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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-125

Streets, roads, and highways

Known as the Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law

The act spans §§ 63–63 (250 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 856 So. 2d 304 - Busick v. St. John (2003)

Most recently applied in 856 So. 2d 304 - Busick v. St. John (October 2003)

Codes, 1942, § 8137; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.

“Street or highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.

“Laned highway” means a highway the roadway of which is divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.

“Roadway” means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.

“Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.

“Private road or driveway” means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons.

“Through highway” means every highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected as provided in this chapter.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.