Arizona

Department of Public Safety, Phoenix, AZ. 602-223-2000.

28-1098. Vehicle loads; restrictions; civil penalties

1. A person shall not drive or move a vehicle on a highway 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 that eithe
   1. 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.
2. A person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway 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.
3. 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:
      1. First violation in a sixty month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to two hundred fifty dollars.
      2. Second or subsequent violation in a sixty month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to three hundred fifty dollars.
   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 up to five hundred dollars.
   3. Results in an accident causing the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars.