# Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.08: Obscured lights on vehicles

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T45_C4513_S4513.08

## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 4513.08
- **Heading:** Obscured lights on vehicles
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Revised Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4513 / § 4513.08

## Text

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination need not be lighted, but this section does not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lights be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.

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