8-1703.
When lighted lamps required.
(a) Every vehicle, except as provided in subsection (b), upon a highway within this state, at all times shall display lighted head and other lamps and illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles:
(1) From sunset to sunrise;
(2) when due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, including smoke or fog, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead; or
(3) when windshield wipers are in continuous use as a result of rain, sleet or snow.
Stop lights, turn signals and other signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed for the use of such devices.
(b) Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and motorized bicycles manufactured after January 1, 1978, shall display lighted head and tail lights at all times that such vehicles are operated on any highway.
(c) Law enforcement officers shall issue a warning citation to anyone violating subsection (a)(3).
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1703; L. 1982, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 49, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 182, § 3; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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2 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case:
Carlson v. Ferguson, 17 P.3d 333 (Kan. 2001).
Carlson v. Ferguson, 17 P.3d 333 (Kan. 2001).
· cites it 7× “8-1701(c); K.S.A. 8-1703; K.S.A. 8-1718. Defendants Dale Ferguson and Valley Fertilizer & Seed, L.”
Martin v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 163 P.3d 313 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 3× “Because it was undisputed that the events leading to Martin’s arrest occurred between 9:20 p.”
State v. Parker, 430 P.3d 975 (Kan. 2018).
“8-1568(a), (c)(1), driving with a suspended license under K.”
State v. Lockhart, Jr., 947 P.2d 461 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997).
“21-3808(b); one count of driving while not having his headlamps on, in violation of K.S.A. 8-1703; and one count of failing to give a turn signal, in violation of K.”
State v. Duncan, 242 P.3d 1271 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 3× “K.S.A.2006 Supp. 8-1703 states: "(a) Every vehicle .”
Brown v. Fisher, 251 F. App'x 527 (10th Cir. 2007).
“§ 8-1728 (a) (requiring “at least two (2) lighted head lamps”); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1703 (a)(1) (“Every vehicle .”
State v. Delgado, 143 P.3d 681 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006).
“8-1725 provides that “[w]hen a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, . . . the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal…”
United States v. Haskins, 430 F. App'x 727 (10th Cir. 2011).
“Although it addressed a duty to have rear taillights on a towed vehicle, it considered state law, not a Wichita ordinance; and state law did not require the vehicle in question to be equipped with lamps “at all time,” but only at “all times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703,” id. at…”
Fillmore v. Eichkorn, 891 F. Supp. 1482 (D. Kan. 1995).
“8-1706 provides: (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in K.S.A.…”
State v. Richardson, 194 P.3d 599 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008).
“8-1558 (speeding), and K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 8-1703 (driving without headlights).”
Snyder v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue (Kan. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 3× “8-1701; K.S.A. 8-1703; K.S.A. 8-1705. The district court's factual finding thus supports its legal conclusion that 7 the trooper had reasonable suspicion to stop Snyder's vehicle because the defective headlight constituted a traffic violation, justifying the traffic stop.”
— K.S.A. § 8-1703(a) — 1 case
Martin v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 163 P.3d 313 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006).
“Because it was undisputed that the events leading to Martin’s arrest occurred between 9:20 p.”
— K.S.A. § 8-1703(a)(1) — 4 cases
State v. Duncan, 242 P.3d 1271 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010).
“K.S.A.2006 Supp. 8-1703 states: "(a) Every vehicle .”
Snyder v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue (Kan. Ct. App. 2026).
“8-1701; K.S.A. 8-1703; K.S.A. 8-1705. The district court's factual finding thus supports its legal conclusion that 7 the trooper had reasonable suspicion to stop Snyder's vehicle because the defective headlight constituted a traffic violation, justifying the traffic stop.”
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