Light Bars & LED Lighting in Georgia
Georgia permits one spotlight, two fog lights, one auxiliary passing light, and one auxiliary driving light. No cover is required, but operating a spotlight from a moving vehicle on a highway is unlawful except for law enforcement.
Verified against primary sources · August 2026
What the law says
Lamp color must conform to SAE J578. Because only one auxiliary driving light is permitted, a multi-lamp bar generally falls outside the allowed category. Contrary to widely repeated advice, no cover is required in this state. Mounting a light bar is legal everywhere; what states regulate is using it on public roads, and the usual constraint is a mounting-height ceiling plus a per-type lamp count — a roof-mounted bar often falls outside the permitted category entirely.
Specific Limits
- Max lamps
- 1 spotlight, 2 fog lights (12-30 in), 1 auxiliary passing light (24-42 in), 1 auxiliary driving light (16-42 in)
- Spotlight use
- unlawful to operate from a moving vehicle on a highway except law enforcement
- Cover required
- No
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