Iowa § 321.417 - 321.417 Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
Full text of Iowa Iowa Code § 321.417 — 321.417 Single-beam road-lighting equipment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 321.417. 321.417 Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps shall be permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 1, 1938, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment specified in section 321.409 if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations: 1. The headlamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead. 2. The intensity of the light shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet. [C24, 27, 31, 35, §5049; C39, §5034.26; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.417] 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §97 Referred to in §321.1, 321.418 Thu Dec 11 19:41:45 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 321.417 (26, 0)
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Section 321.417 ("321.417 Single-beam road-lighting equipment.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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