Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.

(3) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.

(4) An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, no retailer, dealer or any other person shall sell, offer for sale, store, display, or have in their possession, or use or explode anywhere in this state any fireworks that have not been approved and labeled as Class C common fireworks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer or any other person shall sell to retail dealers or any other person in this state for the purpose of resale or use in this state any fireworks which do not have the Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label printed on the fireworks or on the smallest package in which the same are sold. The Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label must be visible on the fireworks or smallest container in which the same are sold and the label shall be on the fireworks or on the package or both which are received by the general public from the dealer, and such label shall be of such size and so positioned as to be readily seen and recognized by law enforcement officers and the public. Wherever practical such fireworks and container shall have imprinted thereon directions for the handling thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-19
Status: in_force

(1) On or before December 31, 2014, the owner or lessee of every conveyance not exempted under this chapter shall register with the Commissioner of Insurance each conveyance owned or operated by the owner or lessee, giving the type, rated load and speed, name of manufacturer, its location, the purpose for which it is used, and such additional information as may be required.

(2) Conveyances placed in service on or after July 1, 2013, shall be registered at the time they are completed and placed in service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-87 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-87
Status: in_force

No liability under Sections 45-11-81 through 45-11-89 shall be created as to workmen who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor, or other employer responsible for compliance with Sections 45-11-81 through 45-11-89 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 38-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-13
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, this chapter may not be construed as providing a basis for, or being subject to, a private right of action for a violation of this chapter.

(2) If a digital service provider violates this chapter, the parent or guardian of a known minor affected by that violation may bring a cause of action seeking:

(a) A declaratory judgment under Rule 57 of Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure ; or

(b) An injunction against the digital service provider.

(3) A court may not certify an action brought under this section as a class action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 38-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-5
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies only to a digital service provider who provides a digital service that:

(a) Connects users in a manner that allows users to socially interact with other users on the digital service;

(b) Allows a user to create a public, semi-public or private profile for purposes of signing into and using the digital service; and

(c) Allows a user to create or post content that can be viewed by other users of the digital service, including sharing content on:

(i) A message board;

(ii) A chat room; or

(iii) A landing page, video channel or main feed that presents to a user content created and posted by other users.

(2) This chapter does not apply to:

(a) A digital service provider who processes or maintains user data in connection with the employment, promotion, reassignment or retention of the user as an employee or independent contractor, to the extent that the user's data is processed or maintained for that purpose;

(b) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that facilitates e-mail or direct messaging services, if the digital service facilitates only those services;

(c) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that:

(i) Primarily functions to provide a user with access to news, sports, commerce, online video games or content primarily generated or selected by the digital service provider; and

(ii) Allows chat, comment or other interactive functionality that is incidental to the digital service; or

(d) A digital service provider's provision of a digital service that primarily functions to provide a user with access to career development opportunities, including:

(i) Professional networking;

(ii) Job skills;

(iii) Learning certifications;

(iv) Job posting; and

(v) Application services.

(3) The Internet service provider, Internet service provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider is not considered to be a digital service provider or to offer a digital service if the Internet service provider or provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider solely provides access or connection, including through transmission, download, intermediate storage, access software or other service, to an Internet website or to other information or content:

(a) On the Internet; or

(b) On a facility, system or network not under the control of the Internet service provider, provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine or cloud service provider.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 10-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-10-1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, “ novelty lighter ” means a mechanical or electrical device typically used for lighting cigarettes, cigars or pipes, grills, fireplaces, campfires or campfire stoves that is designed to resemble a cartoon character, toy, gun, watch, musical instrument, vehicle, animal, food or beverage, or similar articles, or that plays musical notes, or has flashing lights for entertainment or has other entertaining features. A novelty lighter may operate on any fuel, including butane, isobutane or liquid fuel. “Novelty lighter” does not include:

(a) A lighter manufactured prior to January 1, 1980;

(b) A lighter incapable of being fueled or lacking a device necessary to produce combustion or a flame;

(c) Standard disposable and refillable lighters that are printed or decorated with logos, labels, decals or artwork, or heat shrinkable sleeves.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 33 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11
Status: in_force

(1) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before July 1, 2012, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply, except that any gate in a pool yard enclosure shall conform to Section 45-43-9 no later than January 1, 2013.

(2) This chapter provides no exemption from any local ordinance that may apply to the pool yard enclosure.

(3) A pool yard enclosure modified on or after July 1, 2012, shall conform with this section and Sections 45-43-7 and 45-43-9 as a part of the modification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of the order sentencing the offender to probation or parole or upon the date of release of the offender from the physical custody of the responsible agency, the responsible agency shall forward the department a copy of the conviction, sentencing order, name, sex and date of birth of the offender convicted of a registrable offense under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person convicted of a sex offense who is employed in any position, or who contracts with a person to provide personal services, where the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify in writing the employer or the person with whom the person has contracted or is employed of his sex offender status.

(b) The employer shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) with whom the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact of the offender's criminal record.

(2) This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.

(3) An employer acting in good faith in making notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.

(4) This section does not authorize the employment of a person for a position for which employment of a sex offender is prohibited by any law.

(5) This section does not apply to an employer whose employees have only incidental contact with children because children may be present in the workplace without any formal agreement; casual or incidental contact does not trigger the duty to inform.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-13
Status: in_force

No patrolman shall be exempt from military service because of appointment to the highway safety patrol.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-201 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-201
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the specialized and hazardous nature of fire fighting requires that fire fighters possess the requisite knowledge and demonstrate the ability to perform certain skills to carry out their responsibilities. The activities of fire fighters are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such a nature to require education and training of a professional nature. It is the intent of the Legislature to require and provide minimum standards for training and to declare that the State Fire Academy is the principal facility for such purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-11
Status: in_force

(1) The state board of health is hereby directed to establish for rock festivals health and safety regulations which shall assure that the public health and safety is not endangered hereby and which shall provide for the furnishing of adequate undertakings to secure full compliance with the sanitary code and other applicable law, adequate and satisfactory water supply and sewerage facilities, adequate drainage, adequate toilet and lavatory facilities, adequate refuse storage and disposal facilities, adequate sleeping areas and facilities, wholesome food and sanitary food service, adequate medical facilities, insect and noxious weed control, adequate fire protection and such other matters as may be appropriate for security of life or health.

(2) The state board of health is hereby authorized and empowered to approve and certify in writing the written specifications and plans proposed by any individual, organization, corporation or other entity desiring to hold a rock festival in this state. Such specifications and plans shall be submitted to the state board of health at least eighteen (18) days prior to the commencement of such event and shall conform to the health and safety regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. The state board of health shall grant such certification or deny such certification, with reasons for such denial, within eight (8) days of the submission of such specifications and plans. Such specifications and plans may be altered, with the approval of the state board of health, to conform with the health and safety regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.

(3) In the review of the specifications and plans proposed by any individual, organization, corporation or other entity desiring to hold a rock festival in this state, the state board of health may require such specific written specifications, plans and reports as are necessary for reasonable and proper review and determination in the light of the various factors therein involved, including but not limited to the probable number of people that will be in attendance at such event.

(4) The state board of health shall specify in the certification the number of tickets which may be sold or distributed within seventy-two (72) hours of the commencement of such event.

(5) Such specifications and plans may contain reasonable alternative requirements based upon different numbers of tickets having been sold and distributed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Title 25, Chapter 43, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-57 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-57
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Public Safety may adopt regulations to establish fees to be charged for information requests under this chapter.

(2) The Department of Public Safety may adopt regulations to establish fees to be charged to registrants for registration, reregistration, and verification or change of address.

(3) Regulations promulgated under this section shall be duly filed with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-29
Status: in_force

(1) Upon any change of address, including temporary lodging, an offender required to register under this chapter is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, not less than ten (10) days before he intends to first reside at the new address.

(2) Upon any change in the status of a registrant's enrollment, employment or vocation at any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education, the offender is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(3) Upon any change of employment or change of name, a registrant is required to personally appear at a facility designated by the Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of the change.

(4) Upon any change of vehicle information, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(5) Upon any change of e-mail address or addresses, instant message address or addresses, or any other designation used in Internet communications, postings or telephone communications, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.

(6) Upon any change of information deemed by the department to be necessary to the state's policy to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 45-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) If any person desires to carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this chapter, the person responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead line, in writing, on a form to be provided by such electric utility, and shall not perform the work until mutually satisfactory arrangements have been made between such electric utility and the person or business entity responsible for performing the work, to deter contact with the high voltage overhead lines as provided in subsection (2) below, however, this requirement shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.

(2) The person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall at no cost, receive a written cost estimate from the utility for providing the necessary safety arrangements. If such person disagrees with the reasonableness of any written cost proposal or believes that the cost proposal calls for more work than is reasonably necessary to protect those working in close proximity to the high voltage overhead lines, the following options are available to such person:

(a) The electric utility shall be directed to commence work under protest; such person shall pay the electric utility for the work in accordance with the cost proposal, but shall be entitled to seek recovery of all or any part of the money paid to the electric utility in binding arbitration as is hereinafter provided; or

(b) Prior to directing the work to be performed, the person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of high voltage overhead power lines may submit to binding arbitration, as hereinafter provided, to resolve the issues of the reasonableness and necessity of the cost, and the description of the work to be performed by the electric utility under its written cost proposal.

(3) In the event of a disagreement between the electric utility and the person responsible for performing work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead line regarding the reasonableness or necessity of the price or the work to be performed to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines, the disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 11-15-101 through 11-15-143, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Public Service Commission shall serve as arbitrator for the purposes of this chapter. The demand for arbitration shall be specifically enforceable in any court of law or equity. The decision of the arbitrators as to the reasonableness or necessity of the cost or the work to be performed shall be final and binding upon the parties.

(4) The electric utility shall commence arrangements as provided herein within five (5) working days of the mutual agreement, notice to proceed under protest, or the decision of the arbitrators. Once initiated, the clearance work will continue without unreasonable interruption to completion. Should the electric utility fail to provide for temporary clearances or safety measures in a timely manner as required by this chapter, the electric utility shall be liable for costs or loss of production of the person requesting assistance to work in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines. In locations where identity of the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead lines is not easily known, the Mississippi Public Service Commission shall, upon request, provide the name, address and telephone number of such utility for notification purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 45-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-15
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Insurance shall develop and implement an application process and fee schedule for licenses designated in this chapter. The fee schedule adopted by the commissioner must be similar to those fees charged for similar services by the surrounding states.

(2)(a) Applicants for a mechanic license must demonstrate one (1) of the following qualifications and abilities:

(i) An acceptable combination of documented experience and education credits of, within the last five (5) years, not less than four (4) years’ work experience in the elevator industry, whether in construction, maintenance or service and repair, or any combination thereof, as verified by current and previous employers, and satisfactory completion of a written examination approved by the administrator on the most recent applicable codes and standards;

(ii) Certificates of completion of an apprenticeship program for elevator mechanics having standards substantially equal to those of this chapter, and registered with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or the United States Department of Labor.

(b) A license shall be issued to an applicant who holds a valid license from a state having standards substantially equal to those of this chapter without examination and upon verification of qualification by the administrator.

(c) Any person who furnishes the licensing authority with acceptable proof that the person has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance or repair mechanic, upon making application for a license, shall be entitled to receive an elevator mechanic license without examination if the person has worked without direct and immediate supervision for a licensed elevator contractor for not less than four (4) years immediately before July 1, 2013. To be eligible to be licensed without examination under this paragraph, the person must make an application for licensure on or before July 1, 2014. A license is not required for an elevator helper or apprentice; however, a licensed mechanic is limited to directly supervise only three (3) helpers or apprentices.

(3) Applicants for an inspector license must meet the standards as set forth by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(4)(a) Applicants for an elevator contractor license must demonstrate that they have in their employ licensed elevator mechanic(s).

(b) An elevator contractor license may be issued to an applicant who holds an equivalent valid license from a state having standards substantially equal to those of this chapter.

(5)(a) Applicants for a limited elevator contractor license must demonstrate that they have in their employ licensed elevator mechanic(s).

(b) A limited elevator contractor license may be issued to an applicant who holds an equivalent valid license from a state having standards substantially equal to those of this chapter.

(6)(a) Except when otherwise expressly provided, licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid for two (2) years.

(b) The renewal of all licenses granted under the provisions of this section may be conditioned upon the submission of a certificate of completion of a course designed to ensure the continuing education of licensees. The courses shall be subject to approval by the licensing authority administrator and shall consist of not less than eight (8) hours of instruction that shall be attended and completed within one (1) year immediately preceding such license renewal.

(c) The commissioner, upon written request, may grant exception to or extend the time in which a licensee must comply with the continuing educational requirements of this section for reasons of poor health, military service or other reasonable or just causes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-1
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Silver Alert System Act of 2010.”

(2) The Legislature finds that:

(a) Wandering is a common behavior among those persons with dementia or other cognitive impairments that causes great concern for the families and caregivers of this state;

(b) This state is not currently equipped with the systems necessary to locate those with dementia or other cognitive impairments in a timely manner, with the unfortunate result that some individuals are never returned home to their families; and

(c) It is imperative that this state develop a plan to ensure that if an individual with dementia or other cognitive impairments is missing, the appropriate infrastructure is available and can be easily and timely activated to protect the health and safety of these vulnerable citizens.

(3) When used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ E911 ” means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service, which is a telephone exchange communications service by which a Public Safety Answering Point designated by the county or local communication district may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

(b) “ First responders ” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, emergency medical personnel, emergency management personnel and public works personnel who may be deployed to bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters and emergencies.

(c) “ Originating local law enforcement agency ” means a local police or sheriff's office that has jurisdiction over the area where a person became missing.

(4)(a) The Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety shall implement a statewide “Silver Alert System” that has the purpose of providing a tiered, rapid response system to notify the public about missing endangered adults, who are age 18 or older, with dementia or other cognitive impairments. The initial response may be local, statewide or national based on available information about the missing person.

(b) A Silver Alert activation request may be made only by a law enforcement agency, and the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may only activate a Silver Alert after a request is made.

(c) To activate a Silver Alert, all of the following criteria must be met:

(i) The missing adult, age 18 or older, is believed to have dementia or other cognitive impairments;

(ii) The person is believed to be missing and in imminent danger regardless of circumstance;

(iii) The family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person has submitted a missing person's report to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the person became missing, with all waiting periods being waived; and

(iv) The law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction of where the person became missing reports the incident to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety through the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center.

(d) To initiate a request to activate a Silver Alert, the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person must file immediately a report of the missing person with the local law enforcement agency where the person became missing that includes the following information:

(i) A description of the missing person including physical characteristics, clothing and photos, if available;

(ii) A description of the known circumstances under which the person became missing including the time, place, direction, possible destinations, whether the person is walking or in a vehicle, and all other pertinent information concerning where the person may have become missing; and

(iii) Updates on the missing person as new information becomes available.

(e) The originating local law enforcement agency, after completing the investigation expeditiously and determining that the case meets the qualifying criteria prescribed in this section, shall:

(i) Waive in the case of a Silver Alert, any waiting periods for a missing person's report in order to galvanize the appropriate communities rapidly to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the missing person;

(ii) Notify the Mississippi Highway Patrol Headquarters Communication Center and electronically send to the center the completed Silver Alert forms and available photos, signed by the police chief, sheriff, commanding officer or his or her designee;

(iii) Enter the information into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC);

(iv) Using a tiered approach based on known circumstances, initiate an alert bulletin to all local law enforcement, E911 and first responder agencies to search the immediate area;

(v) Activate secondary alert systems to residents, businesses, and broadcast media in the immediate area;

(vi) Provide a twenty-four-hour phone number to receive calls while continuing the investigation; and

(vii) Update the family, legal caregiver or custodian of the missing person as new information becomes available.

(5)(a) After the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety has been contacted by a local law enforcement agency requesting a Silver Alert activation, the Criminal Information Center shall consider before the activation of the Silver Alert procedures by the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, the information contained in the initial Silver Alert report form to ensure that it meets all criteria specified in subsection (4)(c) of this section. Elements of the missing person case to be considered are:

(i) Threat of imminent harm or death to the missing person because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environmental or weather conditions;

(ii) Time of initial report in relation to the time of disappearance, including whether the disappearance is unexplained, involuntary or is under suspicious circumstances;

(iii) Believed to be walking or in a vehicle;

(iv) Witness information;

(v) Possible domestic dispute involving the missing person; and

(vi) Other facts that indicate the missing person is in danger of serious injury or death, including whether there is possible criminal intent toward the missing person or whether someone witnessed the disappearance.

(b) Each case shall be reviewed on its own merits, and if there are extenuating circumstances, the required criteria in this section may be amended or expanded depending on the merits presented.

(c) Only the Silver Alert coordinator, or his or her designee, may authorize activation of a statewide Silver Alert and if an activation is authorized, the Criminal Information Center shall:

(i) Prepare an announcement concerning the missing person;

(ii) Contact the designated media stations to activate the alert; and

(iii) Request the Mississippi Department of Transportation to activate electronic signs, if appropriate.

(d) If the missing person is believed to be in a vehicle, the Silver Alert coordinator shall send information and available photos via emails and fax to the statewide communications systems, news media and other forms of public communication or electronic resources.

(6)(a) Following the initial alert, a Silver Alert broadcast shall be updated by television and radio stations as necessary until such time that an end of alert message is received from the law enforcement agency that requested the initial Silver Alert.

(b) Local and statewide broadcast stations shall exercise their own independent discretions as to whether to repeat the required broadcasts prescribed in this section more frequently and shall determine the frequency in which the alert is re-broadcast following the initial alert.

(c) The Silver Alert termination notification shall be issued twenty-four (24) hours after the airing of the latest and most current information or when the case has been resolved and verification from the originating local law enforcement agency has been received by the Department of Public Safety.

(7)(a) If the circumstances of a person's disappearance do not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert to activate statewide communication systems, in addition to a local law enforcement agency activating a Purple Alert, the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety may offer an alternate form of mass notification as provided in this section.

(b) The alternate form of mass notification may be an email that includes a photograph and the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is sent through a statewide network of law enforcement and first responder agencies, news media offices and other forms of public communication.

(c) The email authorized in paragraph (b) of this subsection (7) shall contain information taken from the Silver Alert initial reporting form that is submitted by the originating local law enforcement agency.

(d) The email alerting news media and law enforcement agencies of a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria of a Silver Alert activation shall include the following paragraph at the beginning of the email:

“The (name of law enforcement agency) has requested the following information be provided to the Mississippi news media and law enforcement agencies: At the present time, information being provided to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by the (name of law enforcement agency) does not meet the criteria to activate a Silver Alert. It is left to the discretion of each law enforcement agency and news department receiving this email as to whether the attached information, regarding the disappearance of this person and/or the photograph of this person, will be released to the public.”

(e) If further investigation into the disappearance produces evidence that may change the initial circumstances as reported to local law enforcement, the Department of Public Safety may reconsider activating a Silver Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Purple Alert previously initiated by a local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 35-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-53
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Public Safety shall issue personal identification cards to persons with disabilities who make application to the department in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner by filing with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act. The identification card for persons with disabilities shall prominently display the international handicapped symbol and, in addition to any other information required by this article, may contain a recent color photograph of the applicant and the following information:

(a) Full legal name;

(b) Address of residence;

(c) Birth date;

(d) Date identification card was issued;

(e) Date identification card expires;

(f) Sex;

(g) Height;

(h) Weight;

(i) Eye color;

(j) Location where the identification card was issued;

(k) Signature of person identified or facsimile thereof; and

(l) Such other information as required by the department.

(2) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall bear an identification card number which shall not be the same as the applicant's social security number. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of identification cards issued pursuant to this article to persons who are not United States citizens. The identification cards of such persons shall include a number and any other identifying information prescribed by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5
Status: in_force

The sheriff of such county shall issue such written permit upon presentation by the applicant of the following:

(a) A cash bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned to provide security that the applicant shall assume financial responsibility for any damages to public or privately owned real or personal property, for any fine assessed for the failure to comply with the specifications and plans presented to and certified by the state board of health and with any pertinent regulations of the state board of health about which the applicant had written notice prior to certification, and for the costs of any additional law enforcement personnel or equipment reasonably expended by any political subdivision of this state, if any of these occur as a direct result of such event;

(b) A written certification by the state board of health that the written specifications and plans, proposed by the applicant, for the establishment of health and safety precautions and facilities in connection with such event for the purpose of assuring that the public health and safety will not be endangered; and

(c) Written proof of the payment of the state amusement tax as provided in Section 27-11-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-49 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-49
Status: in_force

The board or its authorized representative may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, upon a showing of due cause, the boiler or pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the boiler or pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules and regulations herein provided. Each suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until such boiler or pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board, and until said inspection certificate shall have been reinstated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 12-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-5
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless the cigarettes have been tested in accordance with the test method and meet the performance standard specified in this section, a written certification has been filed by the manufacturer with the State Fire Marshal in accordance with Section 45-12-7 , and the cigarettes have been marked in accordance with Section 45-12-9 .

(a) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E2187-04, “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes.”

(b) Testing shall be conducted on ten (10) layers of filter paper.

(c) No more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length burns. Forty (40) replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.

(d) The performance standard required by this section shall only be applied to a complete test trial.

(e) Written certifications shall be based upon testing conducted by a laboratory that has been accredited pursuant to Standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), or other comparable accreditation standard required by the State Fire Marshal.

(f) Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than nineteen percent (19%).

(g) This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.

(h) Testing performed or sponsored by the State Fire Marshal to determine a cigarette's compliance with the performance standard required shall be conducted in accordance with this section.

(2) Each cigarette listed in a certification submitted pursuant to Section 45-12-7 that uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the performance standard set forth in this section shall have at least two (2) nominally identical bands on the paper surrounding the tobacco column. At least one (1) complete band shall be located at least fifteen (15) millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette. For cigarettes on which the bands are positioned by design, there shall be at least two (2) bands fully located at least fifteen (15) millimeters from the lighting end and ten (10) millimeters from the filter end of the tobacco column, or ten (10) millimeters from the labeled end of the tobacco column for nonfiltered cigarettes.

(3) A manufacturer of a cigarette that the State Fire Marshal determines cannot be tested in accordance with the test method prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall propose a test method and performance standard for the cigarette to the State Fire Marshal. Upon approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the State Fire Marshal that the performance standard proposed by the manufacturer is equivalent to the performance standard prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the manufacturer may employ such test method and performance standard to certify such cigarette pursuant to Section 45-12-7 . If the State Fire Marshal determines that another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards that include a test method and performance standard that are the same as those contained in this section, and the State Fire Marshal finds that the officials responsible for implementing those requirements have approved the proposed alternative test method and performance standard for a particular cigarette proposed by a manufacturer as meeting the fire safety standards of that state's law or regulation under a legal provision comparable to this section, then the State Fire Marshal shall authorize that manufacturer to employ the alternative test method and performance standard to certify that cigarette for sale in this state, unless the State Fire Marshal demonstrates a reasonable basis why the alternative test should not be accepted under this section. All other applicable requirements of this section shall apply to the manufacturer.

(4) Each manufacturer shall maintain copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale for a period of three (3) years, and shall make copies of these reports available to the State Fire Marshal and the Attorney General upon written request. Any manufacturer who fails to make copies of these reports available within sixty (60) days of receiving a written request shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each day after the sixtieth day that the manufacturer does not make such copies available.

(5) The State Fire Marshal may promulgate a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that such subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM Standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in paragraph (c) of subsection (1).

(6) The State Fire Marshal shall review the effectiveness of this section and report every three (3) years to the Legislature his findings and, if appropriate, recommendations for legislation to improve the effectiveness of this chapter. The report and legislative recommendations shall be submitted no later than June 30 following the conclusion of each three-year period.

(7) The requirements of subsection (1) shall not prohibit:

(a) Wholesale or retail dealers from selling their existing inventory of cigarettes on or after July 1, 2010, if the wholesale or retail dealer can establish that state tax stamps were affixed to the cigarettes prior to July 1, 2010, and the wholesale or retail dealer can establish that the inventory was purchased prior to July 1, 2010, in comparable quantity to the inventory purchased during the same period of the prior year; or

(b) The sale of cigarettes solely for the purpose of consumer testing. For purposes of this subsection, the term “ consumer testing ” means an assessment of cigarettes that is conducted by a manufacturer (or under the control and direction of a manufacturer), for the purpose of evaluating consumer acceptance of such cigarettes, utilizing only the quantity of cigarettes that is reasonably necessary for such assessment.

(8) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform this chapter with the laws of those states that have enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity laws as of July 1, 2010.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-47 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-47
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the owner and operator of any public restaurant, cafe, night club, or eating place or place of public amusement to provide proper exits for the use of patrons in the event of fire in same. Doors to all restaurants, cafes, night clubs, or other public eating places or places of public amusement shall open to the outside of the building, where the seating capacity is over fifty (50) seats. Every room, gallery, tier or other space having a capacity of one hundred (100) or more shall have not less than two (2) exit doorways. In every establishment that accommodates three hundred (300) or more persons, each room, gallery, tier or other space where such assembly occurs, shall have exit ways to the outside as follows:

Not less than two (2) exit ways when six hundred (600) persons or less are accommodated in such room, gallery, tier or other space; and

Not less than three (3) exit ways when more than six hundred (600), but not more than one thousand (1,000) persons, are accommodated; and

Not less than four (4) exit ways when more than one thousand (1,000) persons are accommodated.

(2) Any restaurant, cafe, night club or other public eating place or place of public amusement, consisting of two (2) or more stories or floors, or any restaurant, cafe, night club, or public eating place or place of public amusement, being situated above or higher than the ground floor of any building, when such upper or higher floor has a seating capacity for fifty (50) or more persons, shall provide at least two (2) stairways located as far apart as practical for the use of patrons in the event of fire in said building. At least one (1) of the two (2) stairways shall lead directly to the outside of such building or assembly room, and shall not lead into or through the lobby or any other place through which persons come from other parts of the building or will have to pass in making emergency exits.

(3) Any owner of any restaurant, cafe, night club, or public eating place failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5
Status: in_force

The sheriff of such county shall issue such written permit upon presentation by the applicant of the following:

(a) A cash bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned to provide security that the applicant shall assume financial responsibility for any damages to public or privately owned real or personal property, for any fine assessed for the failure to comply with the specifications and plans presented to and certified by the state board of health and with any pertinent regulations of the state board of health about which the applicant had written notice prior to certification, and for the costs of any additional law enforcement personnel or equipment reasonably expended by any political subdivision of this state, if any of these occur as a direct result of such event;

(b) A written certification by the state board of health that the written specifications and plans, proposed by the applicant, for the establishment of health and safety precautions and facilities in connection with such event for the purpose of assuring that the public health and safety will not be endangered; and

(c) Written proof of the payment of the state amusement tax as provided in Section 27-11-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 38-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-9
Status: in_force

(1) A digital service provider that enters into an agreement with a known minor for access to a digital service shall:

(a) Limit collection of the known minor's personal identifying information to information reasonably necessary to provide the digital service; and

(b) Limit use of the known minor's personal identifying information to the purpose for which the information was collected.

(2) A digital service provider that enters into an agreement with a known minor for access to a digital service may not:

(a) Use the digital service to collect the known minor's precise geolocation data;

(b) Use the digital service to display targeted advertising involving harmful material to the known minor; or

(c) Share, disclose or sell the known minor's personal identifying information unless required to:

(i) Comply with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena or summons by a governmental entity;

(ii) Comply with a law enforcement investigation;

(iii) Detect, block or prevent the distribution of unlawful, obscene or other harmful material to a known minor;

(iv) Block or filter spam;

(v) Prevent criminal activity; or

(vi) Protect the security of a digital service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-17
Status: in_force

Each door, sliding glass door, window, and window screen of each dwelling unit in a residential building located in the enclosed pool yard must comply with Sections 45-43-13 and 45-43-15 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-3
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “ Criminal justice agencies ” means public agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal function activities relating to the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(b) “ Offense ” means an act which is a felony or a misdemeanor.

(c) “ Justice information system ” means those agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media and forms, as well as the information itself, which are or become involved in the origination, transmittal, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to reported offenses and offenders, and the subsequent actions related to the events or persons.

(d) “ Criminal justice information ” means the following classes of information:

(i) “ Secret data ,” which includes information dealing with those elements of the operation and programming of the Mississippi Justice Information Center computer system and the communications network and satellite computer systems handling criminal justice information which prevents unlawful intrusion into the system.

(ii) “ Criminal history record information ,” which means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, affidavits, information or other formal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision and release. The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records or images to the extent that the information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(iii) “ Sensitive data ,” which contains statistical information in the form of reports, lists and documentation which may identify a group characteristic, such as “white” males or “stolen” guns.

(iv) “ Restricted data ,” which contains information relating to data-gathering techniques, distribution methods, manuals and forms.

(v) “ Law enforcement agency ” or “ originating agency ” or “ agency ” which includes a governmental unit or agency composed of one or more persons employed full time or part time by the state as a political subdivision thereof for the following purposes: (A) the administration of criminal justice, which includes the prevention and detection of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; or the collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information; or (B) the enforcement of state laws or local ordinances, which includes making arrests for crimes while acting within the scope of their authority. The agency must perform one or more of the above-described criminal justice duties and allocate a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(e) “ Center ” means the Mississippi Justice Information Center or the Mississippi Criminal Information Center.

(f) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

(g) “ Conviction information ” means criminal history record information disclosing that a person was found guilty of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a criminal offense in a court of law, together with any sentencing information. This includes a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, or a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian Reservation or other federal property, or any court of a state of the United States.

(h) “ Nonconviction information ” means arrest without disposition information if an interval of one (1) year has elapsed from the date of arrest and no active prosecution for the charge is pending, as well as all acquittals and all dismissals.

(i) “ Arrest card ” means the initial law enforcement agency documentation of an arrest, whether in physical or digital form, including fingerprint information.

(j) “ Disposition form ” means the form prescribed by rule of the Justice Information Center for a court or law enforcement agency to report the disposition of the case of a person who has been arrested.

(k) “ Disposition ” means the outcome of the case of a person who was arrested and includes, without limitation:

(i) Nonadjudication;

(ii) A verdict or plea of guilt;

(iii) A plea of nolo contendere;

(iv) A verdict of not guilty;

(v) Dismissal;

(vi) Nolle prosequi;

(vii) Remand to the file;

(viii) Expunction; or

(ix) An appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-17
Status: in_force

Upon notification by the county board of health that the holder of a permit for such event has not substantially complied, within twenty-four (24) hours of the commencement of such event with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health or any pertinent regulation of the state board of health about which the holder of the permit had written notice prior to such certification, the sheriff of such county shall thereupon revoke such permit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 35 / Section 45-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-21
Status: in_force

A licensee shall inspect, test, install, service and maintain conveyances in compliance with the provisions and standards of the State Fire Prevention and Building Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 49-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-7
Status: in_force

(1) A ride operator must:

(a) Be at least sixteen (16) years of age;

(b) Operate only one (1) amusement ride at a time;

(c) Be in attendance at all times when the ride is operating; and

(d) Operate the ride in accordance with the ride manufacturer's specifications.

(2) To the extent permitted by law, an operator may deny any person entrance to an amusement ride if the operator believes that entrance by that person may jeopardize the safety of the person or other persons.

(3) Patron responsibility:

(a) There are inherent risks in the participation in or on any amusement ride. Patrons of an amusement ride, by participation, accept the risks inherent in such participation of which the ordinary prudent person is or should be aware. Patrons have the duty to exercise good judgment and act in a responsible manner while using the amusement ride, device, or attraction and to obey all oral or written warnings, or both, before or during participation, or both.

(b) Patrons have a duty to not participate in or on any amusement ride when under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

(c) Patrons have a duty to properly use all ride or device safety equipment provided.

(d) Any patron that violates the provisions of this subsection (3) shall be subject to immediate removal from the amusement facility without a refund of any admission charge.

(e) An owner or operator of an amusement ride shall display the potential penalties for violation of this section at each amusement ride.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-85 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-85
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful within the State of Mississippi to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, or install glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location, whether in a new installation or replacement in an existing location, as defined hereinabove after January 1, 1975. This section shall not be construed as being retroactive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 12-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-27
Status: in_force

Every public hall, opera house, hotel, lodging house, or other public building of two (2) or more stories, shall have provided to each stairway used by and for the public, a hand or side rail to protect persons in ascending or descending such stairway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 45-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the safety of conveyance equipment and personnel, and to promote public safety awareness. This chapter establishes the minimum standards for conveyance personnel and services. The use of unsafe or defective lifting devices imposes a substantial probability of serious and preventable injury to employees and the public. The prevention of these injuries and protection of employees and the public from unsafe conditions is in the best interest of the people of this state. Conveyance personnel performing work covered by this chapter shall, by documented training and/or experience, be familiar with the operation and safety functions of the components and equipment. Training and experience shall include, but not be limited to, recognizing the safety hazards and performing the procedures required under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-25
Status: in_force

(1) An inspector's license may be suspended by the chief inspector, after due investigation and approval by the board, for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his application or in a report of any inspection made by him. Written notice of any such suspension shall be given by the chief inspector within not more than ten (10) days thereof to the inspector and his employer.

A person whose license has been suspended shall be entitled to an appeal to the board, as provided in Section 45-23-57 , and to be present in person or to be represented by counsel at the hearing of the appeal.

(2) If the board has reason to believe that a licensed inspector is no longer qualified to hold his license, the board shall, upon not less than ten (10) days' written notice to the inspector and his employer, hold a hearing at which such inspector and his employer shall have an opportunity to be heard. If, as a result of such hearing, the board shall find that such inspector is no longer qualified to hold his license, the board shall instruct the chief inspector that such license shall be revoked and the chief inspector shall thereupon revoke such license forthwith.

(3) A person whose license has been suspended shall be entitled to apply, after ninety (90) days from the date of such suspension for reinstatement of such license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-33
Status: in_force

On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations first promulgated by the board, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section 45-23-15 , shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation and condition as follows:

(a) Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive a certificate inspection annually or as the board may require and shall also be externally inspected annually while under pressure if possible.

(b) Heating boilers shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(c) Pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.

(d) Pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection at intervals set by the board, but internal inspection shall not be required of pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, heads or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, or from evidence that the vessel parts are isolated from the contents with a corrosion resistant lining, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, and provided further that evidence proving noncorrosiveness is approved by the board.

(e) Nuclear vessels within the scope of this chapter shall be inspected and reported in such form and with such appropriate information as the board shall designate.

(f) A grace period of two (2) months beyond the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) may elapse between certificate inspections.

(g) The board may, in its discretion, permit longer periods between certificate inspections.

(h) Under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall provide for the safety of life, limb and property, and therefore has jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of the inspection requirements as provided for in the rules and regulations which they have promulgated. Inspection during construction and installation shall certify as to the minimum requirements for safety. Inspection requirements of operating equipment shall be in accordance with generally accepted practice and compatible with the actual service conditions, such as: (i) previous experience, based on records of inspection, performance and maintenance; (ii) location, with respect to personnel hazard; (iii) quality of inspection and operating personnel; (iv) provision for related safe operation controls; (v) interrelation with other operations outside the scope of this chapter.

Based upon documentation of such actual service conditions by the owner or user of the operating equipment, the board may, in its discretion, permit variations in inspection requirements.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-21
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the danger of recidivism posed by criminal sex offenders and the protection of the public from these offenders is of paramount concern and interest to government. The Legislature further finds that law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, conduct investigations, and quickly apprehend criminal sex offenders are impaired by the lack of information shared with the public, which lack of information may result in the failure of the criminal justice system to identify, investigate, apprehend, and prosecute criminal sex offenders.

The Legislature further finds that the system of registering criminal sex offenders is a proper exercise of the state's police power regulating present and ongoing conduct. Comprehensive registration and periodic address verification will provide law enforcement with additional information critical to preventing sexual victimization and to resolving promptly incidents involving sexual abuse and exploitation. It will allow law enforcement agencies to alert the public when necessary for the continued protection of the community.

Persons found to have committed a sex offense have a reduced expectation of privacy because of the public's interest in safety and in the effective operation of government. In balancing offenders' due process and other rights, and the interests of public security, the Legislature finds that releasing such information about criminal sex offenders to the general public will further the primary governmental interest of protecting vulnerable populations and, in some instances the public, from potential harm.

Therefore, the state's policy is to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities by requiring criminal sex offenders to register, to record their addresses of residence, to be photographed and fingerprinted, and to authorize the release of necessary and relevant information about criminal sex offenders to the public as provided in this chapter, which may be referred to as the Mississippi Sex Offenders Registration Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any person six (6) years of age or older may be issued an identification card by the department which is certified by the registrant and attested by the commissioner as to true name, correct age and such other identifying data as required by Section 45-35-5 .

(2) The new, renewal or duplicate identification card of a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 45-33-25 shall bear a designation identifying the cardholder as a sex offender.

(3) The commissioner is authorized to provide the new, renewal or duplicate identification card to any honorably discharged veteran as defined in Title 38 of the United States Code, and such identification card shall exhibit the letters “Vet” or any other mark identifying the person as a veteran. The veteran requesting the “Vet” designation shall present his DD-214 or equivalent document that includes a notation from the State Veterans Affairs Board that the applicant is a veteran.

(4) Not later than July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall develop and implement an identification card in electronic format as an additional option for card holders. Acceptable electronic formats include display of electronic images on a cellular phone or any other type of electronic device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 14-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-53
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the transportation of radioactive waste poses a potential threat to the health and safety of the people of Mississippi. The protection of public health and safety in the event of a transportation accident involving radioactive waste requires the preparation of emergency response procedures and the training of public safety officials in the proper response to such an incident. The costs of radiological emergency response planning for transportation accidents should properly be borne by shippers of radioactive waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-43 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 23-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-43
Status: in_force

Each company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels covered by owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of Section 45-23-21(b) shall maintain in its files an inspection record which shall list, by number and such abbreviated description as may be necessary for identification, each pressure vessel covered by this chapter, the date of the last inspection of each such unit, and for each pressure vessel the approximate date for the next inspection thereof arrived at by applying the appropriate rules therefor to all data available at the time such inspection record is compiled. Such inspection record shall be readily available for examination by the chief inspector or his authorized representative during business hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-81 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-81
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “Safety glazing material” shall mean any glazing material such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the test requirements of ANSI standard Z-97.1-1972.

(b) “Hazardous locations” shall mean those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in commercial and public buildings, known as framed or unframed glass entrance doors, and those fixed glazed panels immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors and which may be mistaken for doors, and those installations, glazed or to be glazed, in residential buildings and other structures used as dwellings, commercial buildings and public buildings, known as sliding glass doors, storm doors, shower doors and bathtub enclosures. Any entrance or exit door, or fixed glazed panel immediately adjacent to entrance or exit doors which may be mistaken for doors, which is fifty percent (50%) or more exposed glass without division frames, or contains a single glass panel with glass of more than sixty (60) inches in height or twenty-four (24) inches in width, will be a hazardous location.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 39-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-9
Status: in_force

A person who is a member or employee of the council or who accepts a report of criminal activity on behalf of a local crime stoppers program is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person intentionally or knowingly divulges to a person not employed by a law enforcement agency the content of a report of a criminal act or the identity of the person who made the report without the consent of the person who made the report.

A person convicted of an offense under this section shall be punished as provided in Section 99-19-31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and is not eligible for state employment during the five-year period following the date that the conviction becomes final.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 7-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-5
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board of supervisors may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. In addition to such compensation, the board of supervisors may furnish the patrol officers means of transportation.

(2)(a) The board of supervisors of any county having a population of thirty-one thousand six hundred fifty-three (31,653) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, having a land area of nine hundred thirty-eight (938) square miles, and wherein U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any such county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month.

(b) The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Louisiana line and Mississippi River may fix the compensation of the county patrol officers at an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month per patrol officer.

(c) The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River wherein is located a national park and cemetery, wherein U.S. Highways 80 and 61 intersect, and having a population in excess of forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for any such county but in no case in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month per officer.

(d) The board of supervisors of any Class 4 county bordering on the state of Alabama wherein U.S. Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 63 intersect, having a land area of four hundred eighty-one (481) square miles, may, in its discretion, compensate each of its county patrol officers in an amount not in excess of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) per month.

(e) The board of supervisors of any county in which U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect may, in its discretion, compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month per patrol officer.

(f) The board of supervisors of any county in which the Natchez Trace Parkway and Mississippi Highway 35 intersect and which has a population according to the 1990 federal decennial census in excess of eighteen thousand four hundred (18,400), in its discretion, may compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per month per patrol officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any person six (6) years of age or older may be issued an identification card by the department which is certified by the registrant and attested by the commissioner as to true name, correct age and such other identifying data as required by Section 45-35-5 .

(2) The new, renewal or duplicate identification card of a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 45-33-25 shall bear a designation identifying the cardholder as a sex offender.

(3) The commissioner is authorized to provide the new, renewal or duplicate identification card to any honorably discharged veteran as defined in Title 38 of the United States Code, and such identification card shall exhibit the letters “Vet” or any other mark identifying the person as a veteran. The veteran requesting the “Vet” designation shall present his DD-214 or equivalent document that includes a notation from the State Veterans Affairs Board that the applicant is a veteran.

(4) Not later than July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall develop and implement an identification card in electronic format as an additional option for card holders. Acceptable electronic formats include display of electronic images on a cellular phone or any other type of electronic device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 49-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 41-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-41-3
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the statewide Silver Alert System required under Section 45-41-1 and the Amber Alert System operated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety, there is established the Purple Alert as a standardized system to be used by local law enforcement agencies to aid in the search of a missing person. A Purple Alert may be in addition to: an active Amber Alert; an active Silver Alert; or any mass notification provided by email regarding a person's disappearance that does not meet the criteria for a Silver Alert, as authorized under Section 45-41-1(7) .

(2) At a minimum, a Purple Alert must:

(a) Be determined by a local law enforcement agency, in an emergency situation, to be a viable means by which a missing person is likely to be returned to safety;

(b) Provide, to the greatest extent possible, for the protection of the privacy, dignity and independence of the missing person by including standards aimed at preventing the inadvertent or unnecessary broadcasting or dissemination of sensitive health and diagnostic information;

(c) Limit the broadcasting and dissemination of alerts and related information to the geographic areas where the missing person could reasonably be, considering the person's circumstances and physical and mental condition, the potential modes of transportation available to the person or suspected to be involved, and the known or suspected circumstances of the person's disappearance; and

(d) Be activated only when a law enforcement agency receives a report of a missing person which includes the information required under Section 45-41-1(4)(d) .

(3) Under a Purple Alert, a local law enforcement agency may broadcast information concerning a missing person:

(a) Who has: a mental or cognitive disability that is not Alzheimer's disease or a dementia-related disorder; an intellectual disability or a developmental disability; a brain injury; another physical, mental or emotional disability that is not related to substance abuse; or a combination of any of these;

(b) Whose disappearance indicates a credible threat of immediate danger or serious bodily harm to himself or herself, as determined by the local law enforcement agency; and

(c) Who most likely cannot be returned to safety without law enforcement intervention.

(4) If a Purple Alert is determined to be necessary and appropriate, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction must notify the media and persons who have subscribed to receive alert notifications in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions where the missing person may be located. The law enforcement agency also must report the person missing to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety.

(5) The Purple Alert system must include procedures to monitor the use, activation and results of alerts and a strategy for informing and educating law enforcement, the media and other stakeholders concerning the alert.

(6) A local law enforcement agency may activate a Purple Alert notwithstanding the existence of an active Silver Alert or Amber Alert for the same missing person if the agency determines that a Purple Alert may improve the chances of finding the person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 38-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-3
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Digital service ” means a website, an application, a program, or software that collects or processes personal identifying information with Internet connectivity.

(b) “ Digital service provider ” means a person who:

(i) Owns or operates a digital service;

(ii) Determines the purpose of collecting and processing the personal identifying information of users of the digital service; and

(iii) Determines the means used to collect and process the personal identifying information of users of the digital service.

(c) “ Harmful material ” means material that is harmful to minors as defined by Section 11-77-3(d) .

(d) “ Known minor ” means a child who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes, and who the digital service provider knows to be a minor.

(e) “ Personal identifying information ” means any information, including sensitive information, that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. The term includes pseudonymous information when the information is used by a controller or processor in conjunction with additional information that reasonably links the information to an identified or identifiable individual. The term does not include deidentified information or publicly available information.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-43
Status: in_force

At the time a person surrenders a driver's license from another jurisdiction or makes an application for a driver's license, temporary driving permit, commercial driver's license or identification card issued under Section 45-35-3 , the department shall provide the applicant with written information on the registration requirements of this chapter and shall require written acknowledgment by the applicant of receipt of the notification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 35-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-9
Status: in_force

(1) If an identification card issued under this chapter is lost, destroyed or mutilated, or a new name or other updated information is required, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate by furnishing the same identifying data as for an original card and paying the fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43 .

(2) Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card shall promptly surrender the original card to the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that any local or state regulation or local ordinance imposes a stricter standard, the duties established by this chapter for an owner of a multiunit dwelling project, an owner of a dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project and a property owners association supersede those established by common law and any local or state agency regulation and local ordinances relating to duties to inspect, install, repair or maintain:

(a) Pool yard enclosures;

(b) Pool yard enclosure gates and gate latches, including self-closing and self-latching devices;

(c) Keyed dead bolts, keyless bolting devices, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door security bars, self-latching and self-closing devices, and sliding-door pin locks on doors that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association; and

(d) Latches on windows that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-45 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-45
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections may enter into a contract with a qualified vendor experienced in and capable of fulfilling the requirements of this section on a daily basis to provide a data monitoring and alert system for persons who are required to be monitored under this chapter. The initial program shall provide for monitoring upon release of the offenders listed in Section 45-33-33 or 45-33-47 as being obligated to be monitored while on bond or upon release from confinement.

(2) The system shall monitor the movement of a monitored subject through public records or other record information systems, and, at a minimum, shall provide:

(a) Time-correlated or continuous tracking of the geographic location of the monitored subject using a Global Positioning System that is based on satellite and other location technology;

(b) An automated monitoring system that can be used to permit law enforcement agencies to compare the geographic positions of monitored subjects with reported crime incidents and the proximity of the monitored subject to a reported crime incident; and

(c) From and after January 1, 2015, and subject to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Corrections, notification to:

(i) A victim or family of a victim who have registered for notification when the offender is within a specified range of the victim's or family's residence; and

(ii) Law enforcement when an offender is within the prohibited range of a school or other place where the offender is prohibited from being.

(3) The vendor shall notify the Department of Public Safety or a local law enforcement agency if a registered sex offender does any of the following:

(a) Moves from a residence or address in this state to a residence or address in another state.

(b) Moves from a residence or address in this state to another residence or address in this state.

(4) The Department of Corrections shall develop procedures to determine, investigate and report on a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis a monitored subject's noncompliance with the terms and conditions of the program, and all reports of noncompliance shall be investigated immediately by the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that receives a report of noncompliance.

(5)(a) The system shall be installed and operational not later than January 1, 2014, following an appropriate testing period. The initial program shall consist of monitoring of the required offenders; in the second phase, the program will provide for notification to victims who have registered for notification.

(b) The Commissioner of Corrections shall study and develop recommendations for the Legislature as to the advisability of monitoring of additional registrants not later than January 1, 2015.

(6) The Commissioner of Corrections may adopt regulations to establish fees and otherwise administer monitoring of sex offenders as required under this chapter.

(7) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Department of Corrections, Attorney General, Department of Public Safety, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and federal, county and municipal law enforcement agencies may share criminal incident information with each other and the vendor selected to provide the monitoring equipment for the program for the purposes of detection and prevention of crime.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-3-5
Status: in_force

The commissioner is empowered and authorized to appoint an Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety to be known as the chief of patrol, who shall have the qualifications set forth in Section 45-3-9 , and shall have charge of the division of operations of the patrol. The annual salary of the chief of patrol shall be fixed by the Legislature, payable monthly. He shall execute a bond in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) with a surety company authorized to do business in this state, the bond to be conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 43 / Section 49-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-1
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances, if any, where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) “High voltage” means a voltage in excess of six hundred (600) volts between conductors or from any conductor to ground.

(b) “Overhead lines” mean all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above the ground.

(c) “Person” means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or governmental entity.

(d) “Authorized person” means:

(i) An employee or agent of an electric utility which generates, transmits or delivers electricity.

(ii) An employee or agent of a utility which provides and whose work relates to communication services or state, county or municipal agencies which have authorized circuit construction on or near the poles or structures of a utility.

(iii) An employee or agent of an industrial plant whose work relates to the electrical system of the industrial plant.

(iv) An employee or agent of a cable television or communication services company or an employee of a contractor of a cable television or communication services company if specifically authorized by the owner of the poles to make cable television or communication services attachments.

(v) An employee or agent of a rail transportation company whose work relates to the electrical systems of the rail transportation company.

(vi) An employee or agent of a state, county or municipal electric utility or agency which has or whose work relates to overhead electrical lines, circuit construction or conductors on poles or structures of any type.

(e) “Electric utility” means any person engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity.

(f) “Warning sign” means a weather-resistant sign of not less than seven (7) inches by ten (10) inches reading as follows: “DANGER-UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE THIS EQUIPMENT NEARER THAN 10 FEET TO HIGH VOLTAGE OVERHEAD LINES.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11
Status: in_force

(1) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before July 1, 2012, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply, except that any gate in a pool yard enclosure shall conform to Section 45-43-9 no later than January 1, 2013.

(2) This chapter provides no exemption from any local ordinance that may apply to the pool yard enclosure.

(3) A pool yard enclosure modified on or after July 1, 2012, shall conform with this section and Sections 45-43-7 and 45-43-9 as a part of the modification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-5
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall maintain the registry on the internet, which shall contain a disclaimer informing the public that:

(a) The information contained on the website is obtained from public records, and the department does not guarantee the website's accuracy or completeness;

(b) The list only includes persons convicted in Mississippi state courts of a limited list of crimes. Persons who are convicted in any federal court, or who are convicted of a crime other than a registrable offense will not appear on the registry.

(2) The department and any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of the department are immune from civil liability for damages arising from reporting information under this chapter and will be presumed to have acted in good faith in performing its duties under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-23 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 14-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-23
Status: in_force

(1) Authorized representatives of the agency shall have the authority in the event of an emergency to impound or order the impounding of sources of radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe or fails to observe the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations issued thereunder.

(2) The agency may release such sources of radiation to the owner thereof upon terms and conditions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted thereunder or may bring an action in the chancery court of the county wherein the cause of action occurred for an order condemning such sources of radiation and providing for their destruction or other disposition so as to protect the public health and safety.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-25
Status: in_force

Every hotel or lodging house over two (2) stories in height shall be provided with permanent iron balconies, with iron stairs leading from one balcony to the other, to be placed at the end of each hall in and above the second story in case the hotel or lodging house be over one hundred and fifty feet (150') in length, and in other cases such number of balconies with stairs as may be directed by the fire department or authority having control of the fire regulations of the city or town where the hotel or lodging house is located. The balconies and iron stairs shall be constructed at the expense of the owner of the hotel or lodging house.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-65 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 14-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-65
Status: in_force

The agency, in conjunction with the state board of health, shall develop as soon as practicable a training program for public safety officials which shall include instruction on emergency response to transportation accidents involving radioactive waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-47 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 23-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-47
Status: in_force

No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or pressure vessel based upon a report of a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler or pressure vessel for which it was issued shall cease to be insured by a company duly authorized by this state to provide such insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9
Status: in_force

Municipalities may provide by ordinance that any person violating the provisions of orders issued by the chief administrative officer pursuant to this authorization during a proclaimed civil emergency be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or six (6) months imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 23-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-11
Status: in_force

No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve (12) months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler or pressure vessel is of special design or construction and is not inconsistent with the spirit and safety objectives of such rules and regulations, in which case a special installation and operating permit may, at its discretion, be granted by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-7
Status: in_force

The ten-foot clearance required in Section 45-15-3 shall not be provided by movement of the high voltage overhead line through strain impressed, by attachments, or otherwise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-27
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that any local or state regulation or local ordinance imposes a stricter standard, the duties established by this chapter for an owner of a multiunit dwelling project, an owner of a dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project and a property owners association supersede those established by common law and any local or state agency regulation and local ordinances relating to duties to inspect, install, repair or maintain:

(a) Pool yard enclosures;

(b) Pool yard enclosure gates and gate latches, including self-closing and self-latching devices;

(c) Keyed dead bolts, keyless bolting devices, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door security bars, self-latching and self-closing devices, and sliding-door pin locks on doors that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association; and

(d) Latches on windows that open into a pool yard area and that are owned and controlled by the owner or property owners association.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3
Status: in_force

The following words shall have the following meanings for purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Self-closing and self-latching device ” means a device that causes a gate to automatically close without human or electrical power after it has been opened and to automatically latch without human or electrical power when the gate closes.

(b) “ Doorknob lock ” means a lock that is in a doorknob and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and from the interior without a key, card, or combination.

(c) “ Dwelling ” or “ rental dwelling ” means one or more rooms rented to one or more tenants for use as a permanent residence under a lease. The term does not include a room rented to overnight guests.

(d) “ French doors ” means double doors, sometimes called double-hinged patio doors, that provide access from a dwelling interior to the exterior and in which each of the two (2) doors are hinged and closable so that the edge of one (1) door closes immediately adjacent to the edge of the other door with no partition between the doors. “ French door ” means either one (1) of the two (2) doors.

(e) “ Keyed dead bolt ” means a door lock that is not in the doorknob, that locks by a bolt in the doorjamb, that has a bolt with at least a one-inch throw if installed after July 1, 2012, and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and operated from the interior by a knob or lever without a key, card, or combination. The term includes a doorknob lock that contains a bolt with at least a one-inch throw.

(f)(i) “ Keyless bolting device ” means a door lock not in the doorknob that locks:

1. With a bolt with a one-inch throw into a strike plate screwed into the portion of the doorjamb surface that faces the edge of the door when the door is closed or into a metal doorjamb that serves as the strike plate, operable only by knob or lever from the door's interior and not in any manner from the door's exterior, and that is commonly known as a keyless dead bolt;

2. By a drop bolt system operated by placing a central metal plate over a metal doorjamb restraint which protrudes from the doorjamb and which is affixed to the doorjamb frame by means of three (3) case-hardened screws at least three (3) inches in length. One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the interior surface of the door and the other one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the doorjamb when the plate is placed over the doorjamb restraint. The drop bolt system must prevent the door from being opened unless the central plate is lifted off of the doorjamb restraint by a person who is on the interior side of the door; or

3. By a metal bar or metal tube that is placed across the entire interior side of the door and secured in place at each end of the bar or tube by heavy-duty metal screw hooks. The screw hooks must be at least three (3) inches in length and must be screwed into the doorframe stud or wall stud on each side of the door. The bar or tube must be capable of being secured to both of the screw hooks and must be permanently attached in some way to the doorframe stud or wall stud. When secured to the screw hooks, the bar or tube must prevent the door from being opened unless the bar or tube is removed by a person who is on the interior side of the door.

(ii) The term does not include a chain latch, flip latch, surface-mounted slide bolt, mortise door bolt, surface-mounted barrel bolt, surface-mounted swing bar door guard, spring-loaded night latch, foot bolt, or other lock or latch.

(g) “ Multiunit rental complex ” means two (2) or more dwelling units in one or more buildings that are under common ownership, managed by the same owner, managing agent, or management company, and located on the same lot or tract of land or adjacent lots or tracts of land. The term includes a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. The term does not include:

(i) A facility primarily renting rooms to overnight guests; or

(ii) A single-family home or adjacent single-family homes that are not part of a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project.

(h) “ Pool ” means a permanent swimming pool, permanent wading or reflection pool, or permanent hot tub or spa over eighteen (18) inches deep, located at ground level, above ground, below ground, or indoors.

(i) “ Pool yard ” means an area that contains a pool.

(j) “ Pool yard enclosure ” or “ enclosure ” means a fence, wall, or combination of fences, walls, gates, windows, or doors that completely surround a pool.

(k) “ Private club ” means country club, golf club, tennis club, yacht club, gym or any similar association or organization that provides services or facilities to its members and that is not usually open to the public.

(l) “ Property owners association ” means an association of property owners for a residential subdivision, a condominium, cooperative or townhome project, or other project involving residential dwellings.

(m) “ Sliding-door handle latch ” means a latch or lock that is near the handle on a sliding glass door, that is operated with or without a key, and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened.

(n) “ Sliding-door pin lock ” means a pin or rod that is inserted from the interior side of a sliding glass door at the side opposite the door's handle and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened or lifted.

(o) “ Sliding-door security bar ” means a bar or rod that can be placed at the bottom of or across the interior side of the fixed panel of a sliding glass door and that is designed to prevent the sliding panel of the door from being opened.

(p) “ Tenant ” means a person who is obligated to pay rent or other consideration and who is authorized to occupy a dwelling, to the exclusion of others, under a verbal or written lease or rental agreement.

(q) “ Window latch ” means a device on a window or window screen that prevents the window or window screen from being opened and that is operated without a key and only from the interior.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 38-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-7
Status: in_force

(1) A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider. A digital service provider shall make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of the person creating an account with a level of certainty appropriate to the risks that arise from the information management practices of the digital service provider.

(2) A digital service provider shall not permit an account holder who is a known minor to be an account holder unless the known minor has the express consent from a parent or guardian. Acceptable methods of obtaining express consent of a parent or guardian include any of the following:

(a) Providing a form for the minor's parent or guardian to sign and return to the digital service provider by common carrier, facsimile, or electronic scan;

(b) Providing a toll-free telephone number for the known minor's parent or guardian to call to consent;

(c) Coordinating a call with a known minor's parent or guardian over video conferencing technology;

(d) Collecting information related to the government-issued identification of the known minor's parent or guardian and deleting that information after confirming the identity of the known minor's parent or guardian;

(e) Allowing the known minor's parent or guardian to provide consent by responding to an email and taking additional steps to verify the identity of the known minor's parent or guardian; or

(f) Any other commercially reasonable method of obtaining consent in light of available technology.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-59
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person convicted of a sex offense who is employed in any position, or who contracts with a person to provide personal services, where the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify in writing the employer or the person with whom the person has contracted or is employed of his sex offender status.

(b) The employer shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) with whom the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact of the offender's criminal record.

(2) This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.

(3) An employer acting in good faith in making notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.

(4) This section does not authorize the employment of a person for a position for which employment of a sex offender is prohibited by any law.

(5) This section does not apply to an employer whose employees have only incidental contact with children because children may be present in the workplace without any formal agreement; casual or incidental contact does not trigger the duty to inform.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-3
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall post a publicly accessible registry online of all offenders by July 1, 2024.

(2)(a) The list must include the offender's full legal name, any aliases by which the offender is or has been known, including any online or internet identifiers and the offender's date of birth.

(b) The list shall not include the offender's social security number, driver's license number, any other state or federal identification number, physical address or telephone numbers.

(3)(a) No offender shall be removed from the registry unless and until all fines, penalties and restitution resulting from conviction have been paid and proof of same provided to the department.

(b) If the offender is not convicted of another registrable offense while listed and if all fines, penalties and restitution have been paid, the department shall remove the offender's information from the list after either five (5) years from the date of the offender's conviction or five (5) years from the date of an offender's release from physical incarceration, whichever is later.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, a person who has served any sentence imposed and paid all fines, penalties and any restitution ordered may petition the department to be removed from the list after the satisfaction of the conditions of this paragraph (c). Upon receipt and confirmation of a true and correct petition, the department shall remove the offender from the registry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-45 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-45
Status: in_force

Each such company shall, in addition, file annually with the board a statement, signed by the engineer having supervision over the inspections made during the period covered thereby, stating the number of vessels covered by this chapter inspected during the year and certifying that each such inspection was conducted pursuant to the inspection requirements provided for by this chapter. Such annual statement shall be accompanied by a filing fee in accordance with the following schedule:

(a) For statements covering not more than twenty-five (25) vessels--Three Dollars ($3.00) per vessel.

(b) For statements covering more than twenty-five (25) but less than one hundred one (101) vessels--Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00).

(c) For statements covering more than one hundred (100) but less than five hundred one (501) vessels--One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00).

(d) For statements covering more than five hundred (500) vessels--Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00).

Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15
Status: in_force

(1) In the event of conflict, this chapter shall to the extent of the conflict supersede all existing statutes which regulate, control or otherwise relate, directly or by implication, to the collection, storage and dissemination or usage of fingerprint identification, offender criminal history or any existing statute which relates directly or by implication to any other provisions of this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, this chapter shall not be understood to alter, amend or supersede the statutes and rules of law governing the collection, storage, dissemination or usage of records concerning individual juvenile offenders in which they are individually identified by name or other means.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent a criminal justice agency from maintaining more detailed information than is required to be reported to the central repository. However, the dissemination of such criminal history record information is governed by federal statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-3
Status: in_force

Whenever the State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal, or his authorized representative, shall be advised by interested persons of a dangerous or hazardous inflammable condition existing in any building that would tend to impair the safety of persons or property, he shall take proper proceedings, including furnishing of all information in regard thereto to the Attorney General who shall, if he finds such evidence sufficient, bring injunctive proceedings to have the condition corrected. Provided that this section may not apply in any instance where local fire departments or other local agencies have the authority to correct such conditions.

From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of this agency shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.

From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-7
Status: in_force

Any individual, organization, corporation or other entity applying for a permit to hold a rock festival in this state shall be deemed to be doing business in this state. If such applicant is a nonresident of this state, the applying for such permit shall be deemed equivalent to the appointment by such nonresident of the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, or his successor or successors in office, to be the true and lawful attorney or agent of such nonresident upon whom all lawful process may be served in any action or proceeding accrued or accruing from such event. Such applicant is thereby further deemed to be subject to the laws of this state, the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and the fines, damages, penalties or other rulings and decrees of such courts regardless of whether the proceeds of the cash bond have been depleted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the “Mississippi Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Law of 1974.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 38-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-11
Status: in_force

(1) In relation to a known minor's use of a digital service, a digital service provider shall make commercially reasonable efforts to develop and implement a strategy to prevent or mitigate the known minor's exposure to harmful material and other content that promotes or facilitates the following harms to minors:

(a) Consistent with evidence-informed medical information, the following: self-harm, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal behaviors;

(b) Patterns of use that indicate or encourage substance abuse or use of illegal drugs;

(c) Stalking, physical violence, online bullying, or harassment;

(d) Grooming, trafficking, child pornography, or other sexual exploitation or abuse;

(e) Incitement of violence; or

(f) Any other illegal activity.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to require a digital service provider to prevent or preclude:

(a) Any minor from deliberately and independently searching for, or specifically requesting, content; or

(b) The digital service provider or individuals on the digital service from providing resources for the prevention or mitigation of the harms described in subsection (1), including evidence-informed information and clinical resources.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-23 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 45-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-23
Status: in_force

(1) A permit must be obtained before a conveyance covered by this chapter shall be erected, constructed, installed or altered within buildings or structures in this state. Where any material alteration is made, the device shall conform to applicable requirements as determined by the commissioner. A permit may be issued only to a licensed elevator contractor, and a copy of the permit shall be kept at the construction site at all times while the work is in progress.

(2) Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by copies of specifications and accurately scaled and fully dimensioned plans showing the location of the installation in relation to the plans and elevation of the building; the location of the machinery room/machinery space and the equipment to be installed, relocated or altered; all structural supporting members thereof, including foundations; and shall specify all materials to be employed and all loads to be supported or conveyed. The plans and specifications shall be sufficiently complete to illustrate all details of construction and design.

(3) Permits may be revoked for the following reasons:

(a) Where any false statement or misrepresentation as to the material facts was made in the application, plans, or specifications on which the permit was based.

(b) Where the permit was issued in error and should not have been issued in accordance with the code.

(c) Where the work detailed under the permit is not being performed in accordance with the provisions of the application, plans or specifications or with the code or conditions of the permit.

(d) Where the elevator contractor to whom the permit was issued fails or refuses to comply with a stop work order.

(4)(a) A permit expires if the work authorized by a permit is not commenced within six (6) months after the date of issuance.

(b) For good cause, an extension of the permit may be granted.

(5) A permit is not required for a repair.

(6) The commissioner may by rules and regulations establish a fee schedule for the permits and certifications issued under this section. The fee schedule must be similar to fees charged for the same services in surrounding states.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-109 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-109
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-109
Status: in_force

In case any building is constructed or reconstructed or any building is used in violation of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the state fire marshal or the proper local authorities of any county or municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful construction or reconstruction, to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of said building.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-5
Status: in_force

The sheriff of such county shall issue such written permit upon presentation by the applicant of the following:

(a) A cash bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned to provide security that the applicant shall assume financial responsibility for any damages to public or privately owned real or personal property, for any fine assessed for the failure to comply with the specifications and plans presented to and certified by the state board of health and with any pertinent regulations of the state board of health about which the applicant had written notice prior to certification, and for the costs of any additional law enforcement personnel or equipment reasonably expended by any political subdivision of this state, if any of these occur as a direct result of such event;

(b) A written certification by the state board of health that the written specifications and plans, proposed by the applicant, for the establishment of health and safety precautions and facilities in connection with such event for the purpose of assuring that the public health and safety will not be endangered; and

(c) Written proof of the payment of the state amusement tax as provided in Section 27-11-5, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-51 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 33-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-51
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who willfully misuses or alters public record information relating to a sex offender or sexual predator, or a person residing or working at an address reported by a sex offender, including information displayed by law enforcement agencies on web sites, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.

(2) The sale or exchange of sex offender information for profit is prohibited. Any violation of this subsection (2) is a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-2 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-2
Status: in_force

(1) The State Fire Marshall shall establish a registry of fire damage in all instances of fires causing Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or more in property damage or in which any person is injured or loses his life.

(2) The registry so established shall be compiled and maintained in a manner whereby data may be retrieved by subject categories, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Geographic location;

(b) Damages in monetary terms;

(c) Insurer;

(d) Insured; and

(e) Tenant or resident.

(3) All insurance companies doing business in this state and all public agencies shall supply such information as may be demanded by the State Fire Marshall with respect to this section.

(4) The State Fire Marshall shall promulgate all rules necessary for the implementation of this section in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-3
Status: in_force

When, in the judgment of the chief administrative officer of a municipality a civil emergency as defined herein is determined to exist, he shall forthwith proclaim in writing the existence of same, a copy of which proclamation will be filed with the clerk of the municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-15-9
Status: in_force

(1) If any person desires to carry on any function, activity, work or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this chapter, the person responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead line, in writing, on a form to be provided by such electric utility, and shall not perform the work until mutually satisfactory arrangements have been made between such electric utility and the person or business entity responsible for performing the work, to deter contact with the high voltage overhead lines as provided in subsection (2) below, however, this requirement shall not apply to persons lawfully occupying the land where the line is located and engaged in the regular and ordinary functions and activities of farming, ranching or other agricultural pursuits.

(2) The person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead lines shall at no cost, receive a written cost estimate from the utility for providing the necessary safety arrangements. If such person disagrees with the reasonableness of any written cost proposal or believes that the cost proposal calls for more work than is reasonably necessary to protect those working in close proximity to the high voltage overhead lines, the following options are available to such person:

(a) The electric utility shall be directed to commence work under protest; such person shall pay the electric utility for the work in accordance with the cost proposal, but shall be entitled to seek recovery of all or any part of the money paid to the electric utility in binding arbitration as is hereinafter provided; or

(b) Prior to directing the work to be performed, the person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of high voltage overhead power lines may submit to binding arbitration, as hereinafter provided, to resolve the issues of the reasonableness and necessity of the cost, and the description of the work to be performed by the electric utility under its written cost proposal.

(3) In the event of a disagreement between the electric utility and the person responsible for performing work in the vicinity of the high voltage overhead line regarding the reasonableness or necessity of the price or the work to be performed to deter contact with high voltage overhead lines, the disputes shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 11-15-101 through 11-15-143, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Public Service Commission shall serve as arbitrator for the purposes of this chapter. The demand for arbitration shall be specifically enforceable in any court of law or equity. The decision of the arbitrators as to the reasonableness or necessity of the cost or the work to be performed shall be final and binding upon the parties.

(4) The electric utility shall commence arrangements as provided herein within five (5) working days of the mutual agreement, notice to proceed under protest, or the decision of the arbitrators. Once initiated, the clearance work will continue without unreasonable interruption to completion. Should the electric utility fail to provide for temporary clearances or safety measures in a timely manner as required by this chapter, the electric utility shall be liable for costs or loss of production of the person requesting assistance to work in close proximity to high voltage overhead lines. In locations where identity of the electric utility operating the high voltage overhead lines is not easily known, the Mississippi Public Service Commission shall, upon request, provide the name, address and telephone number of such utility for notification purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 12-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-19
Status: in_force

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of Section 45-12-5 if the cigarettes are, or will be, stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person or entity has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 45-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-37
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations for licensing and enforcement for all provisions in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.

(3) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.

(4) An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-281 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-281
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-281
Status: in_force

(1) Any hospital, as defined in Section 41-9-3 , or any licensed facility, as defined in Section 41-23-39 , that is initially responsible for the treatment of an individual for a burn injury, shall notify the State Fire Marshal or his designee within twenty-four (24) hours by phone or facsimile.

(2)(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “ burn injury ” means a burn injury:

(i) Which causes second- or third-degree burns to nine percent (9%) or more of the patient's body;

(ii) Which causes injury to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema caused by inhaling super-heated air; or

(iii) Which causes death.

(b) The term “ burn injury ” shall not include sunburns.

(3) Notice under this section shall include:

(a) The name and address of the patient;

(b) A description of the burn injury;

(c) The reported cause of the burn injury;

(d) The patient's disposition; and

(e) Any other fact concerning the burn injury which might assist in detecting arson.

(4) If an investigation is conducted after notification is given under this section, the investigating agency shall report its findings on an incident reporting system report and send it to the State Fire Marshal for retention.

(5) The Department of Health shall report to the State Fire Marshal any burn injury-related death.

(6) Any information obtained by or disclosed to the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this section shall be held by the State Fire Marshal as confidential and shall not be disclosed without written consent from the burn victim, or in the case of death, or in the case of a minor, without the written consent of his or her parent or legal representative or by court order. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the State Fire Marshal from publishing aggregate statistical data from such information without releasing any personally identifiable data.

(7) The State Fire Marshal is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 34-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-11
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Title 25, Chapter 43, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-101 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-101
Status: in_force

(1) The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code which shall apply to:

(a) All buildings owned by the state or state agencies;

(b) All buildings utilized for public assembly, except in any county or municipality which has adopted a fire prevention code with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; however, the State Fire Marshal or his authorized representative shall perform investigations or inspections of such buildings only when advised by interested persons of a danger or hazardous inflammable condition existing in any building that would tend to impair the safety of persons or property, or when the State Fire Marshal or his authorized representative believes the investigation or inspection is in the interest of public safety. The investigation or inspection shall be made in accordance with Section 45-11-3 ;

(c) All buildings, the permits for the construction of which are issued subsequent to July 1, 1978, and which are not less than seventy-five (75) feet in height; provided, however, that in any county or municipality which has adopted a fire prevention code with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code, the provisions and enforcement mechanism thereof shall apply and not the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code;

(d) All buildings, the permits for construction of which are issued subsequent to July 1, 2004, constructed as private correctional facilities that house state inmates. Before such construction, construction plans must be submitted for review and approval to the State Fire Marshal's Office to ensure compliance with the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; however, in any county or municipality that has adopted a fire prevention code with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code, the provisions and enforcement mechanism thereof shall apply instead of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code. All private correctional facilities may be inspected as required by the State Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative. Inspection fees and expenses authorized by Section 45-11-105(2) shall be assessed for each inspection conducted by the State Fire Marshal's Office and shall be paid to the State Fire Marshal's Office;

(e) Any buildings, the permits for construction of which are issued subsequent to July 1, 2004, upon the request of any interested person. The interested person may submit the construction plans to the State Fire Marshal's Office for review and approval before construction to ensure compliance with the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code; however, in any county or municipality that has adopted a fire prevention code with standards not less stringent than the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code, the provisions and enforcement mechanism thereof shall apply instead of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code. Inspection fees and expenses authorized by Section 45-11-105(2) shall be assessed for each inspection conducted by the State Fire Marshal's Office and shall be paid to the State Fire Marshal's Office;

(f) All buildings, the permits for construction of which are issued subsequent to July 1, 2005, constructed as private fraternity and sorority houses located on state property. Before such construction, construction plans shall be submitted for review and approval to the State Fire Marshal's Office to ensure compliance with the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code. All private fraternity and sorority houses located on state property may be inspected as required by the State Fire Marshal or his duly authorized representative. All fraternity and sorority houses located on state property shall be equipped with an approved fire alarm and smoke detector system to be in compliance with the National Fire Code (NFPA) Standard 72 as published by the National Fire Protection Association and as same may be revised or amended. All fraternity and sorority houses constructed on state property after April 20, 2005, shall be equipped with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system to be in compliance with the National Fire Code (NFPA) Standard 13 as published by the National Fire Protection Association and as same may be revised or amended.

(2) The State Fire Marshal shall annually examine the fire prevention codes adopted by counties and municipalities within the State of Mississippi and prepare a list thereof specifying which codes have provisions not less stringent than those of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 35-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-7
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), each applicant for an original or renewal identification card issued pursuant to this chapter who is entitled to issuance of such a card shall be issued a four-year card or an eight-year card, at the option of the applicant. Each card shall expire at midnight on the cardholder's birthday and may be renewed any time within six (6) months before the expiration date of the card upon application and payment of the required fee.

(b) Any applicant who is blind, as defined in Section 43-6-1 , upon payment of the fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43 , shall be issued an original or renewal identification card which shall remain valid for a period of eight (8) years, shall expire at midnight on the cardholder's birthday, and may be renewed any time within six (6) months before the expiration date of the card upon application and payment of the required fee.

(2)(a) Any applicant who is not a United States citizen, upon payment of the fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43 , shall be issued an original or renewal identification card which shall expire four (4) years from date of issuance or on the expiration date of the applicant's authorized stay in the United States, whichever is the lesser period of time, and may be renewed, if the person is otherwise qualified to renew the license, within thirty (30) days of expiration.

(b) An applicant for an original or renewal identification card under paragraph (a) must present valid documentary evidence documenting that the applicant:

(i) Is a citizen or national of the United States;

(ii) Is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence in the United States;

(iii) Has conditional permanent residence status in the United States;

(iv) Has an approved application for asylum in the United States or has entered into the United States in refugee status;

(v) Has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status for entry into or lawful presence in the United States;

(vi) Has a pending application for asylum in the United States;

(vii) Has a pending or approved application for temporary protected status in the United States;

(viii) Has approved deferred-action status;

(ix) Has pending an application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States or conditional permanent resident status in the United States; or

(x) Has a valid employment authorization card issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

(3) The fee for the issuance of an original or renewal identification card shall be as prescribed in Section 63-1-43 .

(4) Any person who, for medical reasons, surrenders his unexpired driver's license, and any person whose unexpired driver's license is suspended for medical reasons by the Commissioner of Public Safety under Section 63-1-53(2)(e) , upon request shall be issued an identification card without payment of a fee. The identification card shall be valid for a period of four (4) years from its date of issue. Subsequent renewals shall be subject to the fees prescribed in Section 63-1-43 .

(5) The department shall maintain a record of all identification cards issued.

(6)(a) Any male who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-six (26) years of age and who applies for an identification card or a renewal of an identification card under this chapter shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 USCS Appx 451 et seq., as amended.

(b) The department shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicant to the Selective Service System. The applicant's submission of the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the department to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The commissioner shall notify the applicant on, or as a part of, the application that his submission of the application will serve as his consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if so required. The commissioner also shall notify any male applicant under the age of eighteen (18) that he will be registered upon turning age eighteen (18) as required by federal law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 34 / Section 35-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-11
Status: in_force

All identification cards shall be centrally issued by the department, adequately describe the registrant, bear a color photograph of the registrant, and include other such identifying data as required by Section 45-35-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-3
Status: in_force

(1) Any person six (6) years of age or older may be issued an identification card by the department which is certified by the registrant and attested by the commissioner as to true name, correct age and such other identifying data as required by Section 45-35-5 .

(2) The new, renewal or duplicate identification card of a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 45-33-25 shall bear a designation identifying the cardholder as a sex offender.

(3) The commissioner is authorized to provide the new, renewal or duplicate identification card to any honorably discharged veteran as defined in Title 38 of the United States Code, and such identification card shall exhibit the letters “Vet” or any other mark identifying the person as a veteran. The veteran requesting the “Vet” designation shall present his DD-214 or equivalent document that includes a notation from the State Veterans Affairs Board that the applicant is a veteran.

(4) Not later than July 1, 2021, the commissioner shall develop and implement an identification card in electronic format as an additional option for card holders. Acceptable electronic formats include display of electronic images on a cellular phone or any other type of electronic device.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-3
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council. The council shall be composed of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. At least three (3) of the foregoing appointees shall be persons who have participated in a local crime stoppers program. Each member of the council shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. At the first meeting of the council, which shall be called by the Governor, and at the first meeting after the beginning of each new state fiscal year, the council shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as the council deems necessary. Each member of the council shall receive per diem in the amount established in Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for each day or portion thereof spent discharging his duties under this chapter and shall receive mileage and expenses as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

Expenses of the council shall be paid by the Department of Public Safety out of the State Crime Stoppers Fund, created in Section 45-39-5(4) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-59 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 14-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-59
Status: in_force

At least thirty (30) days prior to the date upon which a shipper intends to begin the movement of radioactive waste into or within this state, the shipper shall apply to the agency for an annual permit for such shipments. Before any radioactive wastes may be transported into or within this state, the shipper shall:

(a) Comply fully with all applicable laws and administrative rules and regulations, both state and federal, regarding the packaging and transportation of radioactive wastes.

(b) Provide any information as the agency deems necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the public and the environment.

(c) Provide evidence of liability insurance sufficient to protect the state and the public at large from possible radiological injury or damage to any person or property due to packaging or transportation.

(d) Certify to the agency that it will hold the State of Mississippi harmless for all claims, actions or proceedings in law or equity arising out of radiological injury or damage to persons or property occurring during the transportation of its radioactive waste into or within the state, including all costs of defending the same; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver of the state's sovereign immunity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-37
Status: in_force

All the doors for ingress and egress to public schoolhouses, theaters, assembly rooms, halls, courthouses, churches, factories with more than twenty (20) employees, and all other buildings and places of public resort whatever, where people are wont to assemble, excepting schoolhouses, courthouses, and churches of one (1) audience room, and that on the ground floor, shall be so swung as to open outwardly from the audience rooms, halls, or workshops; but such doors may be hung on double-jointed hinges, so as to open with equal ease outwardly or inwardly.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-21 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 21-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-21
Status: in_force

(1) If no court action or proceeding has been instituted against the holder of such permit to recover property damage incurred as a direct result of such event, if no fine assessed against the holder of such permit for failure to substantially comply with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health or any pertinent regulation of the state board of health about which the holder of the permit had written notice prior to such certification remains unpaid and if no additional law enforcement expense remains unpaid, then sixty (60) days after the conclusion of such event the sheriff shall return the full amount of the cash bond to the party posting it thereof.

(2) If a court action or proceeding has been instituted against the holder of such permit, then the sheriff shall place such cash bond with such court where such action or proceeding has been instituted to be placed in escrow. If no such court action or proceeding has been instituted but a fine assessed against the holder of such permit for failure to comply with the health and safety regulations remains unpaid, or if any additional law enforcement expense remains unpaid, then the sheriff shall reimburse the political subdivision reasonably incurring such legitimate additional law enforcement expenses, the sheriff shall forward to the court assessing such fine portions of the cash bond to meet such obligations and the sheriff shall forward the remainder of such cash bond returned to the party posting. If the cash bond is insufficient to meet such obligations, then the cash bond shall be apportioned equally among such court and such political subdivision.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-21-15
Status: in_force

The county board of health of the county in which such event is to be held shall inspect, within seventy-two (72) and at a time no later than forty-eight (48) hours before the commencement of such event, the location or site of such event to determine whether the holder of the permit has complied with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health. After notifying the holder of such permit of the specific items with which substantial compliance does not exist and if the holder of such permit fails to comply within twenty-four (24) hours with those items specified in the inspection as not in substantial compliance with the specifications and plans certified by the state board of health, such county board of health shall notify the sheriff of such county of the lack of substantial compliance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 45-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-45-17
Status: in_force

(1) A license issued pursuant to this chapter may be suspended, revoked or subject to civil penalty by the administrator upon verification that any one or more of the following reasons exist:

(a) Any false statement as to a material matter in the application.

(b) Fraud, misrepresentation or bribery in securing a license.

(c) Failure to notify the licensing authority and the owner or lessee of an elevator or other conveyance in any condition that is not in compliance with this chapter.

(2) No license shall be suspended, revoked, denied or subject to civil penalty until after a hearing before the administrator upon notice and hearing to the licensee or applicant of at least twenty (20) days at the last known address appearing on the license or application, served personally or by registered mail. The administrator may suspend or revoke the license, deny the application, levy a civil penalty, or dismiss the proceeding.

(3) Any person, sole proprietor, firm, or corporation whose license is revoked, suspended or subject to civil penalty, or whose license application is denied, may appeal from such determination to the Commissioner of Insurance, which shall within thirty (30) days thereafter, hold a hearing, of which at least fifteen (15) days' written notice shall be given to all interested parties. The commissioner shall, within thirty (30) days after such hearing, issue a decision.

(4) Any person, sole proprietor, firm or corporation whose license is revoked suspended or subject to civil penalty, or whose license application is denied, may appeal from such determination to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, within twenty (20) days of the final ruling.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-5 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 21 / Section 39-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-39-5
Status: in_force

(1) The council may contract with a person to serve as its director or, with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Public Safety, may employ an individual within the Department of Public Safety to serve as director. The council shall establish the authority and responsibilities of the director.

(2) The council shall:

(a) Advise and assist in the creation of local crime stoppers programs;

(b) Foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to report information about criminal acts;

(c) Encourage news and other media to promote local crime stoppers programs and to inform the public of the functions of the council;

(d) Assist local crime stoppers programs in forwarding information about criminal acts to the appropriate law enforcement agencies; and

(e) Help law enforcement agencies detect and combat crime by increasing the flow of information to and between law enforcement agencies.

(3) The council may adopt rules to carry out its duties under this chapter.

(4) The assessments collected under subsection (5) of Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and any other funds as may be made available through contributions from private or public sources, shall be deposited in a special fund that is hereby created in the State Treasury and designated the State Crime Stoppers Fund. Monies deposited in the fund shall be expended by the council, pursuant to appropriation therefor by the Legislature, for the authorized purposes of the State Crime Stoppers Program established under this chapter, including, but not limited to, providing reward monies for individuals who legitimately report crime activity. Any such funds paid to such individuals shall be kept confidential by the council, and any audit of the fund and the expenditures of the council shall provide for the confidentiality of any expenditures to such individuals. The Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to accept, budget and expend for any proper expenses of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council any special source funds made available to the Crime Stoppers Program subject to the approval of the Department of Finance and Administration and in accordance with procedures for federal fund escalations as established in Section 27-104-21 .

(5) The council shall have the authority to require financial statement reporting from any local crime stoppers program receiving any type of public funding, including, but not limited to, surcharges, assessments, fees or other funds paid directly to a local crime stoppers program by a municipal or county agency, including funds received under Section 45-39-17 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-23-37
Status: in_force

If the inspector can show due cause that a hydrostatic test is necessary it shall be made by the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel, at the owner's or user's expense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-2-31 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-2-31
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “ covered individual ” means the directors and assistant directors of local emergency management organizations established under Section 33-15-17 , and coroners and deputy coroners.

(2)(a) The Department of Public Safety shall make a payment, as provided in this section, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) when a covered individual, while engaged in the performance of the person's official duties, is accidentally or intentionally killed, provided that the killing is not the result of suicide and that the bodily injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.

(b) The payment provided for in this subsection shall be made to the beneficiary who was designated in writing by the covered individual during the covered individual's lifetime. If no such designation is made, then the payment shall be made to the surviving child or children and spouse in equal portions, and if there is no surviving child or spouse, then to the parent or parents. If a beneficiary is not designated and there is no surviving child, spouse or parent, then the payment shall be made to the covered individual's estate.

(c) The payment made in this subsection is in addition to any workers' compensation or pension benefits and is exempt from the claims and demands of creditors of the covered individual.

(3)(a) There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund.” The trust fund shall be funded by monies made available by the Legislature by appropriations as needed, or by donation, contribution, gift or any other source.

(b) The State Treasurer shall invest the monies of the trust fund in any of the investments authorized for the funds of the Public Employees' Retirement System under Section 25-11-121 , and those investments shall be subject to the limitations prescribed by Section 25-11-121 .

(c) Unexpended amounts remaining in the trust fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any income earned on amounts in the trust fund shall be deposited to the credit of the trust fund.

(4) The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the management of the trust fund and the disbursement of death benefits authorized under this section. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and standardize the payment of death benefits under this section, to administer the trust fund created by this section and to carry out the purposes of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-53 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 35-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-53
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Public Safety shall issue personal identification cards to persons with disabilities who make application to the department in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner by filing with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act. The identification card for persons with disabilities shall prominently display the international handicapped symbol and, in addition to any other information required by this article, may contain a recent color photograph of the applicant and the following information:

(a) Full legal name;

(b) Address of residence;

(c) Birth date;

(d) Date identification card was issued;

(e) Date identification card expires;

(f) Sex;

(g) Height;

(h) Weight;

(i) Eye color;

(j) Location where the identification card was issued;

(k) Signature of person identified or facsimile thereof; and

(l) Such other information as required by the department.

(2) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall bear an identification card number which shall not be the same as the applicant's social security number. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of identification cards issued pursuant to this article to persons who are not United States citizens. The identification cards of such persons shall include a number and any other identifying information prescribed by the commissioner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 12-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-13
Status: in_force

(1) The State Fire Marshal may promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to Section 25-43-1 et seq. , necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(2) The commissioner in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers, as authorized under Section 27-69-1 et seq. , may inspect such cigarettes to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by Section 45-12-9 . If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the commissioner shall notify the State Fire Marshal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 14-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-3
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Mississippi in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety:

(a) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of sources of radiation for purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public, and

(b) To prevent and/or reduce associated harmful effects of radiation upon the public through the institution and maintenance of a regulatory program for all sources of radiation; providing for: (1) a single, effective system of regulation within the state; (2) a system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states, and (3) compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government for by-product, source, special nuclear materials, other radioactive materials and other sources of radiation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-67 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 23 / Section 35-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-67
Status: in_force

It is a misdemeanor for any person:

(a) To lend his or her identification card for persons with disabilities to any other person or knowingly to permit the use thereof by another; and

(b) To display or represent as his or her own any identification card for persons with disabilities not issued to him or her.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 33-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-25
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence in this state or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been convicted of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction or who has been acquitted by reason of insanity of a registrable offense in this state or another jurisdiction shall register with the responsible agency and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Registration shall not be required for an offense that is not a registrable sex offense or for an offender who is under fourteen (14) years of age. The department shall provide the initial registration information as well as every change of name, change of address, change of status at a school, or other change of information as required by the department to the sheriff of the county of the residence address of the registrant, the sheriff of the county of the employment address, and the sheriff of the county of the school address, if applicable, and any other jurisdiction of the registrant through either written notice, electronic or telephone transmissions, or online access to registration information. Further, the department shall provide this information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Additionally, upon notification by the registrant that he intends to reside outside the State of Mississippi, the department shall notify the appropriate state law enforcement agency of any state to which a registrant is moving or has moved.

(b) Any person having a permanent or temporary residence or who is employed or attending school in this state who has been adjudicated delinquent for a registrable sex offense listed in this paragraph that involved use of force against the victim shall register as a sex offender with the responsible agency and shall personally appear at a facility designated by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, or in a manner of the Department of Public Safety's choosing, including by electronic means, within three (3) business days of registering with the responsible agency:

(i) Section 97-3-71 relating to rape and assault with intent to ravish;

(ii) Section 97-3-95 relating to sexual battery;

(iii) Section 97-3-65 relating to statutory rape; or

(iv) Conspiracy to commit, accessory to the commission of, or attempt to commit any offense listed in this paragraph.

(2) Any person required to register under this chapter shall submit the following information at the time of registration:

(a) Name, including a former name which has been legally changed;

(b) Street address of all current permanent and temporary residences within state or out of state at which the sex offender resides or habitually lives, including dates of temporary lodgings. There is a presumption that a registrant owes a duty of updating registration information if the registrant remains away from a registered address for seven (7) or more aggregate days in a six (6) month period;

(c) Date, place and address of employment, including as a volunteer or unpaid intern or as a transient or day laborer;

(d) Crime for which charged, arrested or convicted;

(e) Date and place of conviction, adjudication or acquittal by reason of insanity;

(f) Aliases used or nicknames, ethnic or tribal names by which commonly known;

(g) Social security number and any purported social security number or numbers;

(h) Date and place of birth and any purported date and place of birth;

(i) Age, race, sex, height, weight, hair and eye colors, and any other physical description or identifying factors;

(j) A brief description of the offense or offenses for which the registration is required;

(k) Driver's license or state or other jurisdiction identification card number, which license or card may be electronically accessed by the Department of Public Safety;

(l) Anticipated future residence;

(m) If the registrant's residence is a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home, the registrant shall also provide vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home or manufactured home; if the registrant's place of residence is a vessel or houseboat, the registrant shall also provide the hull identification number, manufacturer's serial number, name of the vessel or houseboat, registration number and a description, including color scheme, of the vessel or houseboat, including permanent or frequent locations where the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, manufactured home, vessel or houseboat is kept;

(n) Vehicle make, model, color and license tag number for all vehicles owned or operated by the sex offender, whether for work or personal use, and the permanent or frequent locations where a vehicle is kept;

(o) Offense history;

(p) Photograph;

(q) Fingerprints and palm prints;

(r) Documentation of any treatment received for any mental abnormality or personality disorder of the person;

(s) Biological sample;

(t) Name of any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education at which the offender is employed, carries on a vocation (with or without compensation) or is enrolled as a student, or will be enrolled as a student, and the registrant's status;

(u) Copy of conviction or sentencing order for the sex offense for which registration is required;

(v) The offender's parole, probation or supervised release status and the existence of any outstanding arrest warrants;

(w) Every online identity, screen name or username used, registered or created by a registrant;

(x) Professional licensing information which authorizes the registrant to engage in an occupation or carry out a trade or occupation;

(y) Information from passport and immigration documents;

(z) All telephone numbers, including, but not limited to, permanent residence, temporary residence, cell phone and employment phone numbers, whether landlines or cell phones; and

(aa) Any other information deemed necessary.

(3) For purposes of this chapter, a person is considered to be residing in this state if he maintains a permanent or temporary residence as defined in Section 45-33-23 , including students, temporary employees and military personnel on assignment.

(4)(a) A person required to register under this chapter shall not reside within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a child care facility, a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(b) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person is serving a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility or other correctional institution or facility.

(ii) The person is subject to an order of commitment under Title 41, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(iii) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2006.

(iv) The school or child care facility is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(v) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2006, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the school or child care facility.

(vi) The person is a minor or a ward under a guardianship.

(c) A person residing within three thousand (3,000) feet of the real property comprising a residential child-caring agency, a children's group care home or any playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years does not commit a violation of this subsection if any of the following apply:

(i) The person established the subject residence before July 1, 2008.

(ii) The residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years is established within three thousand (3,000) feet of the person's residence subsequent to the date the person established residency.

(iii) The person established the subject residence between July 1, 2008, and January 1, 2014, in a location at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from the residential child-caring agency, children's group care home, playground, ballpark or other recreational facility utilized by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(iv) Any of the conditions described in subsection (4)(b)(i), (ii) or (vi) exist.

(5) The Department of Public Safety is required to obtain the text of the law defining the offense or offenses for which the registration is required.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-207 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-9-207
Status: in_force

(1) Except for those records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation and prosecution or as otherwise required by law, a state governmental agency or local government, special district, or other political subdivision or official, agent, or employee of the state or other governmental entity or any other person, public or private, other than the owner or owner's representative, may not knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry of the owners of those firearms.

(2) A financial institution or its agent may not require the usage of the firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer physically located in the State of Mississippi from general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers.

(3) A financial institution may not discriminate against a firearms retailer by declining a lawful payment card transaction based solely on the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code; provided that a financial entity may decline or otherwise refuse to process the transaction on the basis of the firearms code only if necessary to comply with this section or if requested by the customer or due to fraud controls or merchant category exclusions offered by a financial entity for the purpose of expenditure control or corporate card control.

(4) Except as otherwise required by law or regulation, a financial institution may not disclose a financial record, including a firearms code that was collected in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 , unless the disclosure of such financial record or firearms code was based on a good-faith conclusion that the entity's action was required by applicable law or regulation.

(5) Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of a financial institution to negotiate with responsible parties or otherwise impair the financial institution's actions related to dispute processing, fraud management, protecting transaction integrity from concerns related to illegal activities, breach or cyber risks.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 38 / Section 49-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 34-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-1
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:

(a) “ Conviction ” means a judgment entered by a Mississippi court upon a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or a finding of guilt by a jury or the court, notwithstanding any pending appeal or habeas corpus proceeding arising from the judgment. “ Conviction ” includes a disposition by nonadjudication under Section 99-15-26 .

(b) “ Department ” means the Department of Public Safety.

(c) “ Offender ” means a person convicted of a registrable offense.

(d) “ Registrable offense ” means a crime chargeable under Sections 97-7-10 , 97-11-25 through 97-11-31 , 97-15-3 , 97-15-5 , 97-11-11 , 97-11-13 , 97-11-53 , 97-13-1 , 97-13-3 , or any crime that involves the embezzlement or misappropriation of public funds as determined by the circuit court in its sentencing order upon conviction.

(e) “ Registrant ” means a person who is registered in compliance with this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-19
Status: in_force

(1) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to inspect, maintain, repair and keep in good working order the pool yard enclosures, gates and self-closing and self-latching devices required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association.

(2) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall exercise ordinary and reasonable care to maintain, repair and keep in good working order the window latches, sliding-door handle latches, sliding-door pin locks, and sliding-door security bars required by this chapter and within the control of the owner or property owners association after request or notice from the tenant that those devices are malfunctioning or in need of repair or replacement.

(3) An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls or maintains a pool shall inspect the pool yard enclosures, gates, and self-closing and self-latching devices on gates no less than once every thirty-one (31) days.

(4) An owner's or property owners association's duty of inspection, repair, and maintenance under this section may not be waived under any circumstances and may not be enlarged except by written agreement with a tenant or occupant of a multiunit rental complex or a member of a property owners association or as may be otherwise allowed by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 35-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-35-55
Status: in_force

(1) The identification card for persons with disabilities shall be issued to a person with a permanent disability for a period of four (4) years, shall expire at midnight on the cardholder's birthday, and may be renewed any time within six (6) months before the expiration date of the card upon application and payment of the required fee. The identification cards shall be issued to persons with disabilities upon presentation of the current sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to such permanent disability. A current affidavit shall be presented at each request for renewal.

(2) The identification card for persons with temporary disabilities shall be issued to a person with a temporary disability upon presentation of a sworn affidavit of at least one (1) medical doctor attesting to the disability and estimating the duration of the disability. Temporary disability identification cards shall be issued for periods of six (6) months. A current affidavit of a medical doctor attesting to the continuance of the disability shall be presented at each request for renewal thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-49-15
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Revenue may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-15
Status: in_force

(1) In the event of conflict, this chapter shall to the extent of the conflict supersede all existing statutes which regulate, control or otherwise relate, directly or by implication, to the collection, storage and dissemination or usage of fingerprint identification, offender criminal history or any existing statute which relates directly or by implication to any other provisions of this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, this chapter shall not be understood to alter, amend or supersede the statutes and rules of law governing the collection, storage, dissemination or usage of records concerning individual juvenile offenders in which they are individually identified by name or other means.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent a criminal justice agency from maintaining more detailed information than is required to be reported to the central repository. However, the dissemination of such criminal history record information is governed by federal statute.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-34 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 33-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-34
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections and all law enforcement agencies shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is arrested or incarcerated for another offense or as the result of having violated probation, parole, conditional discharge or other sentence or court order.

(2) The offender, offender's guardian, offender's conservator or the administrator of the institution shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is committed to a mental institution for a reason other than the initial confinement following an acquittal by reason of insanity for a sex offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-11
Status: in_force

(1) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before July 1, 2012, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply, except that any gate in a pool yard enclosure shall conform to Section 45-43-9 no later than January 1, 2013.

(2) This chapter provides no exemption from any local ordinance that may apply to the pool yard enclosure.

(3) A pool yard enclosure modified on or after July 1, 2012, shall conform with this section and Sections 45-43-7 and 45-43-9 as a part of the modification.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-32 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 18 / Section 33-32
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-32
Status: in_force

(1) A person convicted of a sex offense who volunteers for an organization in which volunteers have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify the organization of the person's conviction at the time of volunteering. Such notification must be in writing to the organization. Any organization which accepts volunteers must notify volunteers of this disclosure requirement upon application of the volunteer to serve or prior to acceptance of any of the volunteer's service, whichever occurs first.

(2) If the organization, after notification by the offender as provided in subsection (1), accepts the offender as a volunteer, the organization shall make reasonable attempts to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) involved in the organization of the offender's criminal record.

(3) This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.

(4) Any person previously registered as a sex offender and who has a continuing obligation to be registered as a sex offender shall be notified of the person's duty under this section with the first reregistration form to be sent to the person after July 1, 2004.

(5) If the registered sex offender is currently volunteering for such an organization, the sex offender must resign or notify the organization immediately upon receipt of notice or be subject to the penalties of this chapter.

(6) An organization acting in good faith in making the notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make such notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-51 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-51
Status: in_force

Every person who shall give any public amusement, entertainment or exhibition in any house or place for public amusement not constructed and arranged as required by Sections 45-11-21 through 45-11-55 , or shall violate or permit the violation of any of their requirements, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one (1) week nor more than six (6) months, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-1 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 27-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-27-1
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that a more effective administrative structure now is required to control the collection, storage, dissemination and use of criminal offender record information. These improvements in the organization and control of criminal offender record keeping are imperative both to strengthen the administration of criminal justice and to assure appropriate protection of rights of individual privacy. The purposes of this chapter are (a) to control and coordinate criminal offender record keeping within this state; (b) to assure periodic reporting to the Governor and Legislature concerning such record keeping; and (c) to establish a more effective administrative structure for the collection, maintenance, retrieval and dissemination of criminal history record information described in this chapter, consistent with those principles of scope and security prescribed by this chapter, and to facilitate the practical use of criminal offender record information within the criminal justice system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 41 / Section 43-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-13
Status: in_force

(1) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may not open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is on or after July 1, 2012.

(2) A door, sliding glass door, or French door may open directly into a pool yard if the date of electrical service for initial construction of the building or pool is before July 1, 2012, and the pool yard enclosure complies with subsection (3), (4) or (5) of this section, as applicable.

(3) If a door of a building, other than a sliding glass door or screen door, opens into the pool yard, the door must have a:

(a) Latch that automatically engages when the door is closed;

(b) Spring-loaded door-hinge pin, automatic door closer, or similar device to cause the door to close automatically; and

(c) Keyless bolting device that is installed not less than thirty-six (36) inches or more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(4) If French doors of a building open to the pool yard, one (1) of the French doors must comply with subsection (3)(a) of this section and the other door must have:

(a) A keyed dead bolt or keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door, and a keyless bolting device capable of insertion into the floor or threshold; or

(b) A bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the doorjamb above the door and another bolt with at least a three-fourths ( 3 / 4 ) inch throw installed inside the door and operated from the edge of the door that is capable of insertion into the floor or threshold.

(5) If a sliding glass door of a building opens into the pool yard, the sliding glass door must have:

(a) A sliding-door handle latch or sliding-door security bar that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor; and

(b) A sliding-door pin lock that is installed not more than forty-eight (48) inches above the interior floor.

(6) A door, sliding glass door, or French door that opens into a pool yard from an area of a building that is not used by residents and that has no access to an area outside the pool yard is not required to have a lock, latch, dead bolt, or keyless bolting device.

(7) A keyed dead bolt, keyless bolting device, sliding-door pin lock, or sliding-door security bar installed before July 1, 2012, may be installed not more than fifty-four (54) inches from the floor.

(8) A keyed dead bolt or keyless dead bolt, as described by Section 45-43-3 , installed in a dwelling on or after July 1, 2012, must have a bolt with a throw of not less than one (1) inch.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-19 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 14-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-19
Status: in_force

(1) The agency is authorized to require each person who possesses or uses a source of radiation: (a) to maintain appropriate records relating to its receipt, storage, use, transfer or disposal and maintain such other records as the agency may require, subject to such exemptions as may be provided by rules and regulations; and (b) to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring may be required by the agency, subject to such exemptions as may be provided by rules and regulations. Copies of all records required to be kept by this chapter shall be submitted to the agency or its duly authorized agents upon request.

(2) The agency is authorized to require that any person possessing or using a source of radiation, at the request of any employee, furnish to each employee for whom personnel monitoring is required a copy of such employee's personnel exposure record annually, and upon termination of employment at any time such employee has received excessive exposure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-13-3
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, no retailer, dealer or any other person shall sell, offer for sale, store, display, or have in their possession, or use or explode anywhere in this state any fireworks that have not been approved and labeled as Class C common fireworks by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer or any other person shall sell to retail dealers or any other person in this state for the purpose of resale or use in this state any fireworks which do not have the Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label printed on the fireworks or on the smallest package in which the same are sold. The Interstate Commerce Commission Class C label must be visible on the fireworks or smallest container in which the same are sold and the label shall be on the fireworks or on the package or both which are received by the general public from the dealer, and such label shall be of such size and so positioned as to be readily seen and recognized by law enforcement officers and the public. Wherever practical such fireworks and container shall have imprinted thereon directions for the handling thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-75 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-11-75
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Section 45-11-71 , upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and in the case of continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to correct such violations, each day of violation thereafter shall be a separate offense.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-9 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-9
Status: in_force

(1) Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with Section 45-12-7 shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of Section 45-12-5 . The marking shall be in eight-point type or larger and consist of the letters “ FSC ,” which signifies Fire Standard Compliant, permanently printed, stamped, engraved or embossed on the package at or near the UPC Code.

(2) A manufacturer shall use only one (1) marking, and shall apply this marking uniformly for all packages, including, but not limited to, packs, cartons, and cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.

(3) Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with Section 45-12-7 shall provide a copy of the certifications to all wholesale dealers and agents to which they sell cigarettes. Wholesale dealers, agents and retail dealers shall permit the State Fire Marshal, the commissioner, the Attorney General and their employees to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-25 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-25
Status: in_force

The owner of a multiunit rental complex or a property owners association is not required to enclose a body of water or construct barriers between the owner's or property owners association's property and a body of water such as an ocean, bay, lake, pond, bayou, river, creek, stream, spring, reservoir, stock tank, culvert, drainage ditch, detention pond, or other flood or drainage facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 34-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-34-7
Status: in_force

Upon the entry of the order sentencing the offender to probation or parole or upon the date of release of the offender from the physical custody of the responsible agency, the responsible agency shall forward the department a copy of the conviction, sentencing order, name, sex and date of birth of the offender convicted of a registrable offense under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-29 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-29
Status: in_force

The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-21 through 45-7-27 shall be additional and supplemental to the power and authority of Sections 45-7-1 through 45-7-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-15 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-12-15
Status: in_force

To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, are hereby authorized to examine the books, papers, invoices and other records of any person in possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes on the premises. Every person in the possession, control or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, sold or offered for sale, is hereby directed and required to give the Attorney General, the commissioner and the State Fire Marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel, the means, facilities and opportunity for the examinations authorized by this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-65 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-65
Status: in_force

The agency, in conjunction with the state board of health, shall develop as soon as practicable a training program for public safety officials which shall include instruction on emergency response to transportation accidents involving radioactive waste.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-17 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 10 / Section 14-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-17
Status: in_force

In any and all tort claims against any person which arise while that person is rendering assistance during an emergency (1) at the request of any authorized representative of the agency or (2) pursuant to an agreement for mutual state radiological assistance as provided for in Section 45-14-15(4) , the provisions of Section 7-5-43, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall apply as if such person were an employee of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-37 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 1 / Section 14-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-37
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or who hinders, obstructs or otherwise interferes with any authorized representative of the agency in the discharge of his official duties in making inspections as provided in Section 45-14-15(1) or in impounding sources of radiation as provided in Section 45-14-23 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3 — MS Code / Title 45 / Chapter 27 / Section 43-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-43-3
Status: in_force

The following words shall have the following meanings for purposes of this chapter:

(a) “ Self-closing and self-latching device ” means a device that causes a gate to automatically close without human or electrical power after it has been opened and to automatically latch without human or electrical power when the gate closes.

(b) “ Doorknob lock ” means a lock that is in a doorknob and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and from the interior without a key, card, or combination.

(c) “ Dwelling ” or “ rental dwelling ” means one or more rooms rented to one or more tenants for use as a permanent residence under a lease. The term does not include a room rented to overnight guests.

(d) “ French doors ” means double doors, sometimes called double-hinged patio doors, that provide access from a dwelling interior to the exterior and in which each of the two (2) doors are hinged and closable so that the edge of one (1) door closes immediately adjacent to the edge of the other door with no partition between the doors. “ French door ” means either one (1) of the two (2) doors.

(e) “ Keyed dead bolt ” means a door lock that is not in the doorknob, that locks by a bolt in the doorjamb, that has a bolt with at least a one-inch throw if installed after July 1, 2012, and that is operated from the exterior by a key, card, or combination and operated from the interior by a knob or lever without a key, card, or combination. The term includes a doorknob lock that contains a bolt with at least a one-inch throw.

(f)(i) “ Keyless bolting device ” means a door lock not in the doorknob that locks:

1. With a bolt with a one-inch throw into a strike plate screwed into the portion of the doorjamb surface that faces the edge of the door when the door is closed or into a metal doorjamb that serves as the strike plate, operable only by knob or lever from the door's interior and not in any manner from the door's exterior, and that is commonly known as a keyless dead bolt;

2. By a drop bolt system operated by placing a central metal plate over a metal doorjamb restraint which protrudes from the doorjamb and which is affixed to the doorjamb frame by means of three (3) case-hardened screws at least three (3) inches in length. One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the interior surface of the door and the other one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the central plate must overlap the doorjamb when the plate is placed over the doorjamb restraint. The drop bolt system must prevent the door from being opened unless the central plate is lifted off of the doorjamb restraint by a person who is on the interior side of the door; or

3. By a metal bar or metal tube that is placed across the entire interior side of the door and secured in place at each end of the bar or tube by heavy-duty metal screw hooks. The screw hooks must be at least three (3) inches in length and must be screwed into the doorframe stud or wall stud on each side of the door. The bar or tube must be capable of being secured to both of the screw hooks and must be permanently attached in some way to the doorframe stud or wall stud. When secured to the screw hooks, the bar or tube must prevent the door from being opened unless the bar or tube is removed by a person who is on the interior side of the door.

(ii) The term does not include a chain latch, flip latch, surface-mounted slide bolt, mortise door bolt, surface-mounted barrel bolt, surface-mounted swing bar door guard, spring-loaded night latch, foot bolt, or other lock or latch.

(g) “ Multiunit rental complex ” means two (2) or more dwelling units in one or more buildings that are under common ownership, managed by the same owner, managing agent, or management company, and located on the same lot or tract of land or adjacent lots or tracts of land. The term includes a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project. The term does not include:

(i) A facility primarily renting rooms to overnight guests; or

(ii) A single-family home or adjacent single-family homes that are not part of a condominium, cooperative, or townhome project.

(h) “ Pool ” means a permanent swimming pool, permanent wading or reflection pool, or permanent hot tub or spa over eighteen (18) inches deep, located at ground level, above ground, below ground, or indoors.

(i) “ Pool yard ” means an area that contains a pool.

(j) “ Pool yard enclosure ” or “ enclosure ” means a fence, wall, or combination of fences, walls, gates, windows, or doors that completely surround a pool.

(k) “ Private club ” means country club, golf club, tennis club, yacht club, gym or any similar association or organization that provides services or facilities to its members and that is not usually open to the public.

(l) “ Property owners association ” means an association of property owners for a residential subdivision, a condominium, cooperative or townhome project, or other project involving residential dwellings.

(m) “ Sliding-door handle latch ” means a latch or lock that is near the handle on a sliding glass door, that is operated with or without a key, and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened.

(n) “ Sliding-door pin lock ” means a pin or rod that is inserted from the interior side of a sliding glass door at the side opposite the door's handle and that is designed to prevent the door from being opened or lifted.

(o) “ Sliding-door security bar ” means a bar or rod that can be placed at the bottom of or across the interior side of the fixed panel of a sliding glass door and that is designed to prevent the sliding panel of the door from being opened.

(p) “ Tenant ” means a person who is obligated to pay rent or other consideration and who is authorized to occupy a dwelling, to the exclusion of others, under a verbal or written lease or rental agreement.

(q) “ Window latch ” means a device on a window or window screen that prevents the window or window screen from being opened and that is operated without a key and only from the interior.