Vehicle Code section 21353

No local authority, except by permission of the Department of Transportation, shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal in such manner as to require the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway or any railroad grade crossing.

Source: Section 21353, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21353. (updated Jan. 1, 1981; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_21353

Original Source: Section 21353, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21353. (last accessed May 12, 2025).