{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 544.010","heading":"STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS.","body":"(a) Unless directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, the operator of a vehicle or streetcar approaching an intersection with a stop sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).\n(b) If safety requires, the operator of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).\n(c) An operator required to stop by this section shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. In the absence of a clearly marked stop line or crosswalk, the operator shall stop at the place nearest the intersecting roadway where the operator has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 535 (H.B. 3558), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 544. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.544.htm#544.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"d48c6a56acbcb6e71353024db7188f2bfb09ce204283e29aed07917d7cf70e5e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}