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Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety
General Provisions
§ 45-1-3. Rule-making power of commissioner - When not otherwise specifically provided, the commissioner is authorized to...
§ 45-1-5. Employment of administrative, clerical and other employees - The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized and empowered to...
§ 45-1-6. Special contract agents authorized; powers; qualifications; form of contract; agents not considered employees of Mississippi Bureau of Investigation - Such contracts shall not be public records and shall not...
§ 45-1-7. Legislators ineligible to serve - No member of the Legislature shall be eligible to serve...
§ 45-1-11. Salaries may be paid on semi-monthly basis - The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered,...
§ 45-1-12. Salaries of certain officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics - Department of Public Safety Sworn Officers Salary Schedule 2015-2016 Fiscal...
§ 45-1-13. Use of employees in other divisions - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 45-1-1, 45-1-5, 45-1-17, 45-3-7 through...
§ 45-1-15. Purchase of workers' compensation insurance - The Department of Public Safety shall purchase workmen's compensation insurance...
§ 45-1-17. Crime detection and medical examiner laboratory - The commissioner shall have the authority to establish, staff, equip...
§ 45-1-21. Department of Public Safety authorized to charge fees for services and reports - 1. A copy of the contract governing the actual cost...
§ 45-1-23. Payment of expenses of operating and administering department; budget; disposition of funds received - The department of public safety shall comply with all the...
§ 45-1-25. Director of Mississippi Forensics Laboratory; qualifications; removal - The Director of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory which has been...
§ 45-1-27. Director of Crime Laboratory; responsibilities and duties - The director shall have responsibilities and duties including but not...
§ 45-1-33. Transfer of Office of Criminal Justice Planning and Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee - The Office of Criminal Justice Planning, including the Juvenile Justice...
§ 45-1-35. Department of Public Safety to provide state highway accident statistics to Department of Transportation - The Department of Public Safety shall provide each month to...
§ 45-1-43. Emergency response and vehicular pursuit policies; state, county and local mandate; training procedures; sanctions for failure to adopt - On or after January 1, 2005, each state, county and...
§ 45-1-47. Department of Public Safety authorized to sell and replace as needed its fleet of aircraft; use of proceeds - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary that may be found...
Certain Public Safety Officers Permitted to Keep Badges upon Retirement
§ 45-1-71. Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement - Each full-time fire fighter, employed in accordance with Section 45-11-203,...
Certification of Certain Retired Law Enforcement Officers to Carry Concealed Weapon Without Permit -
Blue Alert System
§ 45-1-151. Blue alert program established; definitions; activation; termination of activation - The area of the alert may be less than statewide...
Chapter 2 - Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death and Disability Benefits Trust Funds
Article 1 - Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund -
Article 2 - Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Disability Benefits Trust Fund -
Article 3 - Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund -
Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol
§ 45-3-1. Citation of chapter - This chapter and Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 63, Mississippi...
§ 45-3-3. Definitions - The following words when used in this chapter shall, for...
§ 45-3-5. Chief of patrol - The commissioner is empowered and authorized to appoint an Assistant...
§ 45-3-11. Prohibitions as to engaging in political activity and soliciting campaign contributions - No member of the patrol shall, while in such position,...
§ 45-3-13. No exemption from military service for patrolmen - No patrolman shall be exempt from military service because of...
§ 45-3-15. Preference to returning veterans - All patrolmen who have been or are called to the...
§ 45-3-17. Dismissal of patrolmen - During the period of the first twelve (12) months after...
§ 45-3-19. Regulations governing discipline, uniforms, supplies, and the like - The commissioner shall have authority, with the approval of the...
§ 45-3-23. Commissioner not to impose rule which impedes enforcement of traffic laws - It shall be unlawful for the commissioner to impose any...
§ 45-3-25. Patrolman preferring traffic charge to forward abstract of court record - Whenever any patrolman shall prefer any traffic charge whatsoever against...
§ 45-3-27. Bearing of arms; compliance with dress regulations - Members of the highway safety patrol shall be entitled to...
§ 45-3-31. Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment - The commissioner is authorized to purchase (a) uniforms for the...
§ 45-3-33. Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment; advertising for bids - Except as is otherwise provided in Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code...
§ 45-3-35. Camera equipment for patrol cars - The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized to procure...
§ 45-3-37. Markings on patrol cars - The state patrol insignia shall be placed on each door...
§ 45-3-39. Prohibition as to personal use of cars, materials and equipment - No state officer or other person shall utilize at any...
§ 45-3-43. Radio substations and booster stations for use of highway safety patrol - The board of supervisors of any county and the mayor...
§ 45-3-45. Training school for patrolmen - The commissioner is hereby authorized to set up a training...
§ 45-3-49. Penalty for violating provisions of chapter - It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any...
§ 45-3-51. Retirants or beneficiaries of officers killed in line of duty permitted to retain one sidearm - Each member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or agent...
§ 45-3-52. Retention by officers of assigned dogs retired from service - A member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or any...
§ 45-3-55. Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop "D" substation named "Robert ‘Bunky' Huggins Substation." - The Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop "D" substation located in the...
§ 45-3-57. Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office designated "Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office." - The Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office,...
Chapter 4 - County Jail Officers Training Program
§ 45-4-1. Legislative findings and intent - The Legislature finds that the administration of jails and youth...
§ 45-4-3. Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training; creation; membership; officers; reports - The initial appointments to the board shall be made no...
§ 45-4-5. Powers of board - In addition to the powers conferred upon the Board on...
§ 45-4-7. Office of Standards and Training to provide administrative and fiscal support - The Office of Standards and Training shall provide administrative and...
§ 45-4-13. Governmental entities prohibited from paying salaries of uncertified jail officers - Any governmental entity that employs a person as a jail...
Chapter 5 - Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy
§ 45-5-1. Citation of chapter - This chapter may be cited as "The Mississippi Law Enforcement...
§ 45-5-3. Public policy declared - It is hereby declared that the state public welfare demands...
§ 45-5-5. Establishment, supervision and purpose of law enforcement officers' training academy; rules and regulations; director and other personnel - The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized and empowered...
§ 45-5-7. Instructors and curriculum - The commissioner may furnish suitable instructors in the subject matter...
§ 45-5-9. Sheriffs and mayors may appoint extra deputies and police; commissioner of public safety to judge qualifications of applicant; powers and duties of deputies; compensation and uniforms; bond - The sheriff of each county, and the mayor of each...
§ 45-5-11. Appropriations; tuition fees; payment of expenses of officers attending academy; grants and donations may be accepted - The Legislature may appropriate funds to carry out the purposes...
§ 45-5-13. Acceptance or rejection of applicants by director; appeals by rejected applicants - The director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall have...
§ 45-5-15. Duties of State Building Commission; law enforcement officers' training academy fund - The State Building Commission is authorized and directed to provide...
§ 45-5-17. Construction of chapter - This chapter shall be construed as supplemental and in addition...
Chapter 6 - Law Enforcement Officers Training Program
§ 45-6-1. Legislative findings and intent - The Legislature finds that the administration of criminal justice is...
§ 45-6-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall...
§ 45-6-5. Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training created; appointment, terms of office, removal from office and compensation of members; officers; meetings; reports; advisors - The Attorney General, the Director of the Mississippi Highway Safety...
§ 45-6-7. Powers of board - In addition to the powers conferred upon the board elsewhere...
§ 45-6-9. Administrative and fiscal support provided by criminal justice planning commission - The criminal justice planning commission shall provide administrative and fiscal...
§ 45-6-19. Continuing education requirement for municipal police chiefs and officers - 0-2 years after July 1, 2004. . . . .8...
Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers
Employment, Duties, Uniforms Compensation and Transportation of Patrol Officers
§ 45-7-1. Counties may employ men to enforce road laws - The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized...
§ 45-7-3. Duties of patrol officers; uniforms - Said patrol officers are hereby authorized to do and perform...
Patrol Officers in Certain Counties Having Two Judicial Districts, Wherein Certain Highways Intersect, or Bordering on Pearl River
§ 45-7-23. Duties of patrol officers; uniforms - Patrol officers employed pursuant to Section 45-7-21 are authorized to...
§ 45-7-25. Radio equipment - The board of supervisors is authorized and empowered, in its...
§ 45-7-29. Powers to be additional and supplemental - The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-21 through 45-7-27...
Patrol Officers in Certain Counties, Bordering on Gulf of Mexico, Bordering on State of Alabama, or Bordering on Mississippi River
§ 45-7-43. Duties of patrol officers - Those county patrol officers who are employed pursuant to the...
§ 45-7-47. Powers to be additional and supplemental - The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-41 through 45-7-45...
Chapter 9 - Weapons
Reports of Gunshots and Knifings
§ 45-9-31. Medical personnel required to report injuries from gunshots, knifings, and hunting or boating accidents - Any physician, surgeon, dentist, veterinarian, paramedical employee, or nurse, or...
Restrictions Upon Local Regulation of Firearms or Ammunition
§ 45-9-53. Exceptions; procedure for challenging ordinances; county or municipal programs to purchase weapons from citizens - 1. On a tract of land of ten (10) acres...
§ 45-9-57. Regulation by county of discharge of any firearm within platted subdivision - A county may regulate the discharge of any firearm or...
License to Carry Concealed Pistol or Revolver
§ 45-9-101. License to carry stun gun, concealed pistol or revolver; license fees; exemptions; no license required to carry pistol or revolver in purse, briefcase, fully enclosed case, etc. - 1. Is a member or veteran of the United States...
§ 45-9-103. Federal firearm reporting - [Effective from and after January 1 2020, this section will...
Purchase of Sidearms by Retiring Law Enforcement Personnel
§ 45-9-131. Purchase of sidearm by retiring law enforcement officer or spouse of law enforcement officer killed in line of duty - Upon approval of the governing authority of the municipality or...
§ 45-9-133. Retention of sidearm by retiring law enforcement officer of Mississippi Department of Transportation - Each person employed as a law enforcement officer by the...
Docket of Deadly Weapons Seized -
Mississippi Church Protection Act -
Chapter 10 - Novelty Lighters
§ 45-10-1. Definition - For purposes of this chapter, "novelty lighter" means a mechanical...
§ 45-10-3. Prohibition; penalty - A person may not sell at retail, offer for retail...
§ 45-10-5. Exception - The prohibition specified in Section 45-10-3 does not apply to...
§ 45-10-7. Enforcement - This section may be enforced by the State Fire Marshal's...
Chapter 11 - Fire Protection Regulations, Fire Protection and Safety in Buildings
State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal and State Firefighter's School
§ 45-11-3. Proceedings in regard to dangerous or hazardous inflammable condition existing in building; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - Whenever the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal, or his authorized...
§ 45-11-7. State fire academy; executive director; division of fire services development; defrayal of agency expenses by appropriation from General Fund; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The Commissioner of Insurance may establish and charge reasonable fees...
§ 45-11-8. State Fire Academy Advisory Board - There is hereby created the State Fire Academy Advisory Board...
Hotels, Schools and Other Public Buildings
§ 45-11-21. Duty of hotel and lodging house keepers to provide means of escape - It is the duty of every keeper or proprietor of...
§ 45-11-23. Duty of hotel and lodging house keeper to post notice - Every proprietor or keeper of any hotel or lodging house...
§ 45-11-25. Certain hotels and lodging houses to be provided with iron balconies and stairs - Every hotel or lodging house over two (2) stories in...
§ 45-11-27. Public halls, hotels shall provide stair rail - Every public hall, opera house, hotel, lodging house, or other...
§ 45-11-29. Fire detectors required for hotels and lodging houses - All hotels or lodging houses shall be provided with a...
§ 45-11-33. Hotel and lodging house keepers to give alarm - Every proprietor or keeper of a hotel or lodging house...
§ 45-11-35. Construction requirements for hotels and lodging houses - All hotels or lodging houses hereafter constructed over two (2)...
§ 45-11-37. Doors to open outwardly - All the doors for ingress and egress to public schoolhouses,...
§ 45-11-39. Egress in case of fire - All school buildings, public or private, now under construction in...
§ 45-11-41. School buildings to have certain fire escapes - In the construction of school buildings all outside doors shall...
§ 45-11-43. County superintendent to furnish plans and approve construction - The county superintendent of education in each county shall furnish...
§ 45-11-45. Places of public amusement; how constructed - Every place for public amusement shall have at least the...
§ 45-11-47. Public eating places or places of public amusement to provide exits; penalties for violation - Not less than two (2) exit ways when six hundred...
§ 45-11-49. Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers - Every owner, lessee, keeper, or proprietor of a hotel or...
§ 45-11-51. Penalty for giving public amusements in house not properly constructed - Every person who shall give any public amusement, entertainment or...
§ 45-11-53. Penalty for erection of building in disregard of requirements - Any architect, carpenter, or builder, or the owner or other...
§ 45-11-55. Every day's omission a separate offense - Every day's omission or failure by any person to do...
Sale of Burglar Bars
§ 45-11-71. Sellers of burglar bars to public to comply with standard building code - In the interest of public safety, any person who engages...
§ 45-11-73. State fire marshal to promulgate rules and regulations; exceptions - The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate such rules and regulations...
§ 45-11-75. Penalty for violation - Any person violating the provisions of Section 45-11-71, upon conviction,...
Use of Safety Glazing Material in Hazardous Locations
§ 45-11-81. Definitions - The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them...
§ 45-11-85. Offenses; construction of section - It shall be unlawful within the State of Mississippi to...
§ 45-11-87. Workmen not liable - No liability under Sections 45-11-81 through 45-11-89 shall be created...
§ 45-11-89. Penalties - Whoever violates the provisions of Sections 45-11-81 through 45-11-89 shall...
Mississippi Fire Prevention Code
§ 45-11-103. Standards; deviation from standards; automatic sprinkler systems - The standards embodied in said code shall be based upon...
§ 45-11-107. Application of Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111 - Unless otherwise provided, Sections 45-11-101 through 45-11-111 shall apply to...
§ 45-11-109. Actions or proceedings to remedy prohibited acts - In case any building is constructed or reconstructed or any...
§ 45-11-111. Penalties - Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and willfully...
Uniform Minimum Training Standards for Firefighters
§ 45-11-201. Legislative findings and intent; minimum standards for training - The Legislature finds that the specialized and hazardous nature of...
Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board
§ 45-11-251. Board established; members; terms; qualifications; officers - No member selected under this subsection shall serve more than...
§ 45-11-253. Functions, powers, and duties of Board - The board shall: Establish minimum educational and training standards for...
Burn Injury Notification -
Truss Construction Emblems -
Chapter 12 - Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act [For contingent repeal of this chapter, see § 45-12-21]
§ 45-12-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 45-12-3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 45-12-15. Inspection - To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General,...
§ 45-12-17. Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Fund - There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special...
§ 45-12-19. Sale outside of Mississippi - Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any...
§ 45-12-21. Preemption - This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette...
§ 45-12-23. Local regulation - This chapter preempts any local law, ordinance or regulation that...
Chapter 13 - Fireworks and Explosives
Article 1 - Fireworks
§ 45-13-1. Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of dangerous items prohibited; common fireworks; paper caps - Except as herein provided, the manufacture, sale, possession or use...
§ 45-13-3. Sale, display, possession regulated; labeling - Except as hereinafter provided, no retailer, dealer or any other...
§ 45-13-5. Additional items excepted from article - Nothing in this article shall apply to the manufacture, storage,...
§ 45-13-7. Storage; signs; fire extinguishing equipment; original packages - Fireworks kept for sale at wholesale shall be stored in...
§ 45-13-9. Dates when sales prohibited; sales to children; unlawful to explode or ignite in certain places - No fireworks shall be sold or offered for sale at...
§ 45-13-11. Permits for exhibitions; storage of items held for exhibitions - The governing body of any municipality or the board of...
§ 45-13-13. Rights of municipal governing bodies and county boards of supervisors unaffected by this article - The provisions of this article shall not in any manner...
§ 45-13-15. Violations - Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of...
Article 3 - Explosives
§ 45-13-101. Seller to keep records; when sale of explosives unlawful - Every person who sells or otherwise disposes of dynamite, nitroglycerine,...
§ 45-13-103. Sales of explosives to be reported; regulation by municipalities - Every seller of dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps,...
§ 45-13-105. Penalties for failure to report sale of explosives - Any seller of dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite caps,...
§ 45-13-107. Safekeeping of explosives - Any person who has dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs, dynamite...
§ 45-13-109. Reports of importation of explosives; fees; penalties - Every person transporting or bringing dynamite, nitroglycerine, explosives, gas bombs,...
Chapter 14 - Radiation Protection Program
Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976
§ 45-14-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Radiation Protection...
§ 45-14-3. Legislative declaration of policy - It is the policy of the State of Mississippi in...
§ 45-14-5. Definitions - The following terms as used in this chapter shall have...
§ 45-14-9. Radiation advisory council; membership; meetings; quorum; compensation of members - The members described above and serving on the council on...
§ 45-14-11. General powers of state board of health - In order to provide for the protection of the public...
§ 45-14-17. Attorney General shall counsel persons against whom tort claims arise for their assistance during an emergency - In any and all tort claims against any person which...
§ 45-14-29. Bond, insurance or other security of persons dealing in radioactive materials - No person shall use, manufacture, produce, transport, transfer, receive, acquire,...
§ 45-14-31. Fees for radiological health services - The radiological health services that are included in each specified...
§ 45-14-33. Unlawful acts - It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture,...
§ 45-14-35. Local ordinances, resolutions and regulations relating to sources of radiation are not superseded - Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of...
§ 45-14-37. Penalties - Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provisions of...
§ 45-14-39. Report to air and water pollution control commission as to waters containing radioactive materials - When the agency determines that any waters contain any radioactive...
§ 45-14-41. No state jurisdiction over federally licensed and regulated nuclear powered steam electric generating plants - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to confer jurisdiction...
Mississippi Radioactive Waste Transportation Act
§ 45-14-51. Short title - Sections 45-14-51 through 45-14-69 shall be known and may be...
§ 45-14-53. Legislative purpose - The Legislature finds that the transportation of radioactive waste poses...
§ 45-14-55. Definitions - The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless...
§ 45-14-59. Application for permit; liability insurance; save harmless provision - At least thirty (30) days prior to the date upon...
§ 45-14-61. Permit fee - Upon the approval by the agency of an application for...
§ 45-14-63. Notice of shipment - The shipper shall provide to the director of the agency...
§ 45-14-65. Training program for public safety officials - The agency, in conjunction with the state board of health,...
§ 45-14-67. Powers and duties of state board of health - The Mississippi State Board of Health is hereby authorized and...
§ 45-14-69. Penalties - Any person who willfully violates any provision of Sections 45-14-51...
Chapter 15 - High Voltage Power Lines
§ 45-15-1. Definitions - The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,...
§ 45-15-3. Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; precautions - Unless the procedures have been followed as provided by Sections...
§ 45-15-5. Activities performed in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines; employees - No person shall permit any employee to do any of...
§ 45-15-7. Certain methods not to be employed in obtaining the required ten-foot clearance - The ten-foot clearance required in Section 45-15-3 shall not be...
§ 45-15-11. Safety requirements and procedures required to operate crane, derrick, hoisting equipment, or similar apparatus which can be brought within ten feet of lines - No person shall operate any crane, derrick, power shovel, drilling...
§ 45-15-15. Severability clause - Each section of this chapter, and every part of each...
Chapter 17 - Civil Emergencies
§ 45-17-1. Imposition of curfews during civil emergencies; definitions - "Civil emergency" is defined as: "Curfew" is hereby defined as...
§ 45-17-3. Proclamation of emergency - When, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of...
§ 45-17-5. Curfew order to state times and places applicable; maximum duration - After proclamation of a civil emergency by the chief administrative...
§ 45-17-7. Acts and activities which may be prohibited during emergency - After proclamation of a civil emergency, the chief administrative officer...
§ 45-17-9. Violations of orders may be declared misdemeanors; penalties - Municipalities may provide by ordinance that any person violating the...
§ 45-17-11. Persons to whom curfew does not apply - Any curfew as defined hereby shall not apply to persons...
Chapter 18 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact
§ 45-18-1. Citation - Section 45-18-3 may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance...
§ 45-18-3. Authorization of execution of compact; terms of compact - The Legislature of the State of Mississippi hereby authorizes the...
Chapter 21 - Rock Festivals
§ 45-21-1. Rock festival defined - For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "rock festival"...
§ 45-21-3. Permit to be obtained from sheriff - Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity desiring to hold...
§ 45-21-5. Permit to be obtained from sheriff; conditions of issuance - The sheriff of such county shall issue such written permit...
§ 45-21-7. Amenability to lawsuit - Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity applying for a...
§ 45-21-9. Sheriff to obtain additional surety bond - Upon the posting by such applicant of the cash bond...
§ 45-21-13. Restriction as to sale of tickets - In order that the state board of health may establish...
§ 45-21-15. Inspection of site; notification of noncompliance - The county board of health of the county in which...
§ 45-21-17. Revocation of permit - Upon notification by the county board of health that the...
Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
§ 45-23-1. Title - This chapter shall be cited as the "Mississippi Boiler and...
§ 45-23-3. Application - This chapter, except as otherwise herein provided, shall apply to...
§ 45-23-5. Definitions - The words, terms and phrases when used in this chapter...
§ 45-23-11. Prohibition against nonconforming installation or operation; special permit - No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to...
§ 45-23-17. Chief inspector; qualifications - The board shall employ a chief inspector who shall be...
§ 45-23-19. Chief inspector; duties and powers - The chief inspector, if authorized by the board, is hereby...
§ 45-23-21. Deputy inspectors; inspection service; special inspectors - The board: may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible...
§ 45-23-25. Suspension or revocation of inspector's license - A person whose license has been suspended shall be entitled...
§ 45-23-27. Replacement of lost or destroyed license - If a license is lost or destroyed, a new license...
§ 45-23-29. Inspectors' bonds - The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum...
§ 45-23-31. Access to premises - Any duly authorized representative of the board shall have free...
§ 45-23-33. Inspection requirements - On and after the effective date of the rules and...
§ 45-23-35. Who may make required inspections - The inspections herein required shall be made by the chief...
§ 45-23-37. Hydrostatic tests - If the inspector can show due cause that a hydrostatic...
§ 45-23-39. Inspection during construction - All boilers, other than cast iron sectional boilers, and pressure...
§ 45-23-41. Procedure in general by companies employing special inspectors; exemption - Each company employing special inspectors, except a company operating boilers...
§ 45-23-43. Procedure by companies covered by owner or user inspection service meeting statutory requirements - Each company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner...
§ 45-23-45. Statement by company covered by owner or user inspection service; filing fee - Each such company shall, in addition, file annually with the...
§ 45-23-47. Invalidation of inspection certificate upon termination of insurance - No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or pressure...
§ 45-23-49. Suspension of inspection certificate - The board or its authorized representative may at any time...
§ 45-23-51. Violations; penalties - After twelve (12) months following the date of issuance of...
§ 45-23-53. Fees where inspection made by chief inspector or his deputy - The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel...
§ 45-23-55. Boiler and pressure vessel safety fund - There is hereby created a special fund in the state...
§ 45-23-57. Appeal to board - Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of...
§ 45-23-59. Review of board action - Within thirty (30) days after any order or act of...
§ 45-23-61. Legislative power of city, town, or other governmental subdivision - No city, town or other governmental subdivision shall have the...
Chapter 27 - Mississippi Justice Information Center
§ 45-27-1. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose - The Legislature finds and declares that a more effective administrative...
§ 45-27-3. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall...
§ 45-27-7. Duties and functions of the Justice Information Center - 1. For an offense which is a felony; 2. For...
§ 45-27-8. Mississippi Justice Information Center authorized to charge fees for services and reports - The center, by direction of the Commissioner of the Department...
§ 45-27-11. Review or challenge of criminal offender records; correction of errors in records - The center shall make a person's criminal records available for...
§ 45-27-17. Counties, municipalities and users of network authorized to pay pro rata cost of justice information center - All boards of supervisors, municipal authorities of the state and...
§ 45-27-21. Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database - A certified copy of every expunction and nonadjudication order shall...
Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders
§ 45-33-21. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose - The Legislature finds that the danger of recidivism posed by...
§ 45-33-23. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall...
§ 45-33-43. Written notification to applicants for certain driver's licenses; written acknowledgment by applicant of receipt of notification - At the time a person surrenders a driver's license from...
§ 45-33-47. Petition for relief from duty to register; grounds; minimum period of continuing registration based on three-tier classification of offenses; certain offenders subject to lifetime registration; certain offenders subject to electronic... - 1. Section 97-5-27(1) relatingto dissemination of sexually oriented material to...
§ 45-33-55. Exemptions for expunction - Except for juvenile criminal history information that has been sealed...
Chapter 35 - Identification Cards
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 45-35-1. Definitions - For the purposes of this article the following words shall...
§ 45-35-5. Data required for issuance of identification card - Data for the issuance of an identification card shall include...
§ 45-35-11. Form - All identification cards shall be centrally issued by the department,...
§ 45-35-15. Liability of public entities - No public entity or public official shall be liable for...
Article 3 - Personal Identification Cards for Persons With Disabilities
§ 45-35-51. Definitions - As used in this article, the term: "Commissioner" means the...
§ 45-35-57. Special transportation services for persons with disabilities - The face of the identification card for persons with disabilities...
§ 45-35-59. Special seating for persons with disabilities - The identification card for persons with disabilities shall bear the...
§ 45-35-61. Rules and regulations - The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations under which this...
§ 45-35-63. Proof of date of birth - The department shall require an applicant for an identification card...
§ 45-35-65. Fee - The department shall collect a fee for an identification card...
§ 45-35-67. Misuse of identification card a misdemeanor - It is a misdemeanor for any person: To lend his...
Chapter 39 - Statewide Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
§ 45-39-1. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Council" means the Crime Stoppers...
§ 45-39-3. Creation - There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety...
§ 45-39-9. Offenses - A person who is a member or employee of the...
§ 45-39-11. Establishment and operation of a toll-free telephone number for reporting information about criminal acts - The council shall establish and operate a toll-free telephone service...
§ 45-39-13. Intent - The establishment of any Crime Stoppers Advisory Council shall not...
§ 45-39-15. Local crime stoppers programs - The board of supervisors of a county and the governing...
§ 45-39-17. Certain localities authorized to assess surcharge upon persons fined for certain misdemeanors to fund local crime stoppers programs - In addition to any other monetary penalties and other penalties...
Chapter 41 - Mississippi Silver Alert System
§ 45-41-1. Short title; legislative findings; definitions; criteria for activation of Silver Alert; duties of local law enforcement agencies and Department of Public Safety; alternative mass notification - "The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following...
Chapter 43 - William Lee Montjoy Pool Safety Act
§ 45-43-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and cited as the "William...
§ 45-43-3. Definitions - The following words shall have the following meanings for purposes...
§ 45-43-5. Applicability - The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to:a pool...
§ 45-43-15. Use of a wall of a building as part of pool yard enclosure; when permitted - A wall of a building constructed before July 1, 2012,...
§ 45-43-17. Compliance with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15 - Each door, sliding glass door, window, and window screen of...
§ 45-43-25. Applicability to other bodies of water - The owner of a multiunit rental complex or a property...
§ 45-43-27. Relation to other laws, regulations - Except to the extent that any local or state regulation...
§ 45-43-29. Remedies not exclusive - The remedies contained in this chapter are not exclusive and...
§ 45-43-31. Construction and purpose - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...
Chapter 45 - Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act
§ 45-45-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 45-45-3. Purpose of chapter - The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the...
§ 45-45-5. Equipment covered by chapter - This chapter covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance,...
§ 45-45-9. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined...
§ 45-45-21. Inspection, testing installation, service and maintenance of conveyances - A licensee shall inspect, test, install, service and maintain conveyances...
§ 45-45-29. Penalty for violation of chapter - Any owner or lessee who shall violate any of the...
§ 45-45-31. Prospective application of chapter - The provisions of this chapter are not retroactive unless otherwise...
§ 45-45-33. Construction of chapter - This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen...
§ 45-45-35. Mississippi Elevator and Conveyance Fund created; source and use of monies in fund - There is created a special fund to be designated as...
§ 45-45-37. Promulgation of rules and regulations for licensing and enforcement of chapter - The Commissioner of Insurance shall have authority to promulgate rules...
Chapter 47 - DNA Data Bank -