Homelessness & Encampment Rules in Mission, TX (2026)
2 verified homelessness & encampment rules for Mission, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Sit-Lie Rules
Mission bans standing, remaining, or congregating on a public street or sidewalk in a way that blocks other people's free use of it, and requires dispersal when a police officer orders it.
Mission Sidewalk Obstruction Ordinance
Some RestrictionsSec. 66-193(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person, grouping, or assemblage of persons, whose standing, remaining, or congregating upon any public street or sidewalk in the city shall obstruct, prevent, or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of such street or sidewalk by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or to disperse upon being ordered to do so by any police officer of the city or other pe...
Encampment Sanitation
Texas Penal Code section 48.05 (created by 2021's HB 1925) bans camping in a public place without consent, and Mission enforces it through its own street-obstruction and loitering ordinance, which lets police order campers and groups blocking sidewalks or streets to move on or face a Class C misdemeanor citation.
Mission, TX Public Camping & Encampment Ban
Some RestrictionsSec. 66-193(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person, grouping, or assemblage of persons, whose standing, remaining, or congregating upon any public street or sidewalk in the city shall obstruct, prevent, or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of such street or sidewalk by other persons, to fail or refuse to move on or to disperse upon being ordered to do so by any police officer of the city or other pe...
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