Title 63, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations

No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or oth…

It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this chapter.

(a) The provisions of this chapter governing size, weight and load shall not apply to:(a) Fire apparatus;(b) Road machinery;(c) Vehicles operated under the terms of a special permit issued as provided in this chapter;(d) Any machinery or equipment used for normal farm purposes on…

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law – Equipment and Identification Regulations.

Sections 63-7-91 through 63-7-101 are hereby made a part of the Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law as amended, and their enforcement shall be as provided by said law.

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Trooper Steve Hood Act: The Nitrous Oxide Prohibition Act.” (2) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Motor vehicle” has the meaning ascribed in Section 27-19-3; however, the term “motor vehicle” does not include any vehicl…

(1) For purposes of this section:(a) The height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from, and perpendicular to, the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the fender.(b) “Fender” means the pressed and formed part mounted over the road wheels o…

(1) The fines assessed and collected as a result of violating the provisions of Section 63-7-105 shall be deposited into the State General Fund and used in their entirety to aid in funding Secondary School Driver Education and Training Programs, as established by Chapter 505, Law…

Every vehicle upon a highway within this state during the period from sunset to sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet ahead shall be equipped with lighted front a…

(1) Head lamps on motor vehicles. Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and lim…

(1) Every bus or truck. On every bus or truck, whatever its size, there shall be at least the following lighting devices and reflectors: On the front, two head lamps, one at each side. On the rear, one red tail lamp; one red or amber stop light; two red reflectors, one at each si…

(1) Spot lamps. Any motor vehicle or motorcycle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1) spot lamp. Every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the beam will be directed into the eyes of the approaching driver. Spot lamps …

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided for unmarked vehicles under Section 19-25-15 and Section 25-1-87, every police vehicle shall be marked with blue lights. Every ambulance and special use EMS vehicle as defined in Section 41-59-3 shall be marked with red lights front and back a…

(1) It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer on duty, to use or display blue lights on a motor vehicle as provided for in Section 63-7-19. (2) It is unlawful for any person to use or display red lights on a motor vehicle except as provided for in Sectio…

(1) As used in Sections 63-7-201 through 63-7-209:(1) The term “dealer” means any person who has sold five (5) or more motor vehicles in the past twelve (12) months to purchasers who in good faith purchased such vehicles for purposes other than resale.(2) The term “distributor” m…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install on any part of a motor vehicle or on an odometer in a motor vehicle any device which causes the odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven. For the purposes of t…

If a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of a new motor vehicle makes any warranty to the purchaser of, and with respect to, a new motor vehicle which is based on the amount of miles that the motor vehicle is driven, only those miles which the motor vehicle has been driven on an…

Nothing in Sections 63-7-201 through 63-7-209 shall prevent the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the service, repair, or replacement. Where the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage a…

Violation of the provisions of Sections 63-7-201 through 63-7-209 shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonm…

Where electric lamps are used to meet the requirements of Section 63-7-11, they shall be securely and permanently affixed to the permanent structure of the motor vehicle, except for the combination marker lamps on pole-trailers prescribed in subsection (6) of Section 63-7-15. Req…

(1) The color of lighting devices shall be as follows:(a) All front clearance lamps, and all side marker lamps, except the one on each side at or near the rear of any bus, truck, truck tractor, semitrailer, full trailer or pole trailer, shall when lighted display an amber color.(…

Clearance, side-marker, and tail lamps shall, when lighted, be capable of being seen at a distance of five hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions during the time when lights are required. The light from front clearance lamps shall be visible to the front, from side-mark…

Stop lights shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake and shall be capable of being seen and distinguished from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle in normal daylight. Stop lights shall not project a glaring or dazzling light. A stop lig…

(1) Mounting of reflectors. No reflector required by the provisions of this chapter shall be mounted upon the motor vehicle at a height to exceed sixty inches, nor less than twenty-four inches, above the ground on which the motor vehicle stands. (2) Visibility of reflectors. Ever…

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

(1) (a) Every person transporting a child under the age of four (4) years in a passenger motor vehicle, and operated on a public roadway, street or highway within this state, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly using a child passenger restraint device or sys…

No provision of Sections 63-7-301 through 63-7-313 shall be construed as creating any duty, standard of care, right or liability between parent and child that is not recognized under the laws of the State of Mississippi as they exist on July 1, 1983, or as they may at any time in…

The provisions of Section 63-7-301 may be enforced by any duly sworn law enforcement officer of this state, or of any county or political subdivision thereof.

Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section 63-7-301 shall be fined not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each offense.

(a) Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combinations thereof on motor vehicles other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection be…

The state tax commission shall provide notice of the requirement for child restraint devices or systems, which notice shall accompany the delivery of a motor vehicle license tag.

Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified by law, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe dista…

(a) Head lamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to April 10, 1948, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment specified in Section 63-7-31 if the s…

The provisions of Sections 63-7-31 through 63-7-35, relative to lighting equipment, shall take effect and be operative with respect to equipment installed in motor vehicles after April 10, 1948, and with respect to the equipment on other motor vehicles, the provisions of Chapter …

Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in Section 63-7-11, there shall be displayed upon the left side of such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric co…

No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary driving lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp or reflector which reflector is required hereunde…

(1) The department is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of such lighting devices, their installation, aiming, and readjustment. Such regulations shall correla…

When the department has reason to believe that an approved lighting device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, it may, after giving thirty days’ previous notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this…

(1) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen (16) inches square. (2) During the period described in …

Means for establishing electric connection between towing and towed vehicles, and other detachable electric connections, shall be mechanically and electrically adequate, and free of short or open circuits. Suitable provision shall be made in every detachable connection to afford …

For purposes of this chapter, the meanings ascribed to the words and phrases in Article 3 of Chapter 3, of this title shall be fully applicable to this chapter.

(1) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply…

(1) The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles when traveling twenty miles per hour within a distance of thirty feet when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement surface free from loose material where the …

Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway.

Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver’s view to the rear thereof from the driver’s position shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the re…

(1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle required to be registered in this state upon the public roads, streets or highways in this state with any sign or poster, or with any glazing material which causes a mirrored effect, upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear…