Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (2026)
Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles
✓ current as of July 2026
The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety but may proceed cautiously past such red or stop sign or signal. At other times drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal.
Codes, 1942, § 8148; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1989–2026 · leading case: Rayner v. Pennington, 25 So. 3d 305 (Miss. 2010).
Rayner v. Pennington, 25 So. 3d 305 (Miss. 2010). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (Rev.2004). A complementary statute provides that: “[u]pon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the…”
Walker v. Graham, 582 So. 2d 431 (Miss. 1991). “(2) The court erred by granting the defendants a right-of-way instruction patterned after Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 and § 63-3-809 (1972) because no emergency existed.”
Davis v. Latch, 873 So. 2d 1059 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (Rev.1996). By the same token, "[u]pon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way.”
Andrews v. Jitney Jungle Stores of Amer., Inc., 537 So. 2d 447 (Miss. 1989). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (1972) (emphasis added).”
Patricia Phillips, Individually & as the Nat. Mother & Next Friend of Addison Phillips, a Minor v. City of Oxford, Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2022). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 . 6 McCutchen testified that even though Officer Brown was disciplined by Oxford for safety and policy violations, after reviewing the entire record, he believed Officer Brown’s response was “in compliance with [his] training.”
Mildred Elaine Thompson Rayner v. Ronnie Pennington (Miss. 2008). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (Rev. 2004). A complementary statute provides that: “[u]pon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the…”
Patricia Phillips, Individually & as the Nat. Mother & Next Friend of Addison Phillips, a Minor v. City of Oxford, Mississippi (Miss. 2023). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (Rev. 2022). The parties filed opposing motions for summary judgment, but both were denied.”
Mary Luckett & Gary Luckett v. Leake Cnty., Mississippi & Chiquitta M. Cooks (Fortune) (Miss. Ct. App. 2026). “Street did acknowledge that Mississippi Code Annotated section 63-3-3154 requires an officer to “slow down as necessary for safety” at a red light, but he also 4 See Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-315 (Rev. 2022) (stating that a “driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when…”
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