From Mississippi Code:
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-13. Required lighting equipment
(1) Head lamps on motor vehicles. Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the
front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and
limitations set forth in Section 63-7-31.
(2) Head lamps on motorcycles. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one (1) and
not more than two (2) head lamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations set
forth in Section 63-7-31.
(3) Rear lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and any other vehicle which
is being drawn in a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one (1) rear lamp mounted
on the rear, which, when lighted, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five
hundred (500) feet to the rear. However, any antique automobile, as defined under Section
27-19-47, and any street rod, as defined under Section 27-19-56.6, may be equipped with one
or more rear lamps that have been modified to emit a blue, violet or purple light resembling
rear lamps appearing on some American automobiles originally manufactured in the 1940s
and 1950s.
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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-63. Front seat safety belts
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, lease, trade or transfer from or to Mississippi
residents, at retail, an automobile which is manufactured or assembled commencing with the
1963 models, unless such automobile is equipped with safety belts installed for use in the left
front and right front seats thereof. The violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the violator shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), for each offense.
All such safety belts shall be of such type and be installed in a manner approved by the
department of public safety of the State of Mississippi. The department shall establish
specifications and requirements of approved types of safety belts and attachments. The
department will accept, as approved, all seat belt installations and the belt and anchor meeting
the specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-35. Single-intensity lights permitted, old vehicles
Head lamps 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 April 10,
1948 in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment specified in Section 63-7-31 if the single
distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:
(a) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the highintensity
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.
(b) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two
hundred feet.