The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session. Please note that the next update of this compilation will not take place until after the conclusion of the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, which convenes in January 2024.
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A. For the purpose of highway safety or air pollution prevention, a person shall not drive or move a vehicle on a highway, street or roadway unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded in a manner to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping from the vehicle, except the following are allowed:
1. Sufficient sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction.
2. Water or another substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
3. Minor pieces of agricultural materials such as leaves and stems from agricultural loads or equipment.
B. A person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway, street or roadway with a load unless the load and any covering on the load are securely fastened in a manner to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway, street or roadway.
C. This section does not apply to a vehicle when the vehicle is being used for agricultural purposes on a farm.
D. If a person is found in violation of this section and the violation:
1. Does not cause any damage or injury and is the person's:
(a) First violation in a sixty-month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $250.
(b) Second or subsequent violation in a sixty-month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $350.
2. Results in an accident causing serious physical injury as defined in section 13-105 to another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500.
3. Results in an accident causing the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.