Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:2 - State Highway Patrol › Chapter 4501:2-1 - Motor Vehicle Inspection › Section 4501:2-1-09 - Motor vehicle equipment standards for lighting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Headlights - Every motor vehicle, other
			 than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least
			 one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle. Said lights shall be in
			 working order. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not
			 more than two headlights, in working order. All headlights shall conform to the
			 standards set forth under section
			 4513.14 of the Revised Code.
			 Every motor vehicle having multiple beam road lighting equipment shall be
			 equipped with a beam indicator required in division (A)(2) of
			 section 4513.15 of the Revised Code in
			 working order.
(B) Focus and aim of
			 headlights - The focus and aim of every headlight shall comply with the
			 requirements of section
			 4513.19 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) Color of lights - No
			 vehicle shall be equipped with a light of any color other than white or amber
			 mounted on the front nor shall any vehicle be equipped with a light of any
			 color other than red mounted on the rear, with the exception of turn signals,
			 warning lamps and backup lamps, thereof: except those operating under special
			 permits pursuant to section
			 4513.34 of the Revised Code;
			 public safety vehicles, emergency vehicles, disabled vehicles, school buses,
			 traffic line stripers, snow plows, rural mail delivery vehicles, funeral escort
			 vehicles, and similar equipment operated by the department of transportation,
			 or local authorities, or vehicles or machinery permitted by section
			 4513.11 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) Tail lights - Every motor
			 vehicle shall have at least one tail light mounted on the rear, in working
			 order as required in section
			 4513.05 of the Revised
			 Code.
(E) License illumination
			 light - Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a white light in working
			 order placed in such a manner as to illuminate the rear registration plate as
			 required in section 4513.05 of the Revised
			 Code.
(F) Red reflectors - Every
			 motor vehicle other than a commercial tractor, to which a trailer or
			 semi-trailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail
			 lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of section
			 4513.06 of the Revised
			 Code.
(G) Every motor vehicle,
			 other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two stop lights red in
			 color with at least one near each side of the rear of the motor vehicle. Every
			 motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one stop light.
(H) Clearance lights, marker lights, stop
			 lights and reflectors on commercial vehicles -All buses, trucks, commercial
			 tractors, trailers, semi-trailer and pole trailers shall be equipped with
			 clearance lights, marker lights, stop lights, and reflectors as required in
			 section 4513.07 of the Revised Code.
			 Said equipment shall be in working order.
(I) Unauthorized lights - No motor vehicle
			 shall be equipped with lights prohibited in sections
			 4513.12,
			 4513.13 and
			 4513.17 of the Revised
			 Code.