Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-803 (2026)
Vehicle turning left at intersection
✓ current as of July 2026
The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. However, said driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by Article 15, may make such left turn and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from said opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn.
Codes, 1942, § 8196; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2004–2011 · leading case: Denham v. Holmes ex rel. Holmes, 60 So. 3d 773 (Miss. 2011).
Denham v. Holmes ex rel. Holmes, 60 So. 3d 773 (Miss. 2011). “” See Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-803 (Rev.2004) ("The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an…”
State Farm Auto Ins. Companies v. Davis, 887 So. 2d 192 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “2004), and yielding the right-of-way, as codified in Miss.Code Ann. § 63-3-803 (Rev.2004). These duties are implicated when a motorist, inter alia, crosses a lane of opposite flowing traffic and were accordingly designed to protect the motorists whose lanes are being crossed.”
Paula Denham v. Adam Holmes (Miss. 2008). “” See Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-803 (Rev. 2004) (“The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of- way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute…”
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