There currently is no national legislation for securing loads, but some states have taken the
initiative to have their own laws.
| State |
Law |
Reference |
Fine |
| Alabama |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural loads. |
Code of Alabama (See Chapter 32-5-76) |
$500 |
| Alaska |
Applies to all motor vehicles except agricultural, mining, and timber. |
Alaska Statute (See Chapter 6.06.080) |
$1000 + litter pickup |
| Arizona |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural loads. |
Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1098 |
$250-1000 |
| Arkansas |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying rock, sand, or gravel. |
Arkansas Code (See Chapter 27-35-110) |
None found. |
| California |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural and food processing products. |
California Vehicle Code 23114 |
None found. |
| Colorado |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Colorado Revised Statutes (See Chapter 42-4-1407) |
$45-700 |
| Connecticut |
Applies to all motor vehicles except farming vehicles. |
Connecticut General Statutes (See Chapter 248-14-271) |
$35-100 |
| Delaware |
None found. |
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| District of Columbia |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
District of Columbia Official Code (See Chapter 50-2101) |
$500 |
| Florida |
Applies to all motor vehicles except farming vehicles. |
Florida Statutes 316.520 |
$500 and/or jail time |
| Georgia |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural, silvicultural, or forest products. |
Official Code of Georgia Annotated (See Chapter 40-6-248.1) |
$1000 and/or 1 year jail time |
| Hawaii |
Applies to all motor vehicles except agricultural vehicles, vehicles carrying birds
with feathers, and vehicles carrying rocks, sand, or gravel. |
Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-131 |
$250-1000 + jail time |
| Idaho |
None found. |
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| Illinois |
None found. |
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| Indiana |
None found. |
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| Iowa |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying hay or stover. |
Iowa Code (See Chapter 321.460) |
$100 |
| Kansas |
Applies to all motor vehicles except trailers and semi-trailers carrying livestock. |
Kansas Statute 8-1906 |
None found. |
| Kentucky |
None found. |
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| Louisiana |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:383 |
$500 and/or 6 months jail time |
| Maine |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying hay, straw, vines, cornstalks, or grain. |
Maine Statute 29-A-2396 |
$150-500 |
| Maryland |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural products. |
Maryland Code (See Chapter 24-106) |
None found. |
| Massachusetts |
None found. |
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| Michigan |
Applies to all motor vehicles except agricultural andhorticultural vehicles. |
Michigan Compiled Laws Complete 257.720 |
$500 and/or 90 days jail time |
| Minnesota |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying agricultural products such as
grains, shelled corn, soybeans, or other farm produce; or sand, gravel, aggregate,
dirt, lime rock, silica, or similar material. |
Minnesota Statute (See Chapter 169.81 Sub.5) |
None found. |
| Mississippi |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Mississippi Code (See Chapter 63-5-55) |
$100-500 and/or jail time |
| Missouri |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Missouri Revised Statutes 307.010 |
$50 |
| Montana |
Applies to motor vehicles carrying solid waste except commercial motor and agricultural vehicles. |
Montana Code Annotated 61-8-370 |
None found. |
| Nebraska |
None found. |
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| Nevada |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those containing radioactive waste. |
Nevada Revised Statutes 484.773 |
None found. |
| New Hampshire |
Applies to motor trucks, trailers, semi-trailers; junk motor vehicles; construction
vehicles; and other commercial vehicles. |
New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 266:72 |
None found. |
| New Jersey |
Applies to all motor vehicles except agricultural vehicles. |
New Jersey Permanent Statutes (See Chapter 39:4-77)
Link not available |
$500 |
| New Mexico |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
New Mexico Statutes (See Chapter 66-7-407) |
$0-300 and/or jail time |
| New York |
None found. |
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| North Carolina |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
North Carolina General Statutes 20-116 |
$200 |
| North Dakota |
None found. |
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| Ohio |
Applies to all motor vehicles except agricultural and garbage vehicles. |
Ohio Revised Code 4513.31 |
$500 and jail time |
| Oklahoma |
Applies to all vehicles. |
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized 47-14-105 |
$117 |
| Oregon |
None found. |
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| Pennsylvania |
Applies to all motor vehicles except logging and garbage trucks, and feathers from slaughter vehicles. |
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 75.4903
Link not available |
$100-1000 |
| Rhode Island |
Applies to all motor vehicles except logging trucks or those carrying wood, lumber, or sawmill wastes. |
Rhode Island Statutes (See Chapters 31-25-9 and 10) |
$100-500 |
| South Carolina |
Applies to all motor vehicles except those carrying rock, gravel, stone, or similar substances. |
South Carolina Code of Laws (See Chapter 56-5-4100) |
$100 |
| South Dakota |
None found. |
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| Tennessee |
Applies to trucks with open beds for public use except vehicles carrying farm produce to the market. |
Tennessee Code (See Chapter 55-7-109) |
None found. |
| Texas |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Texas Statutes 725.021 |
$25-500 |
| Utah |
Applies to all motor vehicles except vehicles carrying dirt, sand, gravel, rock
fragments, pebbles, crushed base, aggregate, any other similar material, or scrap metal. |
Utah Code (See Chapter 72-7-409) |
None found. |
| Vermont |
Applies to private motor vehicles; trailers; semi-trailers. |
Vermont Statutes Annotated 23:13:1454 |
None found. |
| Virginia |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Code of Virginia 10.1-1424 |
$50 |
| Washington |
Applies to all motor vehicles. Exempt: vehicles carrying gravel, sand, and dirt if
6 inches of freeboard is maintained within the bed. |
Revised Code of Washington 46.61.655 |
$216-5000 and/or jail time |
| West Virginia |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
West Virginia Code (See Chapter 17C-17-6) |
$500 or 10 days jail time |
| Wisconsin |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Wisconsin Statutes (See Chapter 348.10(2)) |
$10-200 |
| Wyoming |
Applies to all motor vehicles. |
Wyoming Statutes (See Chapter 31-5-228) |
$750 and/or 6 mos. Jail time |
