Montana Code Annotated
Title 61. Motor Vehicles
Chapter 9. Vehicle Equipment

61-9-103. Provisions uniform throughout state -- power of local authorities - 61-9-103. Provisions uniform throughout state -- power of local authorities....

61-9-104. Required obedience to traffic laws - 61-9-104. Required obedience to traffic laws. It is unlawful and,...

61-9-105. Obedience to peace officers, highway patrol officers, and public safety workers - 61-9-105. Obedience to peace officers, highway patrol officers, and public...

61-9-106. Responsibility of public officers and employees - 61-9-106. Responsibility of public officers and employees. (1) The provisions...

61-9-107. Traffic laws applicable to persons driving animal-drawn vehicles - 61-9-107. Traffic laws applicable to persons driving animal-drawn vehicles. Every...

61-9-108. Rights of owners of real property not affected -- when - 61-9-108. Rights of owners of real property not affected --...

61-9-109. Driving vehicle in unsafe condition prohibited -- applicability of chapter - 61-9-109. Driving vehicle in unsafe condition prohibited -- applicability of...

Part 2. Lighting Equipment

61-9-201. When lighted lamps are required - 61-9-201. When lighted lamps are required. Every vehicle upon a...

61-9-202. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps - 61-9-202. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps. (1) Whenever...

61-9-203. Headlamps on motor vehicles - 61-9-203. Headlamps on motor vehicles. (1) A motor vehicle other...

61-9-204. Taillamps - 61-9-204. Taillamps. (1) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole...

61-9-205. New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors - 61-9-205. New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors. (1)...

61-9-206. Stop lamps -- when required - 61-9-206. Stop lamps -- when required. (1) A person may...

61-9-207. Application of succeeding sections - 61-9-207. Application of succeeding sections. Sections 61-9-208 through 61-9-229 apply...

61-9-208. Additional equipment required on certain vehicles - 61-9-208. Additional equipment required on certain vehicles. In addition to...

61-9-209. Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, reflectors, and backup lamps - 61-9-209. Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, reflectors, and...

61-9-210. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps - 61-9-210. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps....

61-9-211. Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps - 61-9-211. Visibility of reflectors, clearance lamps, and marker lamps. (1)...

61-9-212. Obstructed lights not required - 61-9-212. Obstructed lights not required. Whenever motor and other vehicles...

61-9-213. Lamp or flag on projecting load - 61-9-213. Lamp or flag on projecting load. (1) Whenever the...

61-9-214. Lamps on parked vehicles - 61-9-214. Lamps on parked vehicles. (1) Whenever a vehicle is...

61-9-215. Lamps on farm tractors, farm equipment, and implements of husbandry - 61-9-215. Lamps on farm tractors, farm equipment, and implements of...

61-9-216. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment - 61-9-216. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. A vehicle, including...

61-9-217. Spot lamps, fog lamps, and auxiliary lamps - 61-9-217. Spot lamps, fog lamps, and auxiliary lamps. (1) A...

61-9-218. Signal lamps and signal devices -- when required - 61-9-218. Signal lamps and signal devices -- when required. (1)...

61-9-219. Additional lighting equipment - 61-9-219. Additional lighting equipment. (1) Any motor vehicle may be...

61-9-220. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment - 61-9-220. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Except as provided in this part,...

61-9-221. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment - 61-9-221. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Whenever a motor vehicle...

61-9-222. Single-beam road-lighting equipment - 61-9-222. Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Headlamps arranged to provide a single...

61-9-223. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles - 61-9-223. Lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles. The headlamp or headlamps...

61-9-224. Repealed - 61-9-224. Repealed. Sec. 42, Ch. 431, L. 1997. History: En....

61-9-225. Number of driving lamps required or permitted - 61-9-225. Number of driving lamps required or permitted. (1) At...

61-9-226. Special restrictions on lamps -- definition - 61-9-226. Special restrictions on lamps -- definition. (1) A lighted...

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...

61-9-228. Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment - 61-9-228. Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment. (1) The commission...

61-9-229. Flashing amber light on mail delivery vehicle - 61-9-229. Flashing amber light on mail delivery vehicle. (1) A...

Part 3. Brakes

61-9-301. Brake equipment required - 61-9-301. Brake equipment required. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and...

61-9-302. Service brakes -- adequacy - 61-9-302. Service brakes -- adequacy. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer,...

61-9-303. Parking brakes -- adequacy - 61-9-303. Parking brakes -- adequacy. Every such vehicle and combination...

61-9-304. Brakes required on all wheels -- exceptions - 61-9-304. Brakes required on all wheels -- exceptions. Every vehicle...

61-9-305. Automatic trailer brake application upon breakaway - 61-9-305. Automatic trailer brake application upon breakaway. Every trailer, semitrailer,...

61-9-306. Tractor brakes protected - 61-9-306. Tractor brakes protected. Every motor vehicle manufactured or assembled...

61-9-307. Trailer air reservoirs safeguarded - 61-9-307. Trailer air reservoirs safeguarded. Air brake systems installed on...

61-9-308. Two means of emergency brake operation - 61-9-308. Two means of emergency brake operation. (1) A towing...

61-9-309. Single control to operate all brakes - 61-9-309. Single control to operate all brakes. A motor vehicle,...

61-9-310. Reservoir capacity and check valve - 61-9-310. Reservoir capacity and check valve. (1) A bus, truck,...

61-9-311. Warning devices - 61-9-311. Warning devices. (1) A bus, truck, or truck tractor...

61-9-312. Performance ability of brakes - 61-9-312. Performance ability of brakes. On a dry, hard, approximately...

61-9-313. Maintenance of brakes - 61-9-313. Maintenance of brakes. All brakes shall be maintained in...

61-9-314. Hydraulic brake fluid - 61-9-314. Hydraulic brake fluid. (1) The term "hydraulic brake fluid"...

61-9-315. Brakes on motor-driven cycles - 61-9-315. Brakes on motor-driven cycles. (1) The department is authorized...

61-9-316. through 61-9-320 reserved - 61-9-316 through 61-9-320 reserved.

61-9-321. Engine compression brake device -- use - 61-9-321. Engine compression brake device -- use. (1) A commercial...

Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations

61-9-401. Horns, security alarms, and warning devices - 61-9-401. Horns, security alarms, and warning devices. (1) A motor...

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

61-9-403. Mufflers -- prevention of noise - 61-9-403. Mufflers -- prevention of noise. (1) Every motor vehicle...

61-9-404. Mirrors - 61-9-404. Mirrors. A motor vehicle must be equipped with a...

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

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

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

61-9-408. Safety glazing material in motor vehicles - 61-9-408. Safety glazing material in motor vehicles. (1) A person...

61-9-409. Seatbelts required in vehicles manufactured after 1964 - 61-9-409. Seatbelts required in vehicles manufactured after 1964. (1) An...

61-9-410. Repealed - 61-9-410. Repealed. Sec. 42, Ch. 431, L. 1997. History: En....

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

61-9-412. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled - 61-9-412. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled. (1) Whenever...

61-9-413. Vehicles transporting explosives - 61-9-413. Vehicles transporting explosives. (1) Any person operating any vehicle...

61-9-414. Logging trucks - 61-9-414. Logging trucks. (1) A truck or truck trailer combination,...

61-9-415. Slow-moving vehicles - 61-9-415. Slow-moving vehicles. (1) It is unlawful for a person...

61-9-416. Commercial tow truck definition -- requirements - 61-9-416. Commercial tow truck definition -- requirements. (1) "Commercial tow...

61-9-417. Headgear required for minor motorcycle riders - 61-9-417. Headgear required for minor motorcycle riders. (1) An operator...

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

61-9-419. "Properly restrained" defined - 61-9-419. "Properly restrained" defined. As used in 61-9-420 through 61-9-423,...

61-9-420. Child safety restraint systems -- standards -- exemptions - 61-9-420. Child safety restraint systems -- standards -- exemptions. (1)...

61-9-421. Certain vehicles exempt - 61-9-421. Certain vehicles exempt. Section 61-9-420 is not applicable to...

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

61-9-423. Penalty - 61-9-423. Penalty. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), violation...

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

61-9-426. Air-conditioning equipment -- use of flammable refrigerant prohibited - 61-9-426. Air-conditioning equipment -- use of flammable refrigerant prohibited. (1)...

61-9-427. Air-conditioning equipment -- sale prohibited - 61-9-427. Air-conditioning equipment -- sale prohibited. (1) Refrigerant not allowed...

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

61-9-429. Window tinting and sunscreening -- penalty - 61-9-429. Window tinting and sunscreening -- penalty. (1) A person...

61-9-430. Bumpers - 61-9-430. Bumpers. (1) A motor vehicle of less than 10,000...

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

61-9-432. Low-speed and medium-speed electric vehicles -- required equipment - 61-9-432. Low-speed and medium-speed electric vehicles -- required equipment. (1)...

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

61-9-435. Exhaust noise limitation - 61-9-435. Exhaust noise limitation. (1) Except as provided in subsection...

Part 5. Enforcement -- Penalties

61-9-501. Inspections by officers of department - 61-9-501. Inspections by officers of department. (1) The department or...

61-9-502. Semiannual inspection of school buses - 61-9-502. Semiannual inspection of school buses. (1) The department shall...

61-9-503. Owners and drivers to comply with inspection laws - 61-9-503. Owners and drivers to comply with inspection laws. (1)...

61-9-504. Rules - 61-9-504. Rules. The department is hereby empowered to make additional...

61-9-505. through 61-9-510 reserved - 61-9-505 through 61-9-510 reserved.

61-9-511. Violation of chapter -- penalty - 61-9-511. Violation of chapter -- penalty. (1) It is a...

61-9-512. Violation of rules -- penalty - 61-9-512. Violation of rules -- penalty. (1) Any violation of...

61-9-513. Violation of general lighting requirement and slow-moving vehicle provisions -- penalty - 61-9-513. Violation of general lighting requirement and slow-moving vehicle provisions...

61-9-514. Unauthorized use of firefighter's private vehicle -- penalty - 61-9-514. Unauthorized use of firefighter's private vehicle -- penalty. Any...

61-9-515. Violations of provisions relating to fenders, splash aprons, or flaps -- penalty - 61-9-515. Violations of provisions relating to fenders, splash aprons, or...

61-9-516. Penalty for seatbelt violations - 61-9-516. Penalty for seatbelt violations. Any person who violates the...

61-9-517. Violation of towing requirements -- penalty - 61-9-517. Violation of towing requirements -- penalty. Any person violating...

61-9-518. Violation of motorcycle or quadricycle requirements -- penalty - 61-9-518. Violation of motorcycle or quadricycle requirements -- penalty. (1)...

61-9-519. Violation of tire restrictions -- penalty - 61-9-519. Violation of tire restrictions -- penalty. A person violating...

61-9-520. Violation of tire chain or traction device use -- penalty - 61-9-520. Violation of tire chain or traction device use --...

61-9-521. Violation of engine compression brake device provisions -- penalty - 61-9-521. Violation of engine compression brake device provisions -- penalty....

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Montana Code Annotated Title 61. Motor Vehicles Chapter 9. Vehicle Equipment

Montana Code Annotated
Title 61. Motor Vehicles
Chapter 9. Vehicle Equipment