Nevada § 486.281 - Head lamps: Placement; limit on correlated color temperature of high-intensity discharge lamps
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 486.281 — Head lamps: Placement; limit on correlated color temperature of high-intensity discharge lamps, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 486.281. Head lamps: Placement; limit on correlated color temperature of high-intensity discharge lamps
1. Every motorcycle or moped shall be equipped with at least one and not more than
two head lamps. 2. Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be located at a height of not more than
54 inches nor less than 24 inches from the ground as measured from the center of the
lamp to the level ground upon which such motorcycle stands without a load. 3. A motorcycle or moped may be equipped with one or two headlamps that are high-intensity
discharge lamps if each such headlamp has a correlated color temperature of not less
than 5,000 kelvins and not more than 6,000 kelvins. 4. The provisions of subsection 3 do not apply to the extent preempted by federal
law. 5. As used in this section, “high-intensity discharge lamp” has the meaning ascribed
to it in 10 C.F.R. § 431.282 .
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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