Louisiana § RS 32:326 - Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 32:326 — Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 32:326. Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights
A. At all times specified in R.S. 32:301, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.
B. Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway of this state.
C. No moving vehicle upon any public highway within this state shall be operated with only the parking lights for illumination.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 331, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 32:326 ("Number of driving lamps required or permitted; parking lights") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. 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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