Table of Contents TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations

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1 61-9-401 — Horns, security alarms, a... 1 61-9-402 — Audible and visual signal... 1 61-9-403 — Mufflers -- prevention of... 61-9-404 — Mirrors 61-9-405 — Windshields required, exc... 61-9-406 — Restrictions as to tire e... 1 61-9-407 — Fenders, splash aprons, o... 61-9-408 — Safety glazing material i... 61-9-409 — Seatbelts required in veh... 61-9-411 — Certain vehicles to carry... 61-9-412 — Display of warning device... 61-9-413 — Vehicles transporting exp... 61-9-414 — Logging trucks 61-9-415 — Slow-moving vehicles 61-9-416 — Commercial tow truck defi... 61-9-417 — Headgear required for min... 61-9-418 — Motorcycle noise suppress... 61-9-419 — "Properly restrained" def... 1 61-9-420 — Child safety restraint sy... 61-9-421 — Certain vehicles exempt 1 61-9-422 — Evidence admissible witho... 61-9-423 — Penalty 61-9-428 — Window tinting and sunscr... 61-9-429 — Window tinting and sunscr... 61-9-430 — Bumpers 61-9-431 — Use of warning signs, fla...

Mont. Code Ann. § 61-9-403

(2001)

Mufflers -- prevention of noise

(1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway.

(2) The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.

Opinions construing this section

1 opinion

2017 MT 248 Oct 13, 2017 Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown

City of Helena v. C. Brown

Majority by Jim Rice · 5 to 0

ponding to Officer Petty’s instruction, Officer Cook approached the same truck and observed it emitting excessive smoke, a potential vehicle code violation. Section 61-9-403, MCA. As in Larson, when these observations are taken together with rational inferences, they constitute objective data that reasonably warranted the stop and suppo

Official Annotations archive.org, 2001 edition

History:

EnactedEn. SectionSec. 143, ChapterCh. 263, Laws ofL. 1955

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 32-21-146.

Source text on leg.mt.gov