61-9-227. Blinker-type or revolving red light on certain private vehicles -- use -- identification card. (1) Firefighters, when authorized by the chief of their respective department, and search and rescue and volunteer emergency medical personnel, when authorized by the county sheriff, may use a blinker-type or revolving red light on the front or the top of their privately owned motor vehicles. This light shall be used on emergency duty only.
     (2) Any firefighter or search and rescue or volunteer emergency medical personnel displaying the emergency red light on a privately owned motor vehicle shall also carry attached to a convenient location on the vehicle to which the red light is attached an identification card showing the name of the owner of said vehicle, the organization to which he belongs, and bearing the signature of the person authorizing the emergency use of said light.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 489, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 32-21-141.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 369, L. 1981.