{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"21802","citation":"Veh. Code, § 21802","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD [21000. - 23336.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Right-of-Way [21800. - 21809.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 623, Sec. 3.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection shall stop as required by Section <a href=\"/veh/22450\">22450</a>. The driver shall then yield the right-of-way to any vehicles which have approached from another highway, or which are approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to those vehicles until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety.</p><p>(b) A driver having yielded as prescribed in subdivision (a) may proceed to enter the intersection, and the drivers of all other approaching vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle entering or crossing the intersection.</p><p>(c) This section does not apply where stop signs are erected upon all approaches to an intersection.</p>","text":"(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection shall stop as required by Section 22450. The driver shall then yield the right-of-way to any vehicles which have approached from another highway, or which are approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to those vehicles until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety. (b) A driver having yielded as prescribed in subdivision (a) may proceed to enter the intersection, and the drivers of all other approaching vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle entering or crossing the intersection. (c) This section does not apply where stop signs are erected upon all approaches to an intersection.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/right-of-way-21802","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}