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Indiana · Snapshot 2026

IC 9-21-7-2: Lights; time for display; exception

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  1. TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES
  2. ARTICLE 21. TRAFFIC REGULATION
  3. Chapter 7. Vehicle Equipment

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 8 of this chapter, each vehicle upon a highway:

(1) between the time from sunset to sunrise; and

(2) at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred (500) feet ahead;

must display lighted head lamps and other illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles under this chapter.

(b) All lamp equipment required for vehicles described in IC 9-19-6, including each tail lamp required by law, shall be lighted at the times mentioned in subsection (a), except that clearance and sidemarker lamps are not required to be lighted on a vehicle when the vehicle is operated within a municipality if there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred (500) feet.

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