Mississippi § 77-9-223 - Exception to requirement of headlights.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-223 — Exception to requirement of headlights., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-9-223. Exception to requirement of headlights.
Section 77-9-221 shall not apply: to tramroads, mill roads and roads engaged principally in lumber or logging transportation in connection with mills; to railroad systems under thirty miles long which do not run regular night schedules; to any engine, the lighting equipment of which shall have failed during a trip, provided that it be shown that the equipment was in efficient and effective working condition when the trip was begun; or to switch engines going to and returning from wrecks, or sent out on a main line to bring into a terminal a train, the engine of which has become disabled.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-223 cover?
Section 77-9-223 ("Exception to requirement of headlights.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. 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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