61-9-408. Safety glazing material in motor vehicles

61-9-409. Seatbelts required in vehicles manufactured after 1964

61-9-410. Repealed

61-9-411. Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices

61-9-412. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled

61-9-413. Vehicles transporting explosives

61-9-414. Logging trucks

61-9-415. Slow-moving vehicles

61-9-416. Commercial tow truck definition -- requirements

61-9-417. Headgear required for minor motorcycle riders

61-9-418. Motorcycle and quadricycle noise suppression devices -- motorcycle and quadricycle spark arrester

61-9-419. "Properly restrained" defined

61-9-420. Child safety restraint systems -- standards -- exemptions

61-9-421. Certain vehicles exempt

61-9-422. Evidence admissible without presumption of negligence

61-9-423. Penalty

61-9-424. and 61-9-425 reserved

61-9-426. Air-conditioning equipment -- use of flammable refrigerant prohibited

61-9-427. Air-conditioning equipment -- sale prohibited

61-9-428. Window tinting and sunscreening -- waiver -- conditions

61-9-429. Window tinting and sunscreening -- penalty

61-9-430. Bumpers

61-9-431. Use of warning signs, flares, reflectors, lanterns, and flag persons

61-9-432. Low-speed and medium-speed electric vehicles -- required equipment

61-9-433. and 61-9-434 reserved

61-9-435. Exhaust noise limitation