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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 63-3-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Highway Traffic...
§ 63-3-3. Construction of chapter - This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 63-3-5. Application of provisions of chapter relating to operation of vehicles - The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of...
§ 63-3-7. Compilation, printing and distribution of provisions of chapter - The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed...
§ 63-3-9. Teaching of provisions of chapter in public schools - The provisions of this chapter shall be taught in the...
§ 63-3-11. Right to recover damages in civil suit unaffected by provisions of chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to...
Article 3 - Definitions
General Provisions
§ 63-3-101. Applicability of definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Vehicles, Equipment and the Like Defined
§ 63-3-103. Vehicles - "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any...
§ 63-3-105. Tractors - "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily...
§ 63-3-107. Trailers - "Trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed for carrying...
§ 63-3-109. Railroads - "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars,...
§ 63-3-111. Tires - "Metal tire" means every tire the surface of which in...
§ 63-3-113. Explosives and flammable liquids - "Explosive" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is...
Governmental Agencies, Owners, Police Officers and Other Persons Defined
§ 63-3-115. Department of public safety - "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety. "Department" means the...
§ 63-3-117. Local authorities - "Local authority" means every county, municipal, and other local board...
§ 63-3-119. Police officers - "Police officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulate...
§ 63-3-121. Individuals - "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, limited...
Highways, Districts, Signals, and the Like Defined
§ 63-3-123. Traffic - "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, street cars,...
§ 63-3-125. Streets, roads, and highways - "Street or highway" means the entire width between property lines...
§ 63-3-127. Crosswalks - "Crosswalk" means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included within...
§ 63-3-129. Intersections - "Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection...
§ 63-3-131. Safety zones - "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart...
§ 63-3-133. Traffic signals or devices - "Official traffic-control devices" means all signs, signals, markings, and devices...
§ 63-3-135. Right-of-way - "Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the...
§ 63-3-137. Stopping, standing, and parking - "Stop," when required, means the complete cessation from movement. "Stop,...
§ 63-3-139. Districts - "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a...
Article 5 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws
§ 63-3-201. Offenses and penalties generally - It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this title...
§ 63-3-203. Failure or refusal to comply with order or direction of police officer - No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with...
§ 63-3-205. Applicability of chapter to various public officers and employees - The provisions of this chapter applicable to the drivers of...
§ 63-3-207. Applicability of chapter to persons riding bicycles or animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles - Every person riding a bicycle or an animal or driving...
§ 63-3-208. Use of electric personal assistive mobility devices allowed on highways and sidewalks; restrictions - An electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in Section...
§ 63-3-209. Uniformity of application of chapter throughout state; local traffic regulation generally - The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform...
§ 63-3-211. Enactment of traffic regulations by local authorities - The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to...
§ 63-3-212. Localities prohibited from enacting ordinances restricting cell phone use in motor vehicles - No county, municipality or other political subdivision shall enact any...
§ 63-3-213. Effect of chapter upon rights of owners of certain real property - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the...
Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings
§ 63-3-301. Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices - The commissioner of public safety shall adopt a manual and...
§ 63-3-303. Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon state and county highways; placement of devices upon such highways by local authorities - The commissioner of public safety and the state highway commission...
§ 63-3-305. Placing and maintaining of traffic-control devices upon highways under local jurisdiction - Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain...
§ 63-3-307. Reflectors on bridges in state highway system - The state highway commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion,...
§ 63-3-309. Traffic-control signal colors and rules - Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting the words...
§ 63-3-311. Flashing signal colors and rules - Whenever flashing red or yellow signals are used they shall...
§ 63-3-313. Disobedience of official traffic-control devices - No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of...
§ 63-3-315. Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles - The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when responding to...
§ 63-3-319. Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals - No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in...
§ 63-3-321. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; offenses - Any person who wilfully destroys, knocks down, removes, defaces, or...
§ 63-3-323. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; definitions - The following words, terms and phrases, when used in Section...
§ 63-3-325. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; penalties - Every person convicted of a violation of Section 63-3-321 shall...
Article 9 - Accidents and Reports
§ 63-3-403. Duties of driver involved in accident resulting in property damage to attended vehicle; offenses and penalties - The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
§ 63-3-405. Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death or property damage to give information and render aid; liability for rendering assistance - The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
§ 63-3-407. Duties of driver involved in accident involving unattended vehicle - The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle...
§ 63-3-409. Duties of driver striking fixtures upon or adjacent to highway - The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting...
§ 63-3-411. Duties of drivers involved in accidents involving injury or death or property damage of $500 or more to report accidents; supplemental reports; investigations and reports by law enforcement officers - Every law enforcement officer who investigates an accident as required...
§ 63-3-413. Reporting of accident by occupant of vehicle when driver incapable of reporting - Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of...
§ 63-3-421. Tabulation and analysis of accident reports - The department shall receive accident reports required by this article,...
§ 63-3-423. Requirement of accident reports by municipal corporations; confidentiality of reports - Any incorporated city, town, village, or other municipality, may by...
Article 11 - Restrictions on Speed; Use of Radar
§ 63-3-501. Maximum speed limits on state, interstate and controlled access highways; maximum speed limit on toll roads - Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall...
§ 63-3-503. Modification of maximum speed limits by state highway commission; maximum penalties for violations - Whenever the state highway commission shall determine upon the basis...
§ 63-3-505. Conditions under which speed must be decreased - The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease...
§ 63-3-507. Details of complaint and summons or notice to appear alleging speeding violation - In every charge of violation of Sections 63-3-501 through 63-3-505,...
§ 63-3-509. Minimum speed limits - Police officers are hereby authorized to enforce this provision by...
§ 63-3-511. Modification of speed limits by local authorities; establishment of speed limits upon roads of correctional facilities; modification of local limits to conform to lower limits established by state highway commission - Whenever local authorities, including boards of supervisors, within their respective...
§ 63-3-513. Special speed limitation on bridges and elevated structures; proof of violations - The state highway commission upon request from any local authority...
§ 63-3-515. Speed limits near schools and churches, upon levees and causeways, and in other designated special zones - The boards of supervisors of counties and the governing authorities...
§ 63-3-517. Applicability of speed restrictions to emergency vehicles; duties of drivers of emergency vehicles - The speed limitations set forth in this article shall not...
§ 63-3-519. Use of radar speed detection equipment; authorization and limitations - It shall be unlawful for any person or peace officer...
§ 63-3-521. Use of radar speed detection equipment; penalties for violations - Any person who violates section 63-3-519 shall be guilty of...
Article 13 - Driving on Right Side of Roadway: Overtaking and Passing; Following
§ 63-3-601. Vehicles to be driven on right half of roadway; exceptions - Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be...
§ 63-3-607. Passing by vehicles proceeding in opposite directions - Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each...
§ 63-3-609. Overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in same direction - The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of...
§ 63-3-616. Blocking certain lanes of traffic by school bus driver permitted for the purpose of preventing being overtaken when receiving or discharging passengers - A school bus driver, for the purpose of preventing being...
§ 63-3-617. Driving in center of highway; refusal to turn to right to allow overtaking vehicle to pass - It shall be unlawful for the driver of any truck...
§ 63-3-621. Distance to be maintained between vehicle and traveling or parked fire apparatus or traveling or parked ambulance on emergency call - The driver of any vehicle other than one on official...
Article 15 - Starting and Turning; Signaling
§ 63-3-701. Starting of stopped, standing, or parked vehicle - No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing,...
§ 63-3-703. Turning at intersections - The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an...
§ 63-3-705. Turning on curves or crests of grades - No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in...
§ 63-3-707. Requirements as to signalling of turns or stops - No person shall turn a vehicle from a direct course...
§ 63-3-709. Manner of signalling generally - The signals required in this article shall be given either...
§ 63-3-711. Hand and arm signals - All signals given by hand and arm shall be given...
Article 17 - Right-of-Way
§ 63-3-803. Vehicle turning left at intersection - The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to...
§ 63-3-805. Vehicle entering through highway - The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by...
§ 63-3-807. Vehicle entering or crossing highway from private road or driveway - The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross...
Article 19 - Stopping, Standing and Parking
§ 63-3-901. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places - a. On a sidewalk; b. In front of a public...
§ 63-3-907. Parking parallel with right-hand curb - Except where angle parking is permitted by local ordinance or...
§ 63-3-909. Parking of unattended motor vehicles - No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle...
§ 63-3-911. Opening door of stopped motor vehicle - No person shall open any door on a motor vehicle...
§ 63-3-915. Who may authorize towing of vehicle located on private property - A motor vehicle that is located upon private property may...
Article 21 - Required Stops
§ 63-3-1005. Stops before emerging from alley, driveway or building - The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence...
§ 63-3-1009. Stops at designated particularly dangerous railroad grade crossings - The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to designate particularly...
§ 63-3-1013. Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossing - No person shall operate or move any caterpillar tractor, steam...
Article 23 - Pedestrians' Rights and Duties
§ 63-3-1101. Pedestrians subject to traffic-control signals at intersections; privileges and restrictions at other locations - Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections...
§ 63-3-1103. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks lacking traffic control signals; duty of vehicle approaching vehicle stopped for pedestrian - Where traffic control signals are not in place or in...
§ 63-3-1107. Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalks - Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of...
§ 63-3-1109. Solicitation of rides by pedestrians - No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose...
§ 63-3-1112. Duty of driver to avoid collision with pedestrian or person propelling human-powered vehicle; warning signal - Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter or the provisions of...
§ 63-3-1113. Driving through safety zone - No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or...
Article 25 - Reckless or Careless Driving and Miscellaneous Rules
§ 63-3-1201. Reckless driving - Any person who drives any vehicle in such a manner...
§ 63-3-1205. Driving through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways - The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or...
§ 63-3-1207. Coasting upon down grade - The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a...
§ 63-3-1209. Crossing unprotected fire hose - No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of...
§ 63-3-1211. Throwing, etc., of glass or other injurious material on highway; removal of glass or other injurious material by person removing wrecked or damaged vehicle from highway - No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any...
§ 63-3-1213. Careless driving - Any person who drives any vehicle in a careless or...
Article 27 - John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act
§ 63-3-1301. Short title - This article shall be known and may cited as the...
§ 63-3-1313. Prohibition against harassing, taunting or maliciously throwing object at or near bicyclist; penalties - It is unlawful to harass, taunt or maliciously throw an...