Maricopa, AZ Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

120, adopted by Ordinance 26-09, breaks pedestrian crossing into four subsections. Subsection (A) requires crossing within a marked crosswalk or at a signal-controlled intersection wherever one is available. Subsection (B) is the core jaywalking ban: a pedestrian may not cross a roadway between adjacent intersections where both of those intersections already have a traffic signal or a marked crosswalk, closing off the shortcut of crossing mid-block just because the nearest crosswalk is inconvenient. Subsection (C) addresses the common case where no crosswalk or signal is reasonably available nearby: a pedestrian may cross mid-block, but only by the shortest route to the opposite curb and only at approximately right angles to the curb, so a diagonal or wandering crossing still violates the section even where mid-block crossing itself is permitted.

Subsection (D) is a catch-all: a pedestrian may not cross anywhere that signs, pavement markings, other traffic control devices, or law otherwise prohibit crossing, regardless of the intersection-spacing rules in (B) and (C). 130, separately bars a pedestrian from stopping, standing, or remaining in the travel lane or in a raised or painted median or traffic island not designed for pedestrian use, except while waiting at a pedestrian signal or for traffic to clear.