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Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010 (2026)

Stop Signs And Yield Signs

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Sec. 544.010. STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS. (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).

(b) If safety requires, the operator of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).

(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.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 535 (H.B. 3558), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 59 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Villarreal v. State, 565 S.W.3d 919 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2018).
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Villarreal v. State, 565 S.W.3d 919 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2018). · cites it 3× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
State v. Javari Edward Police, 377 S.W.3d 33 (Tex. App.—Waco 2012). · cites it 2× “” Tex. TraNSp. Code Ann. § 544.010 (c) (Vernon 1999).”
Barrow v. State, 241 S.W.3d 919 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2007). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 544.010 (c) (Vernon 1999) requires drivers approaching a stop sign to: [Sjtop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.”
Ex parte Merle Lester Pritzkau, 391 S.W.3d 185 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2012). · cites it 2× “, Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 544.010 , 545.151, 545.”
State v. Alley, 158 S.W.3d 485 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). “See Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010. 6 . See id., § 542.”
Gomez v. Adame, 940 S.W.2d 249 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1997). “Gomez further argues that under article 6701d, section 91A(b) of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes (currently at Tex. TRAnsp. Code Ann. § 544.010 (Vernon Pamph.”
State v. Uyless Troy Bland, No. 13-15-00041-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 13, 2016). · cites it 5× “He believed the driver of the vehicle violated Texas Transportation Code section 544.010 due to his “[f]ailure to stop at a designated point, extending into the intersection.”
State v. Nathaniel Jay Kaplan, No. 07-16-00135-CR (Tex. App.—Amarillo Oct. 31, 2016). · cites it 2× “The motion’s argument was based on the provisions of Texas Transportation Code section 544.010, regarding a driver’s duty to stop at an intersection with a stop sign.”
Pablo Ernesto Villarreal Jr. v. State, No. 13-17-00323-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Dec. 27, 2018). · cites it 2× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
William Ellis Douglass v. State of Texas, No. 03-20-00134-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 24, 2022). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010(c). Douglass and the State urge different readings of where, under the statute, a driver is required to stop.”
Brittney Nicolelynn Holcomb v. State of Texas, No. 12-22-00008-CR (Tex. App.—Tyler June 30, 2022). · cites it 2× “2 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West 2011) (“An operator required to stop by this section shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the nearside of the intersection.”
Rusty Alton Pearce v. State of Texas, No. 12-22-00129-CR (Tex. App.—Tyler Apr. 5, 2023). · cites it 2× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West 2022); Rodriguez v.”
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Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010(a): 5 cases
Luis Armando Morales, Jr. v. State, No. 10-16-00214-CR (Tex. App.—Waco June 14, 2017).
Michael Kelly Walker v. State, No. 11-16-00103-CR (Tex. App.—Eastland Mar. 8, 2018).
Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Elsa Prado, 685 S.W.3d 848 (Tex. 2024).
Justin Dunway Friar v. State of Texas, No. 07-22-00213-CR (Tex. App.—Amarillo June 6, 2024).
Delwin Ray Jackson v. State of Texas, No. 11-24-00288-CR (May 8, 2026).
Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010(c): 14 cases
Villarreal v. State, 565 S.W.3d 919 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2018). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
State v. Uyless Troy Bland, No. 13-15-00041-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 13, 2016). “He believed the driver of the vehicle violated Texas Transportation Code section 544.010 due to his “[f]ailure to stop at a designated point, extending into the intersection.”
Pablo Ernesto Villarreal Jr. v. State, No. 13-17-00323-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Dec. 27, 2018). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
William Ellis Douglass v. State of Texas, No. 03-20-00134-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 24, 2022). “” Tex. Transp. Code § 544.010(c). Douglass and the State urge different readings of where, under the statute, a driver is required to stop.”
Brittney Nicolelynn Holcomb v. State of Texas, No. 12-22-00008-CR (Tex. App.—Tyler June 30, 2022). “2 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 544.010(c) (West 2011) (“An operator required to stop by this section shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the nearside of the intersection.”
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