Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.689 (2026)
Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; color.
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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.689 Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; color.
Sec. 689.
(a) Front clearance lamps and those 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.
(b) Rear clearance lamps and those 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.
(c) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red or amber, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Klinke v. Mitsubishi Motors Corp., 581 N.W.2d 272 (Mich. 1998).
Klinke v. Mitsubishi Motors Corp., 581 N.W.2d 272 (Mich. 1998). “§ 257.689; M.S.A. § 9.2389, M.C.L. §§ 257.”
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