Iowa General Assembly Banner


321.424 Sale of lights---approval.

On and after July 4, 1955, no person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or use upon any such vehicle any headlamp, auxiliary, or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to the director and approved by the director.

The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to equipment in actual use when this section is adopted or replacement parts therefor.

No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any lamp or device mentioned in this section which has been approved by the director unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved so as to be legible when installed.

No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any lamps mentioned in this section unless said lamps are mounted, adjusted and aimed in accordance with instructions of the director.

Section History: Early form

[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4986, 5087; C39, § 5034.33--;5034.36; C46, 50, 54, § 321.424--;321.427; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.424]

Internal References

Referred to in § 321.1


Return To Home Iowa General Assembly

index Search: Iowa Code 1997

© 1997 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa


Comments? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.

Last update: Mon Jan 27 16:05:08 CST 1997
URL: /DOCS/IACODE/1997/321/424.html
jhf