Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 321.422 (2026)

Red light in front — rear lights

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1. No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying or reflecting a red light visible from directly in front thereof. No person shall display any color of light other than red on the rear of any vehicle, except that stop lights and directional signals may be red, yellow, or amber.

2. This section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles, or school buses and vehicles as provided in section 321.423, subsection 6. [C39, §5034.31; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.422] 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §98 Referred to in §321.1, 805.8A(3)(aa) Exception for certain slow-moving vehicles, see §321.383 For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8A, subsection 3 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Jason Daniel Burt (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
State of Iowa v. Jason Daniel Burt (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 321.422 ; see United States v.”
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