Upon application by any legal resident of the State of Mississippi who is deaf, the State Tax Commission shall prepare and issue through the county tax collectors a special license plate for not more than one (1) vehicle that is registered in the applicant's name. The initial application shall be accompanied by the certification of a licensed physician that the applicant meets the definition of deaf persons set forth in this section. An applicant for a special license plate shall not be required to pay any fee or charge for the issuance of such license plate separate from or in addition to the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees otherwise required by law to be paid for the issuance of a regular license plate for such vehicle. The design of the special license plate shall be executed in a manner which will alert others that the vehicle is registered in the name of a person who is deaf.
For the purpose of this section, the term "vehicle" includes motorcycles, and the term "deaf" means any person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing is so seriously impaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communication when spoken to in a normal conversational tone.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 19 - Motor Vehicle Privilege and Excise Taxes
Article 1 - Motor Vehicle Privilege Taxes
§ 27-19-1. Administration of article
§ 27-19-5. Tax on private carriers of passengers, etc.
§ 27-19-9. Tax on hearses, church and school buses, and taxicabs
§ 27-19-11. Tax on carriers of property and on buses
§ 27-19-25. Imposition of tax by municipalities and other political subdivisions
§ 27-19-32. License tags or plates and renewal license decals; mailing costs
§ 27-19-33. License tags or plates and renewal license decals; trailers and semitrailers
§ 27-19-37. License tags or plates; substitute license tags and decals
§ 27-19-39. License tags or plates; pickup trucks
§ 27-19-43. License tags or plates and renewal license decals; issuance; registration fees
§ 27-19-44.3. Annual report of Mississippi Burn Care Fund
§ 27-19-47. Special license tags or plates; antique automobiles
§ 27-19-47.1. Special license tags or plates; antique motorcycles
§ 27-19-47.2. Special license tags or plates; antique pickup trucks
§ 27-19-55. Special license tags or plates; sheriffs and deputies
§ 27-19-56.6. Special license tags or plates; street rods
§ 27-19-56.9. Special license tags or plates; deaf persons
§ 27-19-56.12. Special license tags or plates; armed forces veterans
§ 27-19-56.13. Special license tags or plates; Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal recipients
§ 27-19-56.85. Special license tags or plates; Vietnam Veteran
§ 27-19-61. Ad valorem tax receipts to be presented with applications for licenses
§ 27-19-62. Proof of payment of federal heavy vehicle use tax
§ 27-19-63. Payment of tax; penalties, etc.
§ 27-19-67. Determination of tax; privilege granted
§ 27-19-69. Issuance of replacement license upon destruction of vehicle
§ 27-19-71. Issuance of license upon replacement of vehicle
§ 27-19-75. Change of classification of vehicle, etc.
§ 27-19-87. Permit to be carried in vehicle
§ 27-19-89. Penalty for failure to obtain permit
§ 27-19-93. Certain vehicles to stop at inspection stations
§ 27-19-101. Comptroller to furnish copies of registration receipts
§ 27-19-103. Recordkeeping requirements for common and contract carriers of property or passengers
§ 27-19-119. Weighing of vehicles to ascertain accuracy of registration
§ 27-19-121. Rules and regulations
§ 27-19-125. Prohibition as to gifts to employees of motor vehicle comptroller; report
§ 27-19-127. Enforcement of article
§ 27-19-129. Jurisdiction of Public Service Commission
§ 27-19-135. State to have lien on motor vehicle
§ 27-19-137. Inspection of vehicles and records, etc.
§ 27-19-141. Sale or transfer of vehicle by other than dealer; reports; registration
§ 27-19-143. Reciprocity agreements
§ 27-19-147. Use tax; imposition
§ 27-19-149. Use tax; exceptions
§ 27-19-151. Use tax; penalties for nonpayment
§ 27-19-157. Purchase of license tags or plates; purchase from penitentiary
§ 27-19-159. Distribution of collections
§ 27-19-159. Distribution of collections