Yuma, AZ Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Chapter 211's Pedestrians subchapter (§§ 211-40 through 211-46) sets graduated crossing rules depending on where in the city a person crosses. § 28-602's definition of a crosswalk. Section 211-42 extends the crosswalk-only rule to any designated arterial street regardless of district. Section 211-43 covers everywhere else: outside a business district, a pedestrian who chooses to cross at a point other than a crosswalk 'shall yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles upon the roadway,' rather than being flatly barred from crossing there. That yield duty is narrower than an outright ban: the section does not stop a person from crossing mid-block outside a business district but puts the legal burden of avoiding a collision on the pedestrian at that point.

Two more sections round out the subchapter: § 211-45 requires pedestrians who are not in a crosswalk to cross by the shortest, right-angle route to the opposite curb, and § 211-46 separately bars stopping or remaining in a roadway, painted or raised median, or traffic island not meant for pedestrian use, except while waiting to cross at the next signal or when traffic has cleared. Section 211-40 makes clear none of this relieves a driver of the ordinary duty of care toward pedestrians.