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Article 1 - Driver's License
§ 63-1-1. Short title - This article may be cited as the Highway Safety Patrol...
§ 63-1-3. Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this article...
§ 63-1-6. Requirement of motorcycle operator's license; requirement of temporary motorcycle permit - Temporary motorcycle driving permits shall be valid for the same...
§ 63-1-7. Exemption from license requirement - No license issued pursuant to this article shall be required...
§ 63-1-8. Authorization to negotiate reciprocal driver's license agreement with the Republic of China (Taiwan) - The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to negotiate a...
§ 63-1-10.1. Report when student under eighteen who has been issued license, intermediate license or temporary license is coded as drop out - A school superintendent or designee shall report to the Department...
§ 63-1-11. Promulgation of rules and regulations - The provisions of this article with reference to administration shall...
§ 63-1-13. Driver Services Division; director; technical, professional and clerical assistants - The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a...
§ 63-1-15. Designation and duties of drivers' license examiners - The Commissioner of Public Safety shall be authorized to designate...
§ 63-1-16. Department of Public Safety to furnish permanent license kiosk or examiner in each county seat at least one day per month if requested - The Department of Public Safety shall, upon request of the...
§ 63-1-17. Maintenance of records relating to licenses and permits - As the license examiners file their statements showing the serial...
§ 63-1-23. Signature and verification of application for license of person under seventeen years of age by parents or other responsible person - The application of any person under the age of seventeen...
§ 63-1-25. Imputation of negligence or willful misconduct of driver under seventeen years of age to person signing application for license - Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-1-27, any negligence or...
§ 63-1-27. Request for cancellation of minor's license by person signing application; release from liability for negligence or misconduct of minor - Any person who has signed the application of a minor...
§ 63-1-31. Appeal from denial of application for license or temporary permit - When a person is denied a license or any temporary...
§ 63-1-34. Provision of video-taped instructional material to assist reading impaired applicants in preparing for driver's license examinations - From and after January 1, 1991, the Mississippi Authority for...
§ 63-1-37. Issuance of duplicate license - If a license or regular learner's permit issued under the...
§ 63-1-39. Signatures on license - No license issued pursuant to this article shall be valid...
§ 63-1-41. Possession and display of license upon demand - Every licensee shall have the required license in his immediate...
§ 63-1-43. Fees for licenses generally - Click to view Click to view Class R original or...
§ 63-1-55. Suspension of license of minor by trial judge; requirement of completion of defensive driving course; costs and assessments; procedure upon appeal of suspension - A trial judge, in his discretion, if the person so...
§ 63-1-57. Driving while license or driving privilege cancelled, suspended or revoked - Any person whose license issued pursuant to this article or...
§ 63-1-58. License suspensions and restrictions to run consecutively - Suspension or restriction of driving privileges for any person convicted...
§ 63-1-59. Making false affidavit or statements - Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears...
§ 63-1-61. Causing or permitting child or ward under sixteen years of age to drive without authorization - No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or...
§ 63-1-63. Permitting operation of vehicle by another person in violation of article - No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle...
§ 63-1-65. Loan of license or temporary permit to another or use of another's permit or license - It shall be unlawful for any person to lend or...
§ 63-1-69. Punishment for violations where no specific penalty provided - Any person convicted of a violation of this article or...
§ 63-1-71. Revocation or suspension of driving privilege of person convicted of violation of Uniform Controlled Substance Law or violation of similar law of another jurisdiction; reduction of suspension in hardship cases - [Effective from and after October 15, 2019, this section will...
Article 3 - Driver License Compact Law
§ 63-1-101. Short title - This article may be cited as the Mississippi Driver License...
§ 63-1-103. Form of compact - The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and...
§ 63-1-105. Governor as "executive head." - As used in the compact, with reference to this state,...
§ 63-1-107. Commissioner of public safety as "licensing authority;" duties of commissioner - As used in the compact, the term "licensing authority" with...
§ 63-1-109. Compensation of commissioner as compact administrator - The commissioner of public safety as compact administrator provided for...
§ 63-1-111. Reports by courts or other state agencies to commissioner - Any court or other agency of this state, or a...
§ 63-1-113. Applicability of Article IV of compact to certain offenses - Article IV of the compact, set forth in section 63-1-103,...
Article 5 - Commercial Driver's License Act
§ 63-1-201. Short title - This article may be cited as the Commercial Driver's License...
§ 63-1-202. Statement of intent and purpose - The purpose of this article is to implement the federal...
§ 63-1-203. Definitions - As used in this article: "Alcohol" means any substance containing...
§ 63-1-204. Limitation on number of driver's licenses - No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle shall have...
§ 63-1-205. Notification required by driver - The driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall notify the...
§ 63-1-209. Nonresident commercial driver's license - The commissioner may issue a nonresident commercial driver's license to...
§ 63-1-211. Commercial driver's license - 1. Vehicles designed to transport sixteen (16) or more passengers,...
§ 63-1-213. Notification of traffic convictions - When any person operating a commercial motor vehicle or who...
§ 63-1-214. Agreements - The commissioner may enter into or make agreements, arrangements or...
§ 63-1-217. Suspensions and disqualifications to run concurrently - A suspension of a person's operating privilege or license and...
§ 63-1-222. Deferring imposition of sentence - No judge or court may utilize the provisions of Section...
§ 63-1-223. Penalty for authorizing railroad crossing violations - Any employer who knowingly requires, allows, authorizes or permits a...
§ 63-1-225. Classification of offenses under this article; relationship to other laws - Except as otherwise specifically provided by this article, any violation...
§ 63-1-226. Use of certain facilities and property for commercial driver's license testing sites - The commissioner is authorized to make use of the facilities...