Montana § 61-9-227 Blinker-Type Or Revolving Red Light On Certain Private Vehicles -- Use -- Identification Card

Montana Statutes

§ 61-9-227 — Blinker-Type Or Revolving Red Light On Certain Private Vehicles -- Use -- Identification Card

Montana § 61-9-227

Title 61MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 9VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

Part 2Lighting Equipment

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 61-9-227 (2026).

Text

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 organizati

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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.

Legislative 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.