Las Vegas, NV Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- LVMC 11.30.060 and 11.30.070
- Signalized blocks
- Crosswalk-only between signals
- Business districts
- Marked/unmarked crosswalk required
- Default penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 6 months
- Enforcement
- Las Vegas Municipal Court
- Crosswalk authority
- City Traffic Engineer, LVMC 11.18.010
Summary
Las Vegas requires pedestrians to use crosswalks between signalized intersections and bars mid-block crossing in business districts. Cross outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk without yielding to traffic and you can be cited under LVMC 11.30.060 and 11.30.070, both enforced by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
11.30.060 - Crossing outside crosswalk. (A)Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.(B)Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.(C)The foregoing rules in this Section shall have no application under the conditions stated in Section 11.30.070 when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places. 11.30.070 - Crosswalk use required when. (A)Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a crosswalk.(B)No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk in any business district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
070 sets the core jaywalking rule: between adjacent intersections where traffic-control signals are operating, pedestrians may not cross except in a crosswalk, and in any business district a pedestrian may not cross a roadway other than in a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. 060 covers crossing elsewhere in the city: a pedestrian crossing at any point other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway, and the same yield duty applies where the City has built a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing near the crossing point.
, between signalized intersections or inside a business district, where crossing outside a crosswalk is barred outright rather than merely subordinate to vehicle right-of-way. 020, and it is separately unlawful to drive into a marked school crosswalk when a child is in it. 020. 080.
Violations & Fines
A first jaywalking citation under LVMC 11.30.070 is typically written as a pedestrian traffic infraction resolved in Las Vegas Municipal Court. Because no specific fine is set in Chapter 11.30, the Chapter 1.24 general penalty applies: up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense under LVMC 1.24.020. A cited pedestrian can contest the ticket at trial, seek other relief from a municipal judge, forfeit bail, or simply pay the fine per LVMC 1.20.080.
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