Current textIn force on Sept. 30, 2014Source: annual CFR editions 1996–2016

§ 397.13 Smoking.

Current wording, first on file in the 1996 annual edition.

govinfo, 2013 edition ↗

Before Jan. 1, 2017 the record is one snapshot per annual CFR edition, revised as of October 1. This is the 2013 edition's wording. An amendment that took effect between Oct. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2014 would not appear until the next edition, so check the citations below and the Federal Register for exact effective dates.

49 CFR § 397.13 — Smoking.. Text in force on September 30, 2014. This wording effective October 1, 1996 to present. Source: govinfo, 2013 edition, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2013-title49-vol5/CFR-2013-title49-vol5-sec397-13. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/397.13?asof=2014-09-30, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

No person may smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe on or within 25 feet of—

(a) A motor vehicle which contains Class 1 materials, Class 5 materials, or flammable materials classified as Division 2.1, Class 3, Divisions 4.1 and 4.2; or

(b) An empty tank motor vehicle which has been used to transport Class 3, flammable materials, or Division 2.1 flammable gases, which when so used, was required to be marked or placarded in accordance with the rules in § 177.823 of this title.

[59 FR 63925, Dec. 12, 1994]

Amendment history

1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1996

Oct. 1, 1996 → presentannual editions 1996–2016viewing
[59 FR 63925, Dec. 12, 1994]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.