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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-11 (2026)

Requirements as to use of lights

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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 and rear lamps as respectively required in Section 63-7-13 for different classes of vehicles and subject to exemption with reference to lights on parked vehicles as hereinafter stated in this chapter.

Codes, 1942, § 8229-01; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 9; Laws, 1956, ch. 381; Laws, 1968, ch. 543, § 1, eff. 5/15/1968.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2007–2014 · leading case: Jamison v. Barnes, 8 So. 3d 238 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008).
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Jamison v. Barnes, 8 So. 3d 238 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 63-7-11 (Rev.2004) (lights generally required "when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the highway at a distance of five hundred feed ahead" (emphasis added)).”
City of Jackson v. Lewis, 153 So. 3d 689 (Miss. 2014). “”); Miss.Code Ann. § 63-7-11 (Rev. 2013) ("Every vehicle upon a highway within this state during the period from sunset to sunrise and at any other tíme when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps _")…”
Scott v. City of Booneville, 962 So. 2d 698 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-11 (Rev.2004). ¶ 20.”
City of Jackson v. Lewis, 146 So. 3d 320 (Miss. 2014). “”); Miss.Code Ann. § 63-7-11 (Rev.2013) ("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 shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps (emphasis…”
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