Tire Chain Laws By State
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Alabama
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Code of Alabama 1975
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Alaska
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Alaska statute section 28.35.155
DMV FAQ's about studded tires.
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Arizona
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Arizona revised statutes
section 28-958 tire equipment restrictions.
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Arkansas
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Arkansas Code Title 27 Transportation
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California
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California vehicle code
sections 27450 to 27503.
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Visit Winter Maintenance & Operations
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Colorado
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Colorado Department of Transportation
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Connecticut
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General Statutes of Connecticut
Connecticut DMV FAQs.
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Delaware
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Delaware Motor Vehicles Code
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Florida
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Florida motor vehicle statutes
Detail: 316.299 rough surfaced wheels prohibited.
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Georgia
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Georgia Driver Manual 2008 page 84
Georgia's Commercial Driver's Manual page 2-26
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Hawaii
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Hawaii motor vehicle statutes 291-33.
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Idaho
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Idaho motor vehicle statutes
49-948 restrictions as to tire equipment.
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Illinois
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See Illinois compiled motor vehicle statutes
section 12‑401.
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Indiana
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Indiana Motor Vehicle code
Chapter 18 tires (IC 9-19-18).
Search the Indiana State FAQs for tire chains and studs
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Iowa
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Iowa motor vehicle code
321.442 projections on wheels
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Kansas
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Kansas motor vehicle statutes
8-1742 restrictions as to tire equipment.
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Kentucky
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Kentucky revised motor vehicle statutes
190 chains and lugs on wheels.
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Louisiana
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Louisiana law
RS 32:362 restrictions as to tire equipment.
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Maine
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Maine motor vehicle statutes
§1919 studded tires
§1917 tires and wheels.
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Maryland
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Maryland Motor Vehicle Code, studded tire exceptions in section 22-405.2
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Statutes section 16 offensive or illegal operation of motor vehicles.
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Michigan
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Michigan Vehicle Code MCL 257.710
More Information for traction devices: MCL247.171- 247.175
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Minnesota
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Minnesota statute, Chapter 169 traffic regulations, 169.72 tire surface; metal studs.
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Mississippi
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Mississippi code
§ 63-7-67
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Missouri
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Missouri revised statutes
§ 307.171 R.S.Mo (2004) §307.171.
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Montana
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Trucker's Handbook, page 7
See Montana code annotated 2005
Title 61-9-406 motor vehicles
See snow tire options for more information
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Nebraska
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Nebraska Statute
Section 60-6,250
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Nevada
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Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 484.230 - 484.245 on Traction Devices, Tire Chains and Snow Tires.
Traction device requirements. (DOT) Chains or snow tires are required when posted on signs
Studded snow tires legal from Oct. 1 to April 30.
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New Hampshire
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New Hampshire statutes, chapter 266 equipment of motor vehicles, Section 266:50 Vehicle Tires.
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New Jersey
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New Jersey statutes,
Title 39 motor vehicles and traffic regulation.
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New Mexico
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New Mexico statutory chapters
§ 66-3-847.
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New York
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Laws of New York
Title 3, article 9 equipment of motor vehicles and motorcycles, § 375 equipment, 35 tires.
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North Carolina
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North Carolina general statutes, chapter 20 motor vehicles, article 3, §20‑122 restrictions as to tire equipment.
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North Dakota
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North Dakota Century Code
Title 39 motor vehicles, 39-21-40
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Ohio
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Ohio revised vehicle code
Chapter 5589 offenses relating to highways
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma egislative Information System Statutes
§47-12-405.
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Oregon
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ODOT's minimum chain requirements.
Oregon Administrative Rule 734-017-0005
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Vehicle Code 75
§4525
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Rhode Island
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Rhode Island
Chapter 31-23
Section 31-23-20
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South Carolina
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South Carolina code of laws,
Title 56 motor vehicles
Chapter 5
Article 35
Section 56-5-5040
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South Dakota
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South Dakota Codified Laws, Title 32 Motor Vehicles
Chapter 32-19
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Tennessee
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Tennessee Code,
55-9-106
Studded tires (a) No person shall use a tire on a vehicle moved on a highway which has on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of a material other than rubber which project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) A person may operate on a highway a vehicle equipped with a tire which has imbedded in it wire or other material for improving traction on snow and ice during the period of October 1 through April 15 of each year. Such a tire shall be so constructed that the percentage of wire or other material in contact with the roadway does not exceed, after the first one thousand (1,000) miles of use or operation of any such tire, the wire or other material in contact with the roadway shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total tire area in contact with the roadway. The studded tires allowed by this subsection (b) shall not be used at any time on a vehicle with a maximum gross weight of more than none thousand pounds (9,000 lbs.) , unless such a vehicle is a school bus or an emergency vehicle. (c) It is permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions on any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other condition tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
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Texas
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Texas Statutes
Transportation Code,
Title 7 vehicles and traffic, chapter 547
§547.612.
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Utah
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Utah Admin Code Rule R920-6 Snow Tire and Chain Requirements.
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Vermont
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Vermont Statutes, Title 23 Motor Vehicles, Chapter 13 Operation of Vehicles
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Virginia
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Chapter 10 Motor Vehicle & Equipment Safety
46.2-1044
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Washington
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West Virginia
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West Virginia code, and chapter 17c traffic regulations and laws of the road
Code § 17C-15-37
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Wisconsin
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WI Statute 347.45. Tire equipment.
WI Administrative Code on use of studded tires (Trans 306.01 Studded tires).
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Wyoming
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Wyoming Statute, Title 31 Motor Vehicles
31-5-956 tires
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