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Idaho Code § 49-910 (2026)

Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, and reflectors. 

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Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, and reflectors. 

(1) Front clearance lamps and marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.

(2)  Rear clearance lamps and marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
(3)  All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stoplight or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp may be white, amber, or red.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2022 · leading case: State v. Patterson, 97 P.3d 479 (Idaho Ct. App. 2004).
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State v. Patterson, 97 P.3d 479 (Idaho Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 6× “” Section 49-910 provides that lighting devices mounted on the rear of a vehicle “shall display or reflect a red color.”
Sterling H. Nelson & Sons, Inc. v. Bender, 520 P.2d 860 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 4× “In view of the separability section found in IC § 49-910, we hold that I.C. § 49-901(c), which creates the exception to the general weight limitations set forth in I.”
State of Arizona v. Kyle Andrew Stoll, 370 P.3d 1130 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016). “quoting Idaho Code § 49-910 . The Idaho court observed the statutory language was “plain and unambiguous” that the purpose of the section pertained to the color of rear-facing lamps.”
Watkins v. Idaho Transp. Dep't (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 20× “Sergeant Middleton believed this to be a violation of Idaho Code § 49-910 (3), which requires all lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of a vehicle to emit a red light.”
State v. Sorensen (Idaho Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 6× “Believing this to be a violation of I.C. § 49-910(3), the officer began following Sorensen’s vehicle.”
State v. Fredrick D. Roy (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “§ 49-906 or I.C. § 49-910. Patterson, 140 Idaho at 615 , 97 P.”
— Idaho Code § 49-910(2) — 1 case
Watkins v. Idaho Transp. Dep't (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “Sergeant Middleton believed this to be a violation of Idaho Code § 49-910 (3), which requires all lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of a vehicle to emit a red light.”
— Idaho Code § 49-910(3) — 4 cases
State v. Patterson, 97 P.3d 479 (Idaho Ct. App. 2004). “” Section 49-910 provides that lighting devices mounted on the rear of a vehicle “shall display or reflect a red color.”
Watkins v. Idaho Transp. Dep't (Idaho Ct. App. 2022). “Sergeant Middleton believed this to be a violation of Idaho Code § 49-910 (3), which requires all lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of a vehicle to emit a red light.”
State v. Sorensen (Idaho Ct. App. 2020). “Believing this to be a violation of I.C. § 49-910(3), the officer began following Sorensen’s vehicle.”
State v. Fredrick D. Roy (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). “§ 49-906 or I.C. § 49-910. Patterson, 140 Idaho at 615 , 97 P.”
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