Jonesboro, AR Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)

Sec. 66-3 of the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances, titled Hitchhiking, makes it unlawful for any person to hitchhike or solicit rides in vehicles, or to loiter on or near any street or filling station with the intention of soliciting such a ride. The section reaches both the act of hitchhiking itself and the related conduct of lingering near a roadway or gas station for the purpose of getting picked up, tying the loitering prohibition specifically to the intent to solicit a ride rather than banning all standing in public places.

16 and Ord. No. 636, § 1, placing it within Chapter 66's traffic and vehicles article alongside related roadway-conduct rules such as Sec. 66-2's permit requirement for soliciting contributions from motorists in the public right-of-way, and Sec. 66-4's ban on placing signs, vehicles, or other obstructions to vision within the street right-of-way. Because Sec. 66-3 sits in the traffic and vehicles chapter rather than a general disorderly-conduct chapter, it is enforced as a traffic-adjacent offense tied to street and roadside locations, distinct from the city's separate dog-park loitering rule in Sec. operating hours.