Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-5
Status: reserved

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

(a) “ State Tax Commission ” or “ department ” means the Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi.

(b) “ Dealer ” means every person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having in this state an established place of business as defined in Section 27-19-303, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The term “ dealer ” shall also mean every person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging manufactured housing in this state, and licensed as a dealer of manufactured housing by the Mississippi Department of Insurance.

(c) “ Designated agent ” means each county tax collector in this state who may perform his duties under this chapter either personally or through any of his deputies, or such other persons as the Department of Revenue may designate. The term shall also mean those “dealers” as herein defined and/or their officers and employees and other persons who are appointed by the Department of Revenue in the manner provided in Section 63-21-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to perform the duties of “designated agent” for the purposes of this chapter.

(d) “ Implement of husbandry ” means every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to registration if used upon the highways.

(e) “ Vehicle identification number ” means the numbers and letters on a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home designated by the manufacturer or assigned by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of identifying the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(f) “ Lien ” means every kind of written lease which is substantially equivalent to an installment sale or which provides for a right of purchase; conditional sale; reservation of title; deed of trust; chattel mortgage; trust receipt; and every other written agreement or instrument of whatever kind or character whereby an interest other than absolute title is sought to be held or given on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(g) “ Lienholder ” means any natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation holding a lien as herein defined on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(h) “ Manufactured housing ” or “ manufactured home ” means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that such terms shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USCS, Section 5401 .

(i) “ Manufacturer ” means any person regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, constructing or assembling motor vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes, either within or without this state.

(j) “ Mobile home ” means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976. Any mobile home designated as realty on or before July 1, 1999, shall continue to be designated as realty so that a security interest will be made by incorporating such mobile home in a deed of trust.

(k) “ Motorcycle ” means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a farm tractor, personal delivery device and electric bicycle.

(l) “ Motor vehicle ” means every automobile, motorcycle, mobile trailer, semitrailer, truck, truck tractor, trailer and every other device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway which is required to have a road or bridge privilege license, except such as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and excepting electric bicycles and personal delivery devices.

(m) “ New vehicle ” means a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home which has never been the subject of a first sale for use.

(n) “ Used vehicle ” means a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home that has been the subject of a first sale for use, whether within this state or elsewhere.

(o) “ Owner ” means a person or persons holding the legal title of a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home; in the event a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home is the subject of a deed of trust or a chattel mortgage or an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof or other like agreement, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with the immediate right of possession vested in the grantor in the deed of trust, mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee, the grantor, mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.

(p) “ Person ” includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

(q) “ Pole trailer ” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, boats or structural members capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.

(r) “ Security agreement ” means a written agreement which reserves or creates a security interest.

(s) “ Security interest ” means an interest in a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security. A security interest is “perfected” when it is valid against third parties generally, subject only to specific statutory exceptions.

(t) “ Special mobile equipment ” means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including, but not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and self-propelled cranes, vehicles so constructed that they exceed eight (8) feet in width and/or thirteen (13) feet six (6) inches in height, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.

(u) “ Nonresident ” means every person who is not a resident of this state.

(v) “ Current address ” means a new address different from the address shown on the application or on the certificate of title. The owner shall within thirty (30) days after his address is changed from that shown on the application or on the certificate of title notify the department of the change of address in the manner prescribed by the department.

(w) “ Odometer ” means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation; but shall not include any auxiliary instrument designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording the distance traveled on trips.

(x) “ Odometer reading ” means the actual cumulative distance traveled disclosed on the odometer.

(y) “ Odometer disclosure statement ” means a statement certified by the owner of the motor vehicle to the transferee or to the department as to the odometer reading.

(z) “ Mileage ” means actual distance that a vehicle has traveled.

(aa) “ Trailer ” means every vehicle other than a “pole trailer” as defined in this chapter without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle for the purpose of hauling goods or products. The term “trailer” shall not refer to any structure, transportable in one or more sections regardless of size, when erected on site, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein regardless of the date of manufacture.

(bb) “ Salvage mobile home ” or “ salvage manufactured home ” means a mobile home or manufactured home for which a certificate of title has been issued that an insurance company obtains from the owner as a result of paying a total loss claim resulting from collision, fire, flood, wind or other occurrence. The term “salvage mobile home” or “salvage manufactured home” does not mean or include and is not applicable to a mobile home or manufactured home that is twenty (20) years old or older.

(cc) “ Salvage certificate of title ” means a document issued by the department for a salvage mobile home or salvage manufactured home as defined in this chapter.

(dd) “ All-terrain vehicle ” means a motor vehicle that is designed for off-road use and is not required to have a motor vehicle privilege license. The term “all-terrain vehicle” shall not include electric bicycles.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-5
Status: reserved

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

(a) “ State Tax Commission ” or “ department ” means the Department of Revenue of the State of Mississippi.

(b) “ Dealer ” means every person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of commercial or industrial motor vehicles in this state, and having in this state an established place of business as defined in Section 27-19-303, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The term “ dealer ” shall also mean every person engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling or exchanging manufactured housing in this state, and licensed as a dealer of manufactured housing by the Mississippi Department of Insurance.

(c) “ Designated agent ” means each county tax collector in this state who may perform his duties under this chapter either personally or through any of his deputies, or such other persons as the Department of Revenue may designate. The term shall also mean those “dealers” as herein defined and/or their officers and employees and other persons who are appointed by the Department of Revenue in the manner provided in Section 63-21-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to perform the duties of “designated agent” for the purposes of this chapter.

(d) “ Implement of husbandry ” means every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to registration if used upon the highways.

(e) “ Vehicle identification number ” means the numbers and letters on a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home designated by the manufacturer or assigned by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of identifying the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(f) “ Lien ” means every kind of written lease which is substantially equivalent to an installment sale or which provides for a right of purchase; conditional sale; reservation of title; deed of trust; chattel mortgage; trust receipt; and every other written agreement or instrument of whatever kind or character whereby an interest other than absolute title is sought to be held or given on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(g) “ Lienholder ” means any natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation holding a lien as herein defined on a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home.

(h) “ Manufactured housing ” or “ manufactured home ” means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that such terms shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USCS, Section 5401 .

(i) “ Manufacturer ” means any person regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, constructing or assembling motor vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes, either within or without this state.

(j) “ Mobile home ” means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976. Any mobile home designated as realty on or before July 1, 1999, shall continue to be designated as realty so that a security interest will be made by incorporating such mobile home in a deed of trust.

(k) “ Motorcycle ” means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a farm tractor, personal delivery device and electric bicycle.

(l) “ Motor vehicle ” means every automobile, motorcycle, mobile trailer, semitrailer, truck, truck tractor, trailer and every other device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway which is required to have a road or bridge privilege license, except such as is moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and excepting electric bicycles and personal delivery devices.

(m) “ New vehicle ” means a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home which has never been the subject of a first sale for use.

(n) “ Used vehicle ” means a motor vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home that has been the subject of a first sale for use, whether within this state or elsewhere.

(o) “ Owner ” means a person or persons holding the legal title of a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home; in the event a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home is the subject of a deed of trust or a chattel mortgage or an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof or other like agreement, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with the immediate right of possession vested in the grantor in the deed of trust, mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee, the grantor, mortgagor, conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.

(p) “ Person ” includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

(q) “ Pole trailer ” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, boats or structural members capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.

(r) “ Security agreement ” means a written agreement which reserves or creates a security interest.

(s) “ Security interest ” means an interest in a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security. A security interest is “perfected” when it is valid against third parties generally, subject only to specific statutory exceptions.

(t) “ Special mobile equipment ” means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including, but not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and self-propelled cranes, vehicles so constructed that they exceed eight (8) feet in width and/or thirteen (13) feet six (6) inches in height, and earth-moving equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.

(u) “ Nonresident ” means every person who is not a resident of this state.

(v) “ Current address ” means a new address different from the address shown on the application or on the certificate of title. The owner shall within thirty (30) days after his address is changed from that shown on the application or on the certificate of title notify the department of the change of address in the manner prescribed by the department.

(w) “ Odometer ” means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation; but shall not include any auxiliary instrument designed to be reset by the operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of recording the distance traveled on trips.

(x) “ Odometer reading ” means the actual cumulative distance traveled disclosed on the odometer.

(y) “ Odometer disclosure statement ” means a statement certified by the owner of the motor vehicle to the transferee or to the department as to the odometer reading.

(z) “ Mileage ” means actual distance that a vehicle has traveled.

(aa) “ Trailer ” means every vehicle other than a “pole trailer” as defined in this chapter without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle for the purpose of hauling goods or products. The term “trailer” shall not refer to any structure, transportable in one or more sections regardless of size, when erected on site, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein regardless of the date of manufacture.

(bb) “ Salvage mobile home ” or “ salvage manufactured home ” means a mobile home or manufactured home for which a certificate of title has been issued that an insurance company obtains from the owner as a result of paying a total loss claim resulting from collision, fire, flood, wind or other occurrence. The term “salvage mobile home” or “salvage manufactured home” does not mean or include and is not applicable to a mobile home or manufactured home that is twenty (20) years old or older.

(cc) “ Salvage certificate of title ” means a document issued by the department for a salvage mobile home or salvage manufactured home as defined in this chapter.

(dd) “ All-terrain vehicle ” means a motor vehicle that is designed for off-road use and is not required to have a motor vehicle privilege license. The term “all-terrain vehicle” shall not include electric bicycles.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-33 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-33
Status: reserved

If a dealer buys a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within ten (10) days after delivery to him of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, he need not send the certificate to the State Tax Commission. However, upon transferring the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the State Tax Commission prescribes, and deliver the certificate to a designated agent with the transferee's application for a new certificate.

Every dealer shall maintain for five (5) years a record in the form the State Tax Commission prescribes of every vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home bought, sold or exchanged by him or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by a representative of the State Tax Commission or patrol or peace officer during reasonable business hours.

Any person found to be in possession of a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home with an improperly assigned title which fails to identify the transferee shall immediately establish ownership of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, register the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home and pay the required tax and penalty. The vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home shall be impounded by state or local law enforcement officials until such time as the person in possession can prove ownership or until the rightful owner is located. In the event the rightful owner cannot be established within thirty (30) days, the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home shall be deemed abandoned and shall be disposed of as provided by law.

An insurance company which obtains title to a motor vehicle as a result of paying a total loss claim resulting from collision, fire, flood or other cause shall obtain a salvage certificate of title in its name for such vehicle from the State Tax Commission. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to vehicles ten (10) years old or older with a value of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or less, or to vehicles with damage which requires the replacement of five (5) or fewer minor components, which such insurer may dispose of by endorsing change in ownership on the certificate of title using space reserved for reassignment of title by licensed dealer without obtaining a salvage certificate of title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-5-34 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-5-34
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 63-5-29 and 63-5-33 , any motor vehicle measuring more than twenty-nine (29) feet between the extreme axles with title to such vehicle registered with the State Tax Commission in accordance with the provisions of Section 63-21-1 et seq. may use public highways, excluding the federal interstate highway system, and be considered as a motor vehicle with a distance between the extreme of any group of axles twelve (12) feet longer than the extreme measurement of any such group.

Any motor vehicle that measures more than twenty-nine (29) feet and less than or equal to forty (40) feet between the extreme axles whose gross weight does not exceed seventy-two thousand (72,000) pounds on four (4) axles or seventy-three thousand two hundred eighty (73,280) pounds on five (5) axles, with title to such vehicle registered with the State Tax Commission on or before April 24, 1974, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 63-21-1 et seq. , may use the federal interstate highway system and be considered as a motor vehicle with a distance between the extreme of any group of axles twelve (12) feet longer than the extreme measurement of any such group.

The provisions of this section may be superseded by action of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, by resolution spread upon its minutes, for any specified segment of a state highway or bridge in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 65-1-45 , when, due to any special weather or other hazard, such highways or bridges have been weakened or when such highways have substandard surfacing or weak bridges due to any cause.

This section shall not apply to situations in which its application would create a conflict with any length regulation or weight restriction imposed by federal law on the federal interstate highway system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-23 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 32 / Section 39-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-23
Status: in_force

A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a GPS system or other special equipment that is put in or on the vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction, and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the sharing period not caused by the vehicle owner. The peer-to-peer car sharing program has the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the sharing period.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-39 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-39
Status: in_force

Upon written request from the buyer, the holder of a retail installment contract shall give or forward to the buyer a written statement, in conformity with Section 63-19-31 , of payments and the total amount unpaid under such contract. A buyer shall be given a written receipt for any payment when made in cash.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-99 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-99
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-99
Status: in_force

The following procedure shall govern in taking and perfecting appeals:

1. Any person who is a party to any hearing before the commission and who is aggrieved by any decision of the commission with respect to any hearing before it shall have the right of appeal to the chancery court of the county of such person's residence or principal place of business within this state; if such person is a nonresident of the state he shall have the right of appeal to the chancery court of the residence of the opposing party, and if the opposing party is also a nonresident, the appeal shall be to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. All such appeals shall be taken and perfected within sixty days from the date of the decision of the commission which is the subject of the appeal. The chancery court to which such appeal is taken may affirm such decision or reverse and remand the same to the commission for further proceedings as justice may require or dismiss such decision. All such appeals shall be taken and perfected, heard and determined, either in term time or in vacation, on the record, including a transcript of pleadings and evidence, both oral and documentary, heard and filed before the commission. In perfecting any such appeal, the provisions of law respecting notice to the reporter and allowance of bills of exceptions, now or hereafter in force, respecting appeals from the chancery court to the supreme court shall be applicable. The reporter shall transcribe his notes, taken stenographically or by machine, and file the record with the commission within thirty days after approval of the appeal bond, unless, on application of the reporter, or of the appellant, an additional fifteen days shall have been allowed by the commission to the reporter within which to transcribe his notes and file the transcript of the record with the commission.

2. Upon the filing with the commission of a petition of appeal to the proper chancery court, it shall be the duty of the commission, as promptly as possible, and in any event within sixty days after approval of the appeal bond, to file with the clerk of said Chancery Court to which the appeal is taken, a copy of the petition for appeal and of the decision appealed from, and the original and one copy of the transcript of the record of the proceedings and evidence before the commission. After the filing of said petition, the appeal shall be perfected by the filing of a bond in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with two sureties or with a surety company qualified to do business in Mississippi as surety, conditioned to pay the costs of such appeal, said bond to be approved by any member of the commission or by its executive secretary or by the clerk of the chancery court to which such appeal is taken.

3. No decision of the commission made as a result of a hearing shall become final with respect to any party affected and aggrieved by such decision until such party shall have exhausted or shall have had an opportunity to exhaust all of his remedies. However, any such decision may be made final if the commission finds that failure to do so would be detrimental to the public interest or public welfare; however, the finality of any such decision shall not prevent any party or parties affected and aggrieved thereby to appeal the same in accordance with the appellate procedure set forth in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-57 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-57
Status: in_force

Every motor vehicle which is so constructed or loaded as to obstruct the driver's view to the rear thereof from the driver's position shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-23 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-23
Status: in_force

The application of any person under the age of seventeen (17) years for a temporary driving permit or license issued pursuant to this article shall be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by both the father and mother of the applicant, if both are living and have custody of him, or in the event neither parent is living then by the person or guardian having such custody or by an employer of him, or in the event there is no guardian or employer then by any other responsible person who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under Section 63-1-25 upon a person signing the application of a minor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-21 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-21
Status: in_force

A fully autonomous vehicle that is also a commercial motor vehicle as defined in Sections 63-1-203 and 63-19-3 may operate pursuant to the provisions of Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972 , which govern the operation of commercial motor vehicles, except that any provision that by its nature reasonably applies only to a human driver does not apply to such a vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3
Status: in_force

Any nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash part manufactured or supplied for use in this state on or after January 1, 1991, shall have affixed thereto or inscribed thereon the logo, identification number, or name of its manufacturer. Such manufacturer's logo, identification number or name shall be visible after installation whenever practicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-18 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-18
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-18
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services shall provide equipment for the operation and maintenance of the automated statewide motor vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home registration system by the department.

The automated statewide motor vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home registration system shall provide for computer terminals and printers, as authorized by the Department of Information Technology Services, to be located in the quantity necessary in each county seat tax collector's office and any other office in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the motor vehicle registrations in the county are made.

All county tax collectors shall participate in such system as it applies to Chapter 19, Title 27; Chapter 51, Title 27; Chapter 21, Title 63; Mississippi Code of 1972, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department. Such rules and regulations shall provide that counties which have an existing computer system designed to produce registration data may elect to use such existing system to communicate title/registration data to the department through the computer furnished by the state as hereinabove provided in this section. If the department finds and determines that a county has failed to successfully establish or update title/registration data into the statewide vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home title/registration system, either through use of equipment supplied by the department or through the interfacing between the network system and county computer equipment, the department shall thereafter cause to be withheld the county's homestead exemption reimbursement monies, except for school districts and municipalities, until such time as the county has complied with this provision. Such monies as are withheld from a county for failure to comply with this provision shall be placed into a special escrow account to be established in the State Treasury. Once the county achieves compliance by successfully establishing or updating title/registration data into the statewide vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home title/registration system, then the department shall cause to be released to the county all funds held in escrow on the county's behalf during the period of noncompliance. All interest earned shall accrue to the benefit of the county on any funds placed in an escrow account. Any cost involved in interfacing between existing county computer systems and the state-provided computer shall be paid by the county.

The computer terminals and printers placed in each county tax collector's office may be utilized to provide additional computer functions as authorized by the Department of Information Technology Services.

The State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants to the State Treasurer for the expenditures for the implementation and maintenance of the system upon requisitions signed by the Commissioner of Revenue, as authorized by the Legislature.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the operation of the statewide motor vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home title registration system shall be the responsibility of the department.

The department shall provide for the transfer of motor vehicle, manufactured housing and mobile home title and lien registration information to the department by electronic means from banks and other lending institutions as provided in Section 63-21-18 . The Department of Information Technology Services shall cooperate with the department in implementing the provisions of Section 63-21-18 , and shall provide the department with whatever assistance the department needs to carry out the provisions of Section 63-21-18 .

A used motor vehicle parts dealer or scrap metal processor must utilize the department's automated statewide motor vehicle registration system for the purpose of complying with the requirements of Section 63-21-39(1)(a) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-32-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 32-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-32-5
Status: in_force

(1) Every golf cart and low-speed vehicle to be operated, as authorized under this chapter, on a public road or street shall be required to be registered with the city. Upon payment of a reasonable fee that may be charged by the city to cover the costs of administration, presentation of proof of financial responsibility and presentation of a valid driver's license or temporary driver's permit, the owner of the golf cart or low-speed vehicle shall be issued a registration decal by the county or municipal tax collector that must be displayed on the left rear fender of the vehicle. The registration shall remain valid for as long as the registering owner owns the golf cart or low-speed vehicle. The city shall provide the registrant with a map of the areas where golf carts or low-speed vehicles may be operated at the time of registration. The operator shall be required to have proof of financial responsibility and a valid driver's license in his or her possession at all times while operating the golf cart or low-speed vehicle on public roads and streets of the state.

(2) The registration fee imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be retained by the municipal clerk and deposited into the municipal general fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-79 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-79
Status: in_force

The license issued to each motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, factory branch or division, distributor branch or division, or wholesaler branch or division, shall specify the location of the factory, office, branch or division thereof. In case such location is changed, the commission shall endorse the change of location on the license without charge if it be within the same county. A change of location to another county shall require a new license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-1 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-1
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety--Responsibility Law.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-37-15 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 29 / Section 37-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-37-15
Status: in_force

A towing and recovery service shall not use vehicle immobilization devices except under the direction of law enforcement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-17 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 35-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-17
Status: in_force

(1) A fully autonomous vehicle shall be properly registered with the Department of Revenue in accordance with Section 63-5-39 . If a fully autonomous vehicle is registered in this state, the vehicle shall be identified on the registration as a fully autonomous vehicle.

(2) A fully autonomous vehicle shall be properly titled in accordance with Chapter 21, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972 . If a fully autonomous vehicle is titled in this state, the vehicle shall be identified on the title as a fully autonomous vehicle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-87 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-87
Status: in_force

The revocation or suspension of the license of a manufacturer, factory branch or division, distributor, distributor branch or division, wholesaler, or wholesaler branch or division may be limited to:

(a) One or more municipalities or counties.

(b) The sales area of any dealer whose franchise is unfairly cancelled or terminated within the purview of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law, or whose franchise is not renewed in violation of the provisions of said law. However, where such a franchise is unfairly cancelled or terminated within the purview of said law or is not renewed in violation of the provisions of said law in a metropolitan area serviced by several motor vehicle dealers handling the same motor vehicles, the revocation or suspension shall not be applicable to the remaining motor vehicle dealers in such metropolitan area.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-65 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-65
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall deposit the fees collected under this chapter into a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to the credit of the department. As much of those fees as appropriated by the Legislature shall be used by the department to defray the cost of carrying out the duties of the department, including the maintenance of the automated statewide motor vehicle and manufactured housing registration system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-13 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-13
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 3, 5 or 7 of this title constituting a misdemeanor shall be deposited in the treasury of the county maintaining the court wherein such conviction or forfeiture was had.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-25 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-25
Status: in_force

(1) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program and before the time when the shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall:

(a) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and

(b) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (2) of this section.

(2)(a) If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner shall not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.

(b) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.

(c) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 21 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3
Status: in_force

Any nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash part manufactured or supplied for use in this state on or after January 1, 1991, shall have affixed thereto or inscribed thereon the logo, identification number, or name of its manufacturer. Such manufacturer's logo, identification number or name shall be visible after installation whenever practicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-5
Status: in_force

(1) No vehicle protection product may be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the seller, warrantor and administrator, if any, comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(2) A vehicle protection product warranty provided or sold in compliance with this chapter is not a contract of insurance.

(3) Warranties, indemnity agreements and guarantees that are not provided as a part of a vehicle protection product are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-47 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-47
Status: in_force

A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest. However, any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate in the manner prescribed by the State Tax Commission.

The commission shall file each assignment received by the commission with the required fee, and note the assignee as lienholder upon the record of notices of security interests maintained by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-9
Status: in_force

Under Section 63-11-7 , any qualified person acting at the request of a law enforcement officer may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content therein. This limitation shall not apply to the taking of breath or urine specimens.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-38 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-38
Status: in_force

Should a scrap metal processor or used motor vehicle parts dealer be presented the certificate of title or vehicle license plate for any vehicle or scrap vehicle purchased, that scrap metal processor or used motor vehicle parts dealer shall mail or deliver the same to the Department of Revenue as required by law. In lieu of a certificate of title, an affidavit in accordance with the provisions of Section 63-21-39(1) shall be obtained by a scrap metal processor. All other requirements of Section 63-21-39(1) shall be complied with and any other rules promulgated according to that section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-59 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-59
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to interfere with employees of a licensee, licensed under this Chapter 19, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972 , working from home or another remote location selected by the employee, provided that the licensee:

(a) Ensures all in-person customer interactions will not be conducted at home or other remote location through videoconference or teleconference mechanisms, and will not designate the home or other remote location to consumers or customers as a business location;

(b) Maintains appropriate safeguards for licensee and consumer data, information and records, including the use of secure virtual private networks where appropriate;

(c) Employs appropriate risk-based monitoring and oversight processes of work performed from home or other remote location, and maintains records of the same;

(d) Ensures consumer information and records, in their tangible form or kept on portable electronic storage devices, are not maintained at home or other remote location;

(e) Ensures consumer and licensee information and records remain accessible and available for regulatory oversight and exams; and

(f) Provides appropriate employee training to keep all conversations about, and with, consumers conducted from home or other remote location confidential, as if conducted from a commercial location, and to ensure remote employees work in an environment conducive and appropriate to that privacy.

(g) Designate a separate area dedicated solely to conducting the business of a sales finance licensee.

(2) The provisions of this sections shall not be applicable to any bank, trust company, private banker, industrial bank or investment company authorized to do business in this state, and which routinely engages in the practice of financing the sales of motor vehicles, exempted from licensure under Section 63-19-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-59 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-59
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard, if the commission finds:

(a) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or

(b) The vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed.

Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not in itself affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.

When the commission suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the commission.

The commission may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-13 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-13
Status: in_force

(1) Every vehicle protection product warranty shall be written in clear, understandable language and shall be printed or typed in an easy-to-read point size and font and shall not be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the warranty:

(a) Contains a disclosure that reads substantially as follows: “This agreement is a product warranty and is not insurance.”;

(b) Identifies the warrantor, the administrator (if any), the seller and the warranty holder;

(c) Sets forth the procedure for making a claim, including a telephone number;

(d) Sets forth the total purchase price and the terms under which it is to be paid, however, the purchase price is not required to be preprinted on the vehicle protection product warranty and may be negotiated with the consumer at the time of sale;

(e) Sets forth any terms, restrictions or conditions governing transferability of the warranty, if any;

(f) Conspicuously sets forth all of the obligations and duties of the warranty holder such as the duty to protect against any further damage to the vehicle, the obligation to notify the warrantor in advance of any repair or other similar requirements, if any;

(g) Conspicuously states the existence of a deductible amount, if any;

(h) Specifies the payments or performance to be provided under the warranty including payments for incidental costs, the manner of calculation or determination of payments or performance and any limitations, exceptions or exclusions;

(i) Sets forth the conditions on which substitution will be allowed;

(j) Conspicuously states that the obligations of the warrantor to the warranty holder are insured under a warranty reimbursement insurance policy;

(k) Conspicuously states that, in the event a warranty holder must make a claim against a party other than the warranty reimbursement insurance policy issuer, the warranty holder is entitled to make a direct claim against the insurer upon the failure of the warrantor to pay any claim or meet any obligation under the terms of the warranty within sixty (60) days after proof of loss has been filed with the warrantor; and

(l) Conspicuously states the name and address of the issuer of the warranty reimbursement insurance policy. This information need not be preprinted on the warranty form but may be stamped on the warranty.

(2) At the time of sale, the seller or warrantor shall provide to the purchaser:

(a) A copy of the vehicle protection product warranty; or

(b) A receipt or other written evidence of the purchase of the vehicle protection product and a copy of the warranty within thirty (30) days of the date of purchase.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-15 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-15
Status: in_force

(1) No vehicle protection product may be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the vehicle protection product warranty clearly states the terms and conditions governing the cancellation of the sale and warranty, if any.

(2) The warrantor may only cancel the warranty if the warranty holder does any of the following:

(a) Fails to pay for the vehicle protection product;

(b) Makes a material misrepresentation to the seller or warrantor;

(c) Commits fraud; or

(d) Substantially breaches the warranty holder's duties under the warranty.

(3) A warrantor canceling a warranty shall mail written notice of cancellation to the warranty holder at the last address of the warranty holder in the warrantor's records at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the cancellation. The notice shall state the effective date of the cancellation and the reason for the cancellation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-69 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-69
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to prescribe, issue, amend and rescind such reasonable rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law. No rule or regulation shall be effective until thirty days after copies of the proposed rule or regulation shall have been mailed to all motor vehicle dealers operating in the State of Mississippi, and a representative of each manufacturer, wholesaler, and distributor whose motor vehicles are sold therein, whether said representative is located within or without the State of Mississippi, and a notice setting forth either the terms or substance of said proposed rule or regulation and the time and place of a hearing thereon shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and published in the City of Jackson. Such hearing may be held at any time twenty days after publication of such notice, but such rules or regulations shall not become effective until a hearing thereon. All rules, regulations and forms adopted by the commission shall be filed with its executive secretary and shall be readily available for public inspection and examination during reasonable business hours. A copy of said rules, regulations and forms shall also be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state. Any interested person shall have the right to petition the commission for issuance, amendment or repeal of a rule or regulation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-259 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-259
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-259
Status: in_force

(1) On the death of the owner of a motor vehicle that is the subject of a beneficiary designation, the following rules apply to an interest in the motor vehicle:

(a) If the designated beneficiary survives the owner making the designation by one hundred twenty (120) hours, the interest in the motor vehicle is transferred to the designated beneficiary; and

(b) If the designated beneficiary fails to survive the owner making the designation by one hundred twenty (120) hours, the share of the designated beneficiary lapses and is subject to and passes as if the beneficiary designation were a devise made in a will.

(2) If an owner is a joint owner with right of survivorship who is survived by one or more other joint owners, the motor vehicle that is the subject of the beneficiary designation belongs to the surviving joint owner or owners. If an owner is a joint owner with right of survivorship who is the last surviving joint owner, the beneficiary designation is effective.

(3) A designated beneficiary takes the motor vehicle subject to all encumbrances, assignments, contracts, liens and other interests to which the vehicle is subject at the owner's or last surviving owner's death, as applicable. The transfer to the designated beneficiary does not affect the ability of a lienholder to pursue an existing means of debt collection permitted under the laws of this state.

(4) The transfer to the designated beneficiary upon death is not a taxable event, regardless of the designated beneficiary's relationship to the deceased owner of the motor vehicle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 23 / Section 35-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context of use clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Automated driving system ” means the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain.

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

(c) “ Dynamic driving task ” (DDT) means all of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints, and including without limitation:

(i) Lateral vehicle motion control, via steering;

(ii) Longitudinal motion control, via acceleration and deceleration;

(iii) Monitoring the driving environment, via object and event detection, recognition, classification and response preparation;

(iv) Object and event response execution;

(v) Maneuver planning; and

(vi) Enhancing conspicuity via lighting, signaling and gesturing.

(d) “ DDT fallback ” means the response by the person or human driver to either perform the DDT or achieve a minimal risk condition after occurrence of a DDT performance-relevant system failure or upon operational design domain exit, or the response by an automated driving system to achieve minimal risk condition, given the same circumstances.

(e) “ Fully autonomous vehicle ” means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system designed to function without a human driver as a Level 4 or Level 5 automation system under the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3016.

(f) “ Human driver ” means a natural person in the vehicle with a valid license to operate a motor vehicle who controls all or part of the dynamic driving task.

(g) “ Law enforcement interaction plan ” means a document of procedures that are developed by manufacturers, owners or operators of fully autonomous vehicles to be used by law enforcement officers and first responders when interacting with fully autonomous vehicles, which describes:

(i) How to communicate with a fleet support specialist who is available during the times the vehicle is in operation;

(ii) How to recognize whether the fully autonomous vehicle is in autonomous mode;

(iii) How to safely remove the vehicle from the roadway and steps to safely tow the vehicle; and

(iv) Any additional information the manufacturer, owner or operator deems necessary regarding hazardous conditions or public safety risks associated with the operation of the fully autonomous vehicle.

(h) “ Minimal risk condition ” means a condition to which a person, human driver, or an automated driving system may bring a vehicle after performing the DDT fallback in order to reduce the risk of a crash when a given trip cannot or should not be completed.

(i) “ On-demand autonomous vehicle network ” means a transportation service network that uses a software application or other digital means to dispatch or otherwise enable the pre-arrangement of transportation with fully autonomous vehicles for purposes of transporting passengers, including for-hire transportation and transportation of passengers for compensation.

(j) “ Operational design domain (ODD) ” means the operating conditions under which a given automated driving system is specifically designed to function, including, but not limited to, environmental, geographical, time-of-day restrictions, and/or the requisite presence or absence of certain traffic or roadway characteristics.

(k) “ Person ” means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.

(l) “ Request to intervene ” means the notification by an automated driving system to a human driver, that the human driver should promptly begin or resume performance of part or all of the dynamic driving task.

(m) “ Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J3016 ” means the “Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles” as revised and published by SAE International in April 2021.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-43 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-43
Status: in_force

(1) Unless excepted by Section 63-21-41 , a security interest in a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home of a type which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or lienholders of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home unless perfected as provided in this chapter.

(2)(a) A security interest is perfected at the time the owner signs a security agreement describing the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, the secured party gives value, the owner has rights in the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, and an application for certificate of title signed by the owner is presented to a designated agent; provided, however, that a purchase money security interest under Chapter 9, Title 75 (Uniform Commercial Code --secured transactions) in a mobile home or a manufactured home is perfected against the rights of judicial lien creditors and execution creditors on and after the date such purchase money security interest attaches.

(b) The designated agent shall deliver to the Department of Revenue the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and the required fee, but the security interest will perfect at the time the requirements of subsection 2(a) of this section are met.

(3) If a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home is subject to a security interest when brought into this state, the validity of the security interest is determined by the law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home was when the security interest attached, subject to the following:

(a) If the parties understood at the time the security interest attached that the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home would be kept in this state and it was brought into this state within thirty (30) days thereafter for purposes other than transportation through this state, the validity of the security interest in this state is determined by the law of this state.

(b) If the security interest was perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home was when the security interest attached, the following rules apply:

(i) If the name of the lienholder is shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction, his security interest continues perfected in this state.

(ii) If the name of the lienholder is not shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction the security interest continues perfected in this state for four (4) months after a first certificate of title of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home is issued in this state, and also thereafter if, within the period of four (4) months, it is perfected in this state. The security interest may also be perfected in this state after the expiration of the period of four (4) months, in which case perfection dates from the time of perfection in this state.

(c) If the security interest was not perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home was when the security interest attached, it may be perfected in this state, in which case perfection dates from the time of perfection in this state.

(d) A security interest may be perfected under paragraph (b)(ii) or paragraph (c) of this subsection, either as provided in subsection (2), or by the holder of the lien created out of this state delivering to a county tax collector or a designated agent a notice of security interest in the form the Department of Revenue prescribes, together with documents to support the security interest as required by the Department of Revenue and the required fee. The county tax collector or a designated agent shall process said notice in the manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-161 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-161
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-161
Status: in_force

Any claim by a consumer which is found by the court to have been filed in bad faith, or solely for the purpose of harassment, or in complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the consumer, shall result in the consumer being liable for all court costs incurred by the manufacturer or its agent as a direct result of the bad faith claim.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-151 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-151
Status: in_force

Sections 63-17-151 et seq. shall be known and may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-9
Status: in_force

(1) An authorized insurer that writes motor vehicle liability insurance in the state may exclude any and all coverage and the duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afforded under a shared vehicle owner's motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including, but not limited to:

(a) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;

(b) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage;

(c) Medical payments coverage;

(d) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; and

(e) Collision physical damage coverage.

(2) Nothing in this chapter:

(a) Invalidates or limits an exclusion contained in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy, including any insurance policy in use or approved for use that excludes coverage for motor vehicles made available for rent, sharing or hire or for any business use;

(b) Invalidates, limits or restricts an insurer's ability under existing law to underwrite any insurance policy; or

(c) Invalidates, limits or restricts an insurer's ability under existing law to cancel and nonrenew policies.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-21 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-21
Status: in_force

(1) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with a driver unless the driver who will operate the shared vehicle:

(a) Holds a driver's license issued under Section 63-1-5 that authorizes the driver to operate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle; or

(b) Is a nonresident who:

(i) Has a driver's license issued by the state or country of the driver's residence that authorizes the driver in that state or country to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle; and

(ii) Is at least the same age as that required of a resident to drive; or

(c) Otherwise is specifically authorized under Title 63, Chapter 1, Mississippi Code of 1972 , to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.

(2) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of:

(a) The name and address of the shared vehicle driver;

(b) The number of the driver's license of the shared vehicle driver and each other person, if any, who will operate the shared vehicle; and

(c) The place of issuance of the driver's license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 39-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-5
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability of a shared vehicle owner for bodily injury or property damage to third parties, or uninsured and underinsured motorist losses, during the car sharing period in an amount stated in the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, provided that the amount shall not be less than that set forth in Section 63-15-43 .

(2) Notwithstanding the definition of “ car sharing termination time ” as set forth in this chapter, the assumption of liability under subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any shared vehicle owner when:

(a) A shared vehicle owner makes an intentional or fraudulent material misrepresentation or omission to the peer-to-peer car sharing program before the car sharing period in which the loss occurred; or

(b) Acting in concert with a shared vehicle driver who fails to return the shared vehicle pursuant to the terms of the car sharing program agreement.

(3) Notwithstanding the definition of “ car sharing termination time ” as set forth in this chapter, the assumption of liability under subsection (1) of this section shall include any bodily injury or property damage losses by damaged third parties, or uninsured and underinsured motorist losses, as required by Section 63-15-1 et seq.

(4) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall ensure that, during each car sharing period, the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver are insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that provides insurance coverage in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set forth in Section 63-15-43 ; and

(a) Recognizes that the shared vehicle insured under the policy is made available and used through a peer-to-peer car sharing program; or

(b) Does not exclude use of a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver.

(5) The insurance described under subsection (4) of this section may be satisfied by motor vehicle liability insurance maintained by:

(a) A shared vehicle owner;

(b) A shared vehicle driver;

(c) A peer-to-peer car sharing program; or

(d) Both a shared vehicle owner, a shared vehicle driver and a peer-to-peer car sharing program.

(6) The insurance described in subsection (5) of this section that is satisfying the insurance requirement of subsection (4) of this section shall be primary during each car sharing period, and in the event that a claim occurs in another state with minimum financial responsibility limits higher than the minimum amounts set forth in Section 63-15-43 , during the car sharing period, the coverage maintained under subsection (5) shall satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts, up to the applicable policy limits.

(7) The insurer, insurers or peer-to-peer car sharing program providing coverage under subsection (4) or (5) of this section shall assume primary liability for a claim when:

(a) A dispute exists as to who was in control of the shared motor vehicle at the time of the loss and the peer-to-peer car sharing program does not have available, did not retain or fails to provide the information required by Section 63-39-15 ; or

(b) A dispute exists as to whether the shared vehicle was returned to the alternatively agreed upon location.

(8) If insurance maintained by a shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle driver in accordance with subsection (5) of this section has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, insurance maintained by a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall provide the coverage required by subsection (4) of this section beginning with the first dollar of a claim and have the duty to defend such claim except under circumstances as set forth in subsection (2) of this section.

(9) Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not be dependent on another automobile insurer first denying a claim nor shall another automobile insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.

(10) Nothing in this chapter:

(a) Limits the liability of the peer-to-peer car sharing program for any act or omission of the peer-to-peer car sharing program itself that results in injury to any person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program; or

(b) Limits the ability of the peer-to-peer car sharing program to, by contract, seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the car sharing program agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-25-11 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 23 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-25-11
Status: in_force

(1) Any district attorney or any aggrieved person may institute civil proceedings against any person in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking relief from conduct constituting a violation of subsections (1) and (2) of Section 63-25-5 . If the plaintiff in such a proceeding proves the alleged violation or its threat, by a preponderance of the evidence, any court of competent jurisdiction after due provision for the rights of innocent persons may grant relief by entering any appropriate order or judgment including but not limited to:

(a) Ordering any defendant to be divested of any interest in any property;

(b) Imposing reasonable restrictions upon the future activities or investments of any defendant, including prohibiting any defendant from engaging in the same type of endeavor as the defendant was engaged in previously;

(c) Ordering the suspension or revocation of a license, permit or prior approval granted by any public agency or any other public authority; or

(d) Ordering the surrender of the charter of a corporation organized under the laws of this state or the revocation of a certificate authorizing a foreign corporation to conduct business within the state upon finding that the board of directors or a managerial agent acting on behalf of the corporation, in conducting the affairs of the corporation, has authorized or engaged in conduct made unlawful by Sections 63-25-1 through 63-25-11 and that, for the prevention of future criminal conduct, the public interest requires the charter of the corporation be surrendered and the corporation dissolved or the certificate revoked.

(2) In a proceeding under this section, injunctive relief shall be granted in conformity with the principles that govern the granting of relief from injury or threatened injury in other cases, but no showing of special or irreparable injury shall be required to be made. Pending final determination of a proceeding under this section, a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction may be issued upon a showing of immediate danger of significant injury, including the possibility that any judgment for money damages might be difficult to execute, and, in a proceeding initiated by an aggrieved person, upon the execution of proper bond against injury for an injunction improvidently granted.

(3) Any person injured, directly or indirectly, by conduct constituting a violation by any person of Section 63-25-5 shall, in addition to any other relief, have a cause of action for threefold the actual damages sustained by the person.

(4) A final judgment or decree rendered against the defendant in any civil or criminal proceeding shall estop the defendant in any subsequent civil action or proceeding brought by any person as to all matters as to which the judgment or decree would be an estoppel as between the parties to the civil or criminal proceeding.

(5) Personal service of any process in an action under this section may be made upon any person outside the state if the person has engaged in any conduct constituting a violation of Section 63-25-5 in this state. The person shall be deemed to have thereby submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state for the purposes of this provision.

(6) Obtaining any civil remedy under this section shall not preclude obtaining any other civil or criminal remedy under either this chapter or any other provision of law. Civil remedies under this section are supplemental and not mutually exclusive.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-17 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 21 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule or regulation to the contrary, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the car sharing period.

(2) Nothing in this section creates liability on a peer-to-peer car sharing program to maintain the coverage mandated by Section 63-39-5 .

(3) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides coverage for:

(a) Liabilities assumed by the peer-to-peer car sharing program under a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement;

(b) Any liability of the shared vehicle owner; or

(c) Damage or loss to the shared motor vehicle or any liability of the shared vehicle driver.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-71 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-71
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall, upon request and receipt of proper fees, furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of such person. If there shall be no record of any conviction of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by such person, the department shall so certify.

(2) In addition to any other fees, the department shall charge and collect Two Dollars ($2.00) for furnishing a certified abstract to any person. This additional fee shall be deposited into the Disability and Relief Fund for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-53 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-53
Status: in_force

(1) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five (25) motor vehicles are licensed may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The department may, in its discretion, upon the application of a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments obtained against such person.

(3) Upon not less than five (5) days notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within thirty (30) days after such judgment shall have become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to employ the necessary examiners and other personnel required to administer the provisions of this chapter and to fix their compensation commensurate with their duties. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the commissioner by warrants issued by the State Auditor. Said State Auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid monthly. All travel, subsistence and other expenses shall be audited by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All warrants issued by the State Auditor pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the “Consumer Finance Fund” created by Section 63-19-27 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-5-52 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-52
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-5-52
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to other permits authorized to be issued for overweight loads, the Department of Transportation is authorized to issue annual special permits for vehicles transporting heavy equipment with a nondivisible load having a gross vehicle weight of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) pounds or less. The permit shall be issued for the pulling unit. The department may establish rules and regulations for the issuance and transference of the permit from one pulling unit to another. The fee for such permit shall be Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) and the permit shall expire one (1) year from the beginning movement date. Movements under such permit shall be made under such safety and equipment restrictions as the department may establish. The department shall specify the routes over which such movements may be conducted.

(2) In addition to other permits to be used for overweight and oversized loads, the Department of Transportation is authorized to issue annual special permits for the transporting of forestry-related equipment to vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of not more than one hundred thousand (100,000) pounds and dimensions of not more than fourteen (14) feet wide and fourteen (14) feet high. The permit, to be referred to as the “Forestry Permit,” shall be issued for each vehicle that serves as a pulling unit, at a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per unit annually. The Forestry Permit shall be available for the hauling of equipment or machinery customary and necessary for timber-harvesting activities, including, but not limited to, bulldozers, knuckleboom loaders, cutters, skidders, track machines of the same kind, mulchers and other machines used for silvicultural activities. The Forestry Permit shall be available to those hauling the subject equipment to and from timber harvest operations, as well as those hauling the equipment to and from a truck repair shop or equipment service center.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-3
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 where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(a) “ Highway ” means the entire width between property lines of any road, street, way, thoroughfare or bridge in the State of Mississippi not privately owned or controlled, when any part thereof is open to the public for vehicular traffic and over which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police power.

(b) “ Judgment ” means any judgment which shall have become final by expiration, without appeal, of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages.

(c) “ Motor vehicle ” means every self-propelled vehicle (other than traction engines, road rollers and graders, tractor cranes, power shovels, well drillers, implements of husbandry, electric bicycles, personal delivery devices and electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in Section 63-3-103 ) which is designed for use upon a highway, including trailers and semitrailers designed for use with such vehicles, and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails.

For purposes of this definition, “implements of husbandry” shall not include trucks, pickup trucks, trailers and semitrailers designed for use with such trucks and pickup trucks.

(d) “ License ” means any driver's, operator's, commercial operator's, or chauffeur's license, temporary instruction permit or temporary license, or restricted license, issued under the laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles.

(e) “ Nonresident ” means every person who is not a resident of the State of Mississippi.

(f) “ Nonresident's operating privilege ” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of Mississippi pertaining to the operation by him of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in the State of Mississippi.

(g) “ Operator ” means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.

(h) “ Owner ” means a person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle; in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.

(i) “ Person ” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

(j) “ Proof of financial responsibility ” means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident, and subject to said limit for one (1) person, in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident. Liability insurance required under this paragraph (j) may contain exclusions and limitations on coverage as long as the exclusions and limitations language or form has been filed with and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.

(k) “ Registration ” means a certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles.

(l) “ Department ” means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Mississippi, acting directly or through its authorized officers and agents, except in such sections of this chapter in which some other state department is specifically named.

(m) “ State ” means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-103 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-103
Status: in_force

(a) “ Vehicle ” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(b) “ Motor vehicle ” means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. The term “motor vehicle” shall not include electric personal assistive mobility devices, personal delivery devices or electric bicycles.

(c) “ Motorcycle ” means every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a tractor. The term “ motorcycle ” includes motor scooters as defined in subsection (j) of this section. The term “motorcycle” shall not include electric bicycles or personal delivery devices.

(d) “ Authorized emergency vehicle ” means every vehicle of the fire department (fire patrol), every police vehicle, every 911 Emergency Communications District vehicle, every such ambulance and special use EMS vehicle as defined in Section 41-59-3 , every Mississippi Emergency Management Agency vehicle as is designated or authorized by the Executive Director of MEMA and every emergency vehicle of municipal departments or public service corporations as is designated or authorized by the commission or the chief of police of an incorporated city.

(e) “ School bus ” means every motor vehicle operated for the transportation of children to or from any school, provided same is plainly marked “School Bus” on the front and rear thereof and meets the requirements of the State Board of Education as authorized under Section 37-41-1 .

(f) “ Recreational vehicle ” means a vehicular type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle and includes travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers and motor homes.

(g) “ Motor home ” means a motor vehicle that is designed and constructed primarily to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use.

(h) “ Electric assistive mobility device ” means a self-balancing two-tandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one (1) person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen (15) miles per hour.

(i) “ Autocycle ” means a three-wheel motorcycle with a steering wheel, nonstraddle seating, rollover protection and seat belts.

(j) “ Motor scooter ” means a two-wheeled vehicle that has a seat for the operator, one (1) wheel that is ten (10) inches or more in diameter, a step-through chassis, a motor with a rating of two and seven-tenths (2.7) brake horsepower or less if the motor is an internal combustion engine, an engine of 50cc or less and otherwise meets all safety requirements of motorcycles. The term “motor scooter” shall not include electric bicycles or personal delivery devices.

(k) “ Platoon ” means a group of individual motor vehicles traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds at following distances that are closer than would be reasonable and prudent without such coordination.

(l) “ Electric bicycle ” means a bicycle or tricycle equipped with fully operable pedals, a saddle or seat for the rider, and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty (750) watts that meets the requirements of one (1) of the following three (3) classes:

(i) “ Class 1 electric bicycle ” means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty (20) miles per hour.

(ii) “ Class 2 electric bicycle ” means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty (20) miles per hour.

(iii) “ Class 3 electric bicycle ” means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight (28) miles per hour.

(m) “ Personal delivery device ” means a device:

(i) Solely powered by an electric motor;

(ii) Intended to be operated primarily on sidewalks, crosswalks, and other pedestrian areas to transport cargo;

(iii) Intended primarily to transport property on public rights-of-way, and not intended to carry passengers; and

(iv) Capable of navigating with or without the active control or monitoring of a natural person.

(n) “ Personal delivery device operator ” means a person or entity that exercises physical control or monitoring over the operation of a personal delivery device, excluding a person or entity that requests or receives the services of a personal delivery device, arranges for or dispatches the requested services of a personal delivery device, or stores, charges or maintains a personal delivery device.

(o) “ Fully autonomous vehicle ” means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system designed to function without a human driver as a Level 4 or Level 5 automation system under the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3016.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-75 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-75
Status: in_force

(1) Within ninety (90) days after July 1, 1970, all persons who on July 1, 1970, are engaged in a business or occupation for which a license is required under the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law shall make application on forms prescribed by the commission for their respective licenses. All such persons shall be permitted, without a license, to continue to engage in the business or occupation for which a license is applied for until the license is either granted or, in case it is denied, until the applicant has exhausted or has had an opportunity to exhaust all of his remedies under Section 63-17-99 . No person not engaged in a business or occupation requiring such a license on July 1, 1970, shall be permitted to engage in such business or occupation until he shall have first obtained a license to engage in such business or occupation.

(2)(a) Applications for licenses shall:

(i) Be verified by the oath or affirmation of the applicants;

(ii) Be on forms prescribed by the commission and furnished to such applicants; and

(iii) Contain such information as the commission deems necessary to enable it to fully determine the qualifications and eligibility of the several applicants to receive the license or licenses applied for.

(b) The commission shall require that there be set forth in each application information relating to:

(i) The applicant's financial standing;

(ii) The applicant's business integrity;

(iii) Whether the applicant has an established place of business and is primarily engaged in the pursuit, avocation or business for which a license or licenses is applied for; and

(iv) Whether the applicant is able to properly conduct the business for which a license or licenses is applied for, and such other pertinent information consistent with the safeguarding of the public interest and public welfare.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2), applications for license as a motor vehicle dealer shall be accompanied by the filing, with the commission, of a bona fide contract or franchise then in effect between the applicant and a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler of the new motor vehicle or vehicles proposed to be dealt in, unless such contract or franchise has already been filed with the commission in connection with a previous application made by such applicant, in which event the applicant shall, in lieu of again filing the contract or franchise, identify the contract or franchise by appropriate reference and file all revisions and additions, if any, which have been made to said contract or franchise.

(d) The applicant must furnish satisfactory evidence that he or it maintains adequate space in the building or structure wherein his or its established business is conducted for the display of new motor vehicles, or he will have such facilities within a reasonable time after receiving a license, and that he or it has or will have adequate facilities in said building or structure for the repair and servicing of motor vehicles and the storage of new parts and accessories for same. However, the failure to furnish the evidence called for in this paragraph shall not constitute sufficient cause for denying a license to any motor vehicle dealer who, on July 1, 1970, was an enfranchised new motor vehicle dealer in this state of a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler of new motor vehicles and who continued to be such a dealer from such date until application was made for a license as a motor vehicle dealer.

(3)(a) New applications for licenses as a new, used or wholesale motor vehicle dealer shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsections (1) and (2), be accompanied by the filing with the commission of a corporate surety bond in the penal sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) on a bond form approved by the commission. However, an applicant for licenses at multiple locations may choose to provide a corporate surety bond in the penal sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) covering all licensed locations of the same capacity in lieu of separate bonds for each location.

(b) The bond shall be in effect upon the applicant being licensed and shall be conditioned upon his complying with the provisions of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law. The bond shall be an indemnity for any loss sustained by any person by reason of the acts of the person bonded when those acts constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of license. The bond shall be executed in the name of the State of Mississippi for the benefit of any aggrieved party. The aggregate liability of the surety for any claimants, regardless of the number of years this bond is in force or has been in effect, shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The proceeds of the bond shall be paid upon receipt by the commission of a final judgment from a Mississippi court of competent jurisdiction against the principal and in favor of an aggrieved party.

(4) New, used and wholesale motor vehicle dealers shall be required to maintain motor vehicle liability insurance providing blanket coverage on vehicles operated on the public streets and highways of this state, including vehicles in dealership inventory unless the motor vehicle dealer's inventory does not have a motor. Evidence of liability insurance for business and inventory vehicles shall be filed with the application for license, and the application for license shall be denied if proof of liability insurance satisfactory to the Department of Revenue is not provided.

(5) Except as expressly permitted by Section 63-17-109 , no motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch or subsidiary thereof is, directly through any parent, subsidiary or affiliated entity, whether or not such motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch or subsidiary thereof has entered into a franchise with any person or entity in this state, eligible to:

(a) Own any ownership interest in, operate or control any motor vehicle dealer or dealership in this state for the same type or classification of motor vehicle that it manufactures or distributes;

(b) Apply for a motor vehicle dealers license; or

(c) Be licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-65 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-65
Status: in_force

The chairman and members of the commission shall receive per diem in the amount set forth in Section 25-3-69 for each and every day actually and necessarily spent in attending the meetings of the commission, and shall be reimbursed for their reasonable subsistence and traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with Section 25-3-41 . The chairman shall require itemized statements of all such reimbursable expenses and shall audit or cause to be audited such statements before approving the same for payment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-47 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-47
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen (16) inches square.

(2) During the period described in Section 63-7-11 , any vehicle transporting a load of timber products that extends four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of that vehicle, shall have affixed as close as practical to the end of the load a rotating or oscillating amber strobe-type lamp or light-emitting diode light.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-3
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-19 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-19
Status: in_force

(1) Each car sharing program agreement made in the state shall disclose to the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver:

(a) Any right of the peer-to-peer car sharing program to seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the car sharing program agreement;

(b) That a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued to the shared vehicle owner for the shared vehicle or to the shared vehicle driver does not provide a defense or indemnification for any claim asserted by the peer-to-peer car sharing program;

(c) That the peer-to-peer car sharing program's insurance coverage on the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver is in effect only during each car sharing period and that, for any use of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle driver after the car sharing termination time, the shared vehicle driver and the shared vehicle owner may not have insurance coverage;

(d) The daily rate, fees, and if applicable, any insurance or protection package costs that are charged to the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver;

(e) That the shared vehicle owner's motor vehicle liability insurance may not provide coverage for a shared vehicle;

(f) An emergency telephone number to personnel capable of fielding roadside assistance and other customer service inquiries; and

(g) If there are conditions under which a shared vehicle driver must maintain a personal automobile insurance policy with certain applicable coverage limits on a primary basis in order to book a shared motor vehicle.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-61 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-61
Status: in_force

The commission shall meet at Jackson and complete its organization immediately after the entire membership thereof has been appointed and has qualified.

The chairman and each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by Section 268 of the constitution of this state , and shall file the same in the office of the secretary of state.

The commission shall purchase either a blanket position honesty or faithful performance bond from some surety company authorized to do business in this state in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), made payable to the State of Mississippi, conditioned for the honest and faithful performance of the duties of the chairman and each member of the commission, the executive secretary of the commission and all other employees of the commission, said bond to be approved by the governor and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The commission shall keep such a bond in force at all times and from and after the date the commission is organized.

A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Neither the chairman nor the vice-chairman, when the vice-chairman is presiding, shall be entitled to vote unless his vote is necessary to break a tie vote.

The commission shall adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of its records and orders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-27 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-27
Status: in_force

Stop lights shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake and shall be capable of being seen and distinguished from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle in normal daylight. Stop lights shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.

A stop light may be incorporated with a tail lamp.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-11 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-11
Status: in_force

With each initial application for a license, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner at the time of making the application a license fee of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), and for renewal applications, an annual renewal fee of Four Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($475.00) for each calendar year for each place of business so operated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-10-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 10-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-10-3
Status: in_force

(1) A state highway patrol officer, in lieu of arrest for a traffic violation, may issue a citation, as would be appropriate under the circumstances, to any motorist who is a resident of this state or holds a license issued by a reciprocating state and shall not, subject to the exceptions noted in subsection (2) of this section, require such motorist to post collateral or bond to secure his appearance but shall accept such motorist's drivers license in lieu of bond or security as provided by Section 63-9-25, Mississippi Code of 1972 , provided, however, that a person so charged shall have the right, upon his request, to post collateral or bond in a manner as provided by law, and in such case, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply.

(2) No motorist shall be entitled to receive a citation under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section nor shall any state highway patrol officer issue a citation as provided for therein if the offense be included in the following:

(a) An offense for which the issuance of a citation in lieu of a hearing or the posting of collateral or bond is prohibited by the laws of this state; or

(b) An offense for which state statutes require the revocation or suspension of a motorist's license.

(3) Upon the failure of any resident or nonresident to comply with the terms of a traffic citation, the issuing officer shall request that a warrant be issued and shall report same to the commissioner of public safety or his duly authorized agent, who shall suspend such person's drivers license until such time as a disposition is had on said undisposed of traffic citation. Such report shall clearly identify the person charged; describe the violation, specify the statute, code or ordinance violated; indicate the location of the offense; give a description of the vehicle involved; and show the registration or license number of the vehicle. Such report shall be signed by the issuing officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-41 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-41
Status: in_force

If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a chemical test under the provisions of this chapter, evidence of refusal shall be admissible in any criminal action under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-19 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 35-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-19
Status: in_force

(1) A person may operate a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task if:

(a) The automated driving system will issue a request to intervene whenever the automated driving system is not capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task with the expectation that the person will respond appropriately to the request; and

(b) The automated driving system is capable of being operated in compliance with rules of the road governed by Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972 , when reasonable to do so unless an exemption has been granted by the Department of Public Safety.

(2) Nothing in this chapter prohibits or restricts a human driver from operating a fully autonomous vehicle equipped with controls that allow for the human driver to control all or part of the dynamic driving task.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-221 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-221
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-221
Status: in_force

The purchaser shall submit a copy of the Bill of Sale and the Final Order to the Department of Revenue along with such forms as may be prescribed by it for the issuance of a new title to the purchaser.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-7 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 23 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-7
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not operate as a warrantor or represent to the public that the person is a warrantor unless the person is registered with the Motor Vehicle Commission on a form prescribed by the Motor Vehicle Commission.

(2) Warrantor registration records shall be filed annually and shall be updated by the warrantor within thirty (30) days of any change. The registration records shall contain the following information:

(a) The warrantor's name, any other names under which the warrantor does business in the state, principal office address and telephone number;

(b) The names of the warrantor's executive officer or officers directly responsible for the warrantor's vehicle protection product business;

(c) The name, address and telephone number of any administrators designated by the warrantor to be responsible for the administration of vehicle protection product warranties in this state;

(d) A copy of the warranty reimbursement insurance policy or policies or other financial information required by Section 63-29-11 below;

(e) A copy of each warranty the warrantor proposes to use in this state; and

(f) A statement indicating under which provision of Section 63-29-9 that the warrantor qualifies to do business in this state as a warrantor.

(3) The Motor Vehicle Commission may charge each registrant a reasonable fee to offset the cost of processing the registration and maintaining the records. Such fee shall be set by the Motor Vehicle Commission in an amount not to exceed the amount necessary to defray the Motor Vehicle Commission's expenses in administering this chapter.

(4) If a registrant fails to register by the renewal deadline, the Motor Vehicle Commission shall give the registrant written notice of the failure and the registrant will have thirty (30) days to complete the renewal of the registration before the registration is revoked. Revocation for failure to renew a registration does not require any additional notice or a hearing.

(5) An administrator or person who sells or solicits a sale of a vehicle protection product but who is not a warrantor shall not be required to register as a warrantor or be licensed under the insurance laws of this state to sell vehicle protection products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-16-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 16-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-16-5
Status: in_force

(1) A law enforcement officer or authorized employee of a law enforcement agency may, during the course of a traffic stop or accident investigation, access the verification system established under Section 63-16-3 to verify whether a motor vehicle is covered by a valid motor vehicle liability policy in at least the minimum amounts required under Section 63-15-3(j) .

(2) The response received from the system supersedes an insurance card produced by a motor vehicle operator, and notwithstanding the display of an insurance card by the operator, the law enforcement officer may issue a complaint and notice to appear to the operator for a violation of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Law. A law enforcement officer may exercise discretion in issuing a citation during the first sixty (60) days after proof of temporary insurance is issued by an insurance company, if the verification system shows that the insured's policy is expired and the operator provides proof of insurance with a new insurance company or a new insurance card.

(3) Except upon reasonable cause to believe that a driver has violated another traffic regulation or that the driver's motor vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, a law enforcement officer may not use the verification system to stop a driver for operating a motor vehicle in violation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-27 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-27
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance may promulgate rules and regulations that are necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter provided that such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-53 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 21-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-53
Status: in_force

If a security interest in a previously registered vehicle is perfected under any other applicable law of this state as of August 9, 1968, and if a security interest in a previously registered manufactured home or mobile home is perfected under any other applicable law of this state as of July 1, 1999, the security interest continues perfected until its perfection lapses under the law under which it was perfected. This would apply only to vehicles, manufactured homes or mobile homes not required to be titled under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-39 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-39
Status: in_force

The court having jurisdiction or the prosecutor shall not reduce any charge under this chapter to a lesser charge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-27-3
Status: in_force

Any nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash part manufactured or supplied for use in this state on or after January 1, 1991, shall have affixed thereto or inscribed thereon the logo, identification number, or name of its manufacturer. Such manufacturer's logo, identification number or name shall be visible after installation whenever practicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-37-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 35 / Section 37-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-37-9
Status: in_force

In authorizing a towing and recovery service to perform towing services, any law enforcement officer may utilize the services of a tow list, provided:

(a) They are under no obligation to include or retain the services of any towing and recovery service in any contract or agreement with respect to any tow list established pursuant to this subsection. A towing and recovery service is subject to removal from a towing list at any time; and

(b) An owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle may request a specific towing and recovery service and that request shall be honored by the law enforcement officer unless the requested towing and recovery service cannot perform the requested towing and recovery service or does not respond in a reasonable time, as determined by the law enforcement officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-16-5 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 16-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-16-5
Status: in_force

(1) A law enforcement officer or authorized employee of a law enforcement agency may, during the course of a traffic stop or accident investigation, access the verification system established under Section 63-16-3 to verify whether a motor vehicle is covered by a valid motor vehicle liability policy in at least the minimum amounts required under Section 63-15-3(j) .

(2) The response received from the system supersedes an insurance card produced by a motor vehicle operator, and notwithstanding the display of an insurance card by the operator, the law enforcement officer may issue a complaint and notice to appear to the operator for a violation of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Law. A law enforcement officer may exercise discretion in issuing a citation during the first sixty (60) days after proof of temporary insurance is issued by an insurance company, if the verification system shows that the insured's policy is expired and the operator provides proof of insurance with a new insurance company or a new insurance card.

(3) Except upon reasonable cause to believe that a driver has violated another traffic regulation or that the driver's motor vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, a law enforcement officer may not use the verification system to stop a driver for operating a motor vehicle in violation of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-7 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 23 / Section 35-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-7
Status: repealed

(1) Prior to operating a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver, a person shall submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Department of Public Safety that describes:

(a) How to communicate with a fleet support specialist who is available during the times the vehicle is in operation;

(b) How to safely remove the fully autonomous vehicle from the roadway and steps to safely tow the vehicle;

(c) How to recognize whether the fully autonomous vehicle is in autonomous mode;

(d) Any additional information the manufacturer or owner deems necessary regarding hazardous conditions or public safety risks associated with the operation of the fully autonomous vehicle; and

(e) Other elements determined to be necessary by the Department of Public Safety and made publicly available on the Department of Public Safety's website by July 1, 2023.

(2) If a person fails to submit a law enforcement interaction plan prescribed by subsection (1) of this section, the Department of Public Safety may immediately issue a cease-and-desist letter prohibiting the operation of the person's fully autonomous vehicle on public roads of this state until the person submits the law enforcement interaction plan.

(3) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-56 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-56
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-56
Status: in_force

The commissioner, or his duly authorized representative, for the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter and for the purpose of determining whether persons are subject to the provisions of this chapter, may examine persons licensed under this chapter and persons reasonably suspected by the commissioner of conducting business that requires a license under this chapter, including all relevant books, records and papers employed by those persons in the transaction of their business, and may summon witnesses and examine them under oath concerning matters relating to the business of those persons, or such other matters as may be relevant to the discovery of violations of this chapter, including without limitation the conduct of business without a license as required by this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-105 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-105
Status: in_force

(a) “Farm tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.

(b) “Road tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.

(c) “Truck tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-31 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-31
Status: in_force

Judgments referred to in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied:

(a) When Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person as the result of any one (1) accident; or

(b) When, subject to such limit of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person, the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons as the result of any one (1) accident; or

(c) When Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one (1) accident.

However, payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-105 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-105
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) The height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from, and perpendicular to, the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the fender.

(b) “ Fender ” means the pressed and formed part mounted over the road wheels of a motor vehicle to reduce the splashing of mud, water or similar substances.

(c) “ Squatted vehicles ” means vehicles whose front fenders have been raised four (4) or more inches greater than the rear fenders. The described modification makes a vehicle appear as if it is “squatting” on its back tires.

(2)(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a passenger motor vehicle on the streets or highways of this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame or chassis, the height of the front fender is raised four (4) or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender.

(b) Motor vehicles equipped with high clearance fenders to allow for increased front suspension articulation shall be exempt from the provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(3) A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction:

(a) For a first offense, shall be fined One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);

(b) For a second offense, shall be fined Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); and

(c) For a third or subsequent offense, shall be fined Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and have his or her license suspended by the Commission of Public Safety for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of conviction.

(4) Only offenses which occur within five (5) years of each other, including and immediately preceding the date of the last offense, shall constitute a prior offense within the meaning of this subsection.

(5) The penalties for this section shall take effect one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date. For a period of one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date, state and local law enforcement officers shall only issue warning tickets for a violation of the provisions of this section. From and after January 27, 2025, state and local law enforcement officers shall issue tickets that assess penalties, as outlined in subsection (3) of this section, to drivers of squatted vehicles.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-73 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-73
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or operated, upon the public highways, streets, bridges and culverts within the State of Mississippi, or any subdivision thereof, any car, truck, truck-tractor, trailer or semi-trailer or bus used for the transportation of property or persons the gross weight of which, including load, exceeds ten tons unless such motor vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rear-most wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, so as to prevent as far as possible such wheels from throwing dirt, water and other materials on the windshields of following motor vehicles. However, pole trailers, dump trucks, and all trucks carrying an “F” license tag shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.

(2) Such protectors or flaps shall be constructed of substantial and suitable materials approved by the commissioner of public safety and shall have a ground clearance of not more than one-fifth of the distance from the center of the rear-most axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of loading operation of the motor vehicle. They shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting. However, if the motor vehicle is so designed and constructed that the purposes of this section cannot be met, then, in the discretion of the commissioner of public safety, no such protectors or flaps shall be required. If the said rear-most wheels are not adequately covered at the top by fenders, body or other parts of the vehicle, the said protectors or flaps shall be extended to a point directly above the rear-most axle. Lamps or wiring shall not be attached to protectors or flaps, and any reflectors or reflectorized material attached to or made a part of the protectors or flaps shall be in addition to the reflectors required by law on the vehicle.

(3) The commissioner of public safety is hereby charged with the duty of administering the provisions of this section.

(4) Any person convicted for a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall for the first violation thereof be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days; for a second conviction such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-33 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-33
Status: reserved

If a dealer buys a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within ten (10) days after delivery to him of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, he need not send the certificate to the State Tax Commission. However, upon transferring the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the State Tax Commission prescribes, and deliver the certificate to a designated agent with the transferee's application for a new certificate.

Every dealer shall maintain for five (5) years a record in the form the State Tax Commission prescribes of every vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home bought, sold or exchanged by him or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by a representative of the State Tax Commission or patrol or peace officer during reasonable business hours.

Any person found to be in possession of a vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home with an improperly assigned title which fails to identify the transferee shall immediately establish ownership of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home, register the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home and pay the required tax and penalty. The vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home shall be impounded by state or local law enforcement officials until such time as the person in possession can prove ownership or until the rightful owner is located. In the event the rightful owner cannot be established within thirty (30) days, the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home shall be deemed abandoned and shall be disposed of as provided by law.

An insurance company which obtains title to a motor vehicle as a result of paying a total loss claim resulting from collision, fire, flood or other cause shall obtain a salvage certificate of title in its name for such vehicle from the State Tax Commission. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to vehicles ten (10) years old or older with a value of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or less, or to vehicles with damage which requires the replacement of five (5) or fewer minor components, which such insurer may dispose of by endorsing change in ownership on the certificate of title using space reserved for reassignment of title by licensed dealer without obtaining a salvage certificate of title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-507 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-507
Status: in_force

In every charge of violation of Sections 63-3-501 through 63-3-505, and subsection (2) of Section 63-3-509 the complaint as well as the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven as well as the speed applicable within the district or at the location.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-9
Status: in_force

Automobile owners shall not be required at all times to keep the bill of sale provided for in section 63-17-1 with their automobiles. However, failure to have the same therein shall not excuse them, or any person in possession, from furnishing the information required by section 63-17-5 , and upon affidavit made before the officer demanding the information that the person making the same has good reason to believe and does believe that such automobile is stolen, such officer may, in his discretion, take possession thereof and retain the same for such reasonable time as may be required for the necessary investigation to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-76 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-76
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-76
Status: in_force

(1) Every application for the issuance of a used motor vehicle dealer's license shall be accompanied by such evidence as the State Tax Commission shall prescribe, documenting the completion of an education seminar conducted by the Mississippi Independent Auto Dealers Association during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of application. Completion of an eight-hour licensing seminar conducted by the Mississippi Independent Auto Dealers Association shall be required for an initial license. All seminars must be approved by the State Tax Commission. The education requirements of this section shall not apply to:

(a) Used motor vehicle dealer the primary business of which is the sale of salvage vehicles on behalf of insurers;

(b) A manufactured home dealer; or

(c) A franchised new car dealer licensed under the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law or any employee of such a dealer.

(2) The Mississippi Independent Auto Dealers Association shall submit to the State Tax Commission a complete and specific description of the seminars it conducts pursuant to this section, a description of how the seminar will benefit licensees in conducting their businesses, the number of hours involved, a description of the method which will be used to ensure attendance, and copies of any instructional materials which will be provided to attendees. At the time approval is granted, the State Tax Commission shall determine how many hours of education may be received by attending the program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-79 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-79
Status: in_force

The license issued to each motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, factory branch or division, distributor branch or division, or wholesaler branch or division, shall specify the location of the factory, office, branch or division thereof. In case such location is changed, the commission shall endorse the change of location on the license without charge if it be within the same county. A change of location to another county shall require a new license.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-38 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-38
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-38
Status: in_force

Should a scrap metal processor or used motor vehicle parts dealer be presented the certificate of title or vehicle license plate for any vehicle or scrap vehicle purchased, that scrap metal processor or used motor vehicle parts dealer shall mail or deliver the same to the Department of Revenue as required by law. In lieu of a certificate of title, an affidavit in accordance with the provisions of Section 63-21-39(1) shall be obtained by a scrap metal processor. All other requirements of Section 63-21-39(1) shall be complied with and any other rules promulgated according to that section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-1 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-1
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Highway Safety Patrol and Driver's License Law of 1938.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-9
Status: in_force

(1) No vehicle protection product shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless the vehicle protection product warrantor can prove financial solvency as provided under subsection (2) of this section or is insured under a warranty insurance policy meeting the following conditions in order to ensure adequate performance under the warranty:

(a) The warranty reimbursement insurance policy is issued by an insurer authorized to do business in this state and provides that the insurer will pay to, or on behalf of, the warrantor one hundred percent (100%) of all sums that the warrantor is legally obligated to pay according to the warrantor's contractual obligations under the warrantor's vehicle protection product warranty;

(b) A true and correct copy of the warranty reimbursement insurance policy has been filed with the Motor Vehicle Commission by the warrantor; and

(c) The policy contains the provisions required by Section 63-29-11 .

(2) As an alternative to warranty reimbursement insurance under subsection (1) of this section, the vehicle's protection warrantor or its parent company must:

(a) Maintain a net worth of stockholders' equity of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00); and

(b) Provide the Motor Vehicle Commission with a copy of the warrantor's or the warrantor's parent company's most recent Form 10-K or Form 20-F filed with the Securities Exchange Commission within the last calendar year or, if the warrantor does not file with the Securities Exchange Commission, a copy of the warrantor's or the warrantor's parent company's audited financial statements that shows a net worth of the warrantor or its parent company of at least Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00). If the warrantor's parent company's Form 10-K, Form 20-F or audited financial statements are filed to meet the warrantor's financial stability requirement, then the parent company shall agree to guarantee the obligations of the warrantor relating to the warranties issued by the warrantor in this state. The audited financial statements filed pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from public disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-13 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 25 / Section 29-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-13
Status: in_force

(1) Every vehicle protection product warranty shall be written in clear, understandable language and shall be printed or typed in an easy-to-read point size and font and shall not be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the warranty:

(a) Contains a disclosure that reads substantially as follows: “This agreement is a product warranty and is not insurance.”;

(b) Identifies the warrantor, the administrator (if any), the seller and the warranty holder;

(c) Sets forth the procedure for making a claim, including a telephone number;

(d) Sets forth the total purchase price and the terms under which it is to be paid, however, the purchase price is not required to be preprinted on the vehicle protection product warranty and may be negotiated with the consumer at the time of sale;

(e) Sets forth any terms, restrictions or conditions governing transferability of the warranty, if any;

(f) Conspicuously sets forth all of the obligations and duties of the warranty holder such as the duty to protect against any further damage to the vehicle, the obligation to notify the warrantor in advance of any repair or other similar requirements, if any;

(g) Conspicuously states the existence of a deductible amount, if any;

(h) Specifies the payments or performance to be provided under the warranty including payments for incidental costs, the manner of calculation or determination of payments or performance and any limitations, exceptions or exclusions;

(i) Sets forth the conditions on which substitution will be allowed;

(j) Conspicuously states that the obligations of the warrantor to the warranty holder are insured under a warranty reimbursement insurance policy;

(k) Conspicuously states that, in the event a warranty holder must make a claim against a party other than the warranty reimbursement insurance policy issuer, the warranty holder is entitled to make a direct claim against the insurer upon the failure of the warrantor to pay any claim or meet any obligation under the terms of the warranty within sixty (60) days after proof of loss has been filed with the warrantor; and

(l) Conspicuously states the name and address of the issuer of the warranty reimbursement insurance policy. This information need not be preprinted on the warranty form but may be stamped on the warranty.

(2) At the time of sale, the seller or warrantor shall provide to the purchaser:

(a) A copy of the vehicle protection product warranty; or

(b) A receipt or other written evidence of the purchase of the vehicle protection product and a copy of the warranty within thirty (30) days of the date of purchase.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:

1. A certificate of insurance as provided in Section 63-15-39 or Section 63-15-41 ; or

2. A bond as provided in Section 63-15-49 ; or

3. A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 63-15-51 ; or

4. A certificate of self-insurance as provided in Section 63-15-53 , supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to said self-insurer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-23 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-39-23
Status: in_force

A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a GPS system or other special equipment that is put in or on the vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction, and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the sharing period not caused by the vehicle owner. The peer-to-peer car sharing program has the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the sharing period.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-9
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be taught in the eighth grade of each and every public school of this state. The state superintendent of public education and the county superintendent of each county are hereby directed and required to carry out the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-17 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-17
Status: in_force

(1) Spot lamps. Any motor vehicle or motorcycle may be equipped with not to exceed one (1) spot lamp. Every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the beam will be directed into the eyes of the approaching driver. Spot lamps may not emit other than either a white or amber light.

(2) Auxiliary driving lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve (12) nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface of which the vehicle stands. Every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) Signal lamps. Whenever a motor vehicle is equipped with a signal lamp to comply with the provisions of section 63-3-709 , the signal lamp shall be so constructed and located on the vehicle as to give a signal which shall be plainly visible in normal sunlight from a distance of one hundred (100) feet to the rear of the vehicle but shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-47 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-47
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen (16) inches square.

(2) During the period described in Section 63-7-11 , any vehicle transporting a load of timber products that extends four (4) feet or more beyond the rear or body of that vehicle, shall have affixed as close as practical to the end of the load a rotating or oscillating amber strobe-type lamp or light-emitting diode light.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-25-7 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-25-7
Status: in_force

(1) Any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part with vehicle identification numbers or marks which have been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed, disguised, falsified, forged, obliterated or removed may be seized and detained by law enforcement officials for a determination of the true identity of such property. Any such property seized by law enforcement officials, when ownership cannot be determined, shall be contraband and subject to forfeiture.

(2) Any tool, implement or instrumentality used or possessed in connection with any violation of Section 63-25-5 , may be seized by a member of a state or local law enforcement agency upon process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Seizure of property described in subsections (1) or (2) of this section may be made by a member of a state or local law enforcement agency without process:

(a) If in accordance with any applicable law or regulation;

(b) If the seizure is incident to inspection under an administrative inspection;

(c) If the seizure is incident to search made under a search warrant;

(d) If the seizure is incident to a lawful arrest;

(e) If the seizure is made pursuant to a valid consent to search;

(f) If the property seized has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the state in a criminal proceeding, or in an injunction or forfeiture proceeding pursuant to Sections 63-25-1 through 63-25-11 ;

(g) If there are reasonable grounds to believe that the property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or safety; or

(h) If the property is a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part seized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(4) When property is seized pursuant to this section, the seizing agency may remove the property to a place selected and designated by the seizing agency.

(5) No civil liability shall be attached to any law enforcement officer acting in good faith in regard to the seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, tools, implements or instrumentalities pursuant to Sections 63-25-1 through 63-25-11 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-219 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-219
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-219
Status: in_force

Upon the commissioner filing a report with the court attaching a copy of the sheriff's report of the sale and a list of the actual or proposed disbursements from the accepted bid, the court may enter a final order approving the sale and the disbursement of the proceeds from the accepted bid and include such other provisions as deemed appropriate by the court. The court may enter any other order finally disposing of the proceeding, including an order of dismissal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-7 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 15-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-7
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration, but may not require fees from insurance companies, and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by orders or acts of the department under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Any order or act of the department, under the provisions of this chapter, may be subject to review within ten days after notice thereof, by appeal to the county court at the instance of any party in interest and in the county wherein the person aggrieved by such order or act resides, or if there be no county court therein, then such jurisdiction shall be in the circuit court of said county, and such court is hereby vested with jurisdiction. The court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the department. The court may, in disposing of the issue before it, modify, affirm, or reverse the order or decision of the department in whole or in part.

(3) Trial in the court shall be de novo, with the burden of proof upon the department. The same shall be tried without regard to any prior holding of fact or law by the department, and judgment entered only upon the evidence offered at the trial by the court. A trial by jury may be had under the rules of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-55 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 11 / Section 21-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-55
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 63-21-53 , the method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require or relate to the filing and recording of instruments creating or evidencing security interests.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-59 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-59
Status: in_force

Each of the members appointed to the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Mississippi and a qualified elector of the jurisdiction from which appointed, and each shall be of good moral character. The members of the commission initially appointed by the attorney general and the secretary of state and all members subsequently appointed by them shall never have been engaged in the manufacture, distribution or sale of motor vehicles and shall not thereafter be so engaged as long as they are members of the commission. The members of the commission initially appointed by the governor and all such members subsequently appointed by an incumbent governor shall be qualified to receive a license under the provisions of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law and shall be holders of a current license within ninety days after their respective appointments and shall continue to be holders of a current license at all times thereafter so long as they are such members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-23 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-29-23
Status: in_force

(1) Any warrantor doing business in this state in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed to have appointed the Motor Vehicle Commission its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it.

(2) Any warrantor doing business in this state, operating without the authority provided by this chapter, shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-103 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-103
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law shall be construed to prohibit the sale of a new motor vehicle by any person who is not required to be licensed under said law. However, only a motor vehicle dealer as defined in Section 63-17-55 shall have the right to advertise or represent, publicly or otherwise, that a motor vehicle is new in connection with its sale, exchange or other disposition. Any person who is not such a motor vehicle dealer and who advertises or represents that a motor vehicle is new in connection with its sale, exchange or other disposition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in the manner provided for by Section 63-17-105 . However, nothing in this section shall apply to (a) any lease by a motor vehicle manufacturer operating a project as defined in Section 57-75-5(f)(iv) 1 or Section 57-75-5(f)(xxi) of three (3) or fewer motor vehicles at any one time and related vehicle maintenance, of any line of vehicle produced by the manufacturer or its subsidiaries, to any one (1) employee of the motor vehicle manufacturer on a direct basis, or any sale or other disposition of such motor vehicles by the motor vehicle manufacturer at the end of a lease through direct sales to employees of the manufacturer or through an open auction or auction limited to dealers of the manufacturer's vehicle line or its subsidiaries' vehicle lines; or (b) any sale or other disposition by such a motor vehicle manufacturer of motor vehicles for which the manufacturer obtained distinguishing number tags under Section 27-19-309(8) .

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this section may be enjoined from further violations of such provisions by writ of injunction issued out of a court of equity upon a bill filed in the name of the state by the Attorney General, or any district or county attorney whose duty requires him to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state, in the county where such violation occurred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-21 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-21
Status: in_force

If a person refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a chemical test of his breath designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in Section 63-11-5 , none shall be given, but the officer shall at that point demand the driver's license of the person, who shall deliver his driver's license into the hands of the officer. If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test under the provisions of this chapter, the person shall be informed by the law enforcement officer that the refusal to submit to the test shall subject him to suspension of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle. The officer shall give the driver a receipt for his license on forms prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The officer shall forward the driver's license together with a sworn report to the Commissioner of Public Safety stating that he had reasonable grounds and probable cause to believe the person had been operating a motor vehicle upon the public highways, public roads and streets of this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any other substance which may impair a person's mental or physical ability, stating the grounds, and that the person had refused to submit to the chemical test of his breath upon request of the law enforcement officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-31 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-31
Status: in_force

Judgments referred to in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied:

(a) When Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person as the result of any one (1) accident; or

(b) When, subject to such limit of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person, the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons as the result of any one (1) accident; or

(c) When Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one (1) accident.

However, payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-107 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-107
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-21-101 , an owner of a vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance that has been seized shall file an answer within thirty (30) days after the completion of service of process. If an answer is not filed, the court shall hear evidence that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture and forfeit the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance to the local law enforcement agency. If an answer is filed, a time for hearing on forfeiture shall be set within thirty (30) days of filing the answer or at the succeeding term of court if court would not be in progress within thirty (30) days after filing the answer. Provided, however, that upon request by the local law enforcement agency or the owner of the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance, the court may postpone said forfeiture hearing to a date past the time any criminal action is pending against said owner.

(2) If the owner of the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance has filed an answer denying that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture, then the burden is on the petitioner to prove that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture. However, if an answer has not been filed by the owner of the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance, the petition for forfeiture may be introduced into evidence and is prima facie evidence that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture. The standard of proof placed upon the petitioner in regard to a vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance forfeited under the provisions of this article shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.

(3) At the hearing any claimant of any right, title or interest in the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance may prove his lien, encumbrance, security interest, or other interest in the nature of a security interest, to be bona fide and created without knowledge or consent that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance was to be used so as to cause the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance to be subject to forfeiture.

(4) If it is found that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture, then the judge shall forfeit the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance to the local law enforcement agency. However, if proof at the hearing discloses that the interest of any bona fide lienholder, secured party, other person holding an interest in the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance in the nature of a security interest or any holder of a bona fide encumbrance is greater than or equal to the present value of the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance, the court shall order the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance released to him. If such interest is less than the present value of the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance and if the proof shows that the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance is subject to forfeiture, the court shall order the vehicle, trailer or similar conveyance forfeited to the local law enforcement agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-21 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-21
Status: in_force

(1) This section shall be known as the Uniform Traffic Ticket Law.

(2) All traffic tickets, except traffic tickets filed electronically as provided under subsection (8) of this section, shall be printed in the original and at least two (2) copies and such other copies as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety. All traffic tickets shall be uniform as prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Attorney General, except as otherwise provided in subsection (3)(b) and except that the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Attorney General may alter the form and content of traffic tickets to meet the varying requirements of the different law enforcement agencies. The Commissioner of Public Safety and the Attorney General shall prescribe a separate traffic ticket, consistent with the provisions of subsection (3)(b) of this section, to be used exclusively for violations of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law.

(3)(a) Every traffic ticket issued by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, county patrol officer, municipal police officer or State Highway Patrol officer for any violation of traffic or motor vehicle laws shall be issued on the uniform traffic ticket or uniform implied consent violation ticket consisting of an original and at least two (2) copies and such other copies as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety.

(b) The traffic ticket, citation or affidavit issued to a person arrested for a violation of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law shall contain a place for the trial judge hearing the case or accepting the guilty plea, as the case may be, to sign, stating that the person arrested either employed an attorney or waived his right to an attorney after having been properly advised of his right to have an attorney. If the person arrested employed an attorney, the name, address and telephone number of the attorney shall be entered or written on the ticket, citation or affidavit.

(c) Every traffic ticket shall show, among other necessary information, the name of the issuing officer, the name of the court in which the cause is to be heard, and the date and time the person is to appear to answer the charge. The ticket shall include information that will constitute a complaint charging the offense for which the ticket was issued, and when duly sworn to and filed with a court of competent jurisdiction, prosecution may proceed thereunder.

(d) The traffic ticket shall contain a space to include the current address and current telephone number of the person being charged. It shall not contain a space to include the social security number of the person being charged.

(4) All traffic tickets, except traffic tickets filed electronically under subsection (8) of this section, shall be bound in book form, shall be consecutively numbered and each traffic ticket shall be accounted for to the officer issuing such book. The traffic ticket books shall be issued to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and county patrol officers by the chancery clerk of their respective counties, to each municipal police officer by the clerk of the municipal court, and to each State Highway Patrol officer by the Commissioner of Public Safety.

(5) The chancery clerk, clerk of the municipal court and the Commissioner of Public Safety shall keep a record of all traffic ticket books issued and to whom issued, accounting for all books printed and issued. All traffic tickets submitted electronically shall be filed automatically with the Commissioner of Public Safety and either the clerk of the municipal court or clerk of the justice court using the system of electronic submission for the purpose of maintaining a record of account as prescribed by this subsection (5).

(6) The original traffic ticket, unless the traffic ticket is filed electronically as provided under subsection (8) of this section, shall be delivered by the officer issuing the traffic ticket to the clerk of the court to which it is returnable to be retained in that court's records and the number noted on the docket. However, if a ticket is issued and the person is incarcerated based upon the conduct for which the ticket was issued, the ticket shall be filed with the clerk of the court to which it is returnable no later than 5:00 p.m. on the next business day, excluding weekends and holidays, after the date and time of the person's incarceration; however, failure to timely file the traffic ticket shall not be grounds for dismissal of the traffic ticket and shall not prevent the person's release from incarceration. The officer issuing the traffic ticket shall also give the accused a copy of the traffic ticket. The clerk of the court shall file a copy with the Commissioner of Public Safety within forty-five (45) days after judgment is rendered showing such information about the judgment as may be required by the commissioner or, in cases in which no judgment has been rendered, within one hundred twenty (120) days after issuance of the ticket. Other copies that are prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be filed or retained as may be designated by the commissioner. All copies shall be retained for at least two (2) years.

(7) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

(8)(a) Law enforcement officers and agencies may file traffic tickets, including tickets issued for a violation of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law and general misdemeanor affidavits, by computer or electronic means if the ticket or affidavit conforms in all substantive respects, including layout and content, as provided under subsections (2) or (3)(b) of this section. The provisions of subsection (4) of this section requiring tickets bound in book form do not apply to a ticket that is produced by computer or electronic means. Information concerning tickets produced by computer or electronic means shall be available for public inspection in substantially the same manner as provided for the uniform tickets described in subsection (2) of this section.

(b) The defendant shall be provided with a paper copy of the ticket. A law enforcement officer who files a ticket or misdemeanor affidavit electronically shall be considered to have certified, signed and sworn to the ticket or misdemeanor affidavit and has the same rights, responsibilities and liabilities as with all other tickets or affidavits issued pursuant to this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-51 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-51
Status: in_force

A lienholder named in a notice of security interest filed by the State Tax Commission shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-205 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-205
Status: in_force

(1) Manufacturer or distributor termination. (a) A manufacturer or distributor, directly or through any authorized officer, agent or employee, may not terminate, cancel or fail to renew a manufacturer-dealer agreement without good cause. If the manufacturer or distributor terminates, cancels or fails to renew the manufacturer-dealer agreement without good cause, the manufacturer or distributor must comply with Section 63-17-207 . If the manufacturer or distributor terminates, cancels or fails to renew the manufacturer-dealer agreement for good cause, Section 63-17-207 does not apply.

(b) The manufacturer or distributor has the burden of showing good cause for terminating, canceling or failing to renew a manufacturer-dealer agreement with a dealer. For purposes of determining whether there is good cause for the proposed action, any of the following factors may be considered:

(i) The extent of the affected dealer's penetration in the area of sales responsibility.

(ii) The nature and extent of the dealer's investment in its business.

(iii) The adequacy of the dealer's service facilities, equipment, parts, supplies and personnel.

(iv) The effect of the proposed action on the community.

(v) The extent and quality of the dealer's service under recreational vehicle warranties.

(vi) The failure to follow agreed-upon procedures or standards related to the overall operation of the dealership.

(vii) The dealer's performance under the terms of its manufacturer-dealer agreement.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a manufacturer or distributor shall provide a dealer with at least ninety (90) days' prior written notice of termination, cancellation or nonrenewal of the manufacturer-dealer agreement if the dealer is being terminated for good cause.

(i) The notice must state all reasons for the proposed termination, cancellation or nonrenewal and must further state that if, within thirty (30) days following receipt of the notice the dealer provides to the manufacturer or distributor a written notice of intent to cure all claimed deficiencies, the dealer will then have ninety (90) days following receipt of the notice to rectify the deficiencies. If the deficiencies are rectified within ninety (90) days, the manufacturer's or distributor's notice is voided. If the dealer fails to provide the notice of intent to cure the deficiencies in the prescribed time period, the termination, cancellation or nonrenewal takes effect thirty (30) days after the dealer's receipt of the notice unless the dealer has new and untitled inventory on hand that may be disposed of pursuant to Section 63-17-207 .

(ii) The notice period may be reduced to thirty (30) days if the manufacturer's or distributor's grounds for termination, cancellation or nonrenewal are due to any of the following good cause factors:

1. A dealer or one (1) of its owners being convicted of, or entering a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony;

2. The abandonment or closing of the business operations of the dealer for ten (10) consecutive business days without contacting the manufacturer prior to the closing unless the closing is due to an act of God, strike, labor difficulty, or other cause over which the dealer has no control;

3. A significant misrepresentation by the dealer materially affecting the business relationship;

4. A suspension or revocation of the dealer's license, or refusal to renew the dealer's license;

5. A material violation of Sections 63-17-201 through 63-17-221 which is not cured within thirty (30) days after the written notice by the manufacturer; or

6. A declaration by the dealer of bankruptcy, insolvency or the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or bankruptcy.

(d) The notice provisions of this subsection (1) do not apply if the reason for termination, cancellation or nonrenewal is the dealer's insolvency, the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or bankruptcy.

(2) Dealer termination. (a) A dealer may terminate or cancel its manufacturer-dealer agreement with a manufacturer or distributor with or without good cause by giving thirty (30) days' written notice. If the termination or cancellation is for good cause, the notice must state all reasons for the proposed termination or cancellation and must further state that if, within thirty (30) days following receipt of the notice, the manufacturer or distributor provides to the dealer a written notice of intent to cure all claimed deficiencies, the manufacturer or distributor will then have ninety (90) days following receipt of the original notice to rectify the deficiencies. If the deficiencies are rectified within ninety (90) days, the dealer's notice is voided. If the manufacturer or distributor fails to provide the notice of intent to cure the deficiencies in the time period prescribed in the original notice of termination or cancellation, the pending termination or cancellation shall take effect thirty (30) days after the manufacturer's or distributor's receipt of the original notice.

(b) If the dealer terminates, cancels or fails to renew the manufacturer-dealer agreement without good cause, the terms of Section 63-17-207 do not apply. If the dealer terminates, cancels or fails to renew the manufacturer-dealer agreement with good cause, Section 63-17-207 applies. The dealer has the burden of showing good cause. Any of the following items shall be deemed “good cause” for the proposed termination, cancellation or nonrenewal action by a dealer:

(i) A manufacturer being convicted of, or entering a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony.

(ii) The business operations of the manufacturer have been abandoned or closed for ten (10) consecutive business days without contacting the dealer prior to the closing unless the closing is due to an act of God, strike, labor difficulty, or other cause over which the manufacturer has no control.

(iii) A significant misrepresentation by the manufacturer materially affecting the business relationship.

(iv) A material violation of Sections 63-17-201 through 63-17-221 that is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice by the dealer.

(v) A declaration by the manufacturer of bankruptcy, insolvency, or the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or bankruptcy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-29 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 21-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-29
Status: in_force

If the Department of Revenue is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests created before August 9, 1968, in a previously registered vehicle, or created before July 1, 1999, in a previously registered manufactured home or mobile home, the department may, in addition to the commission's options under Section 63-21-27 :

(a) Issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend “This vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home may be subject to an undisclosed lien” and any other information the department prescribes; or

(b) Issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend “This certificate of title for this [manufactured home/mobile home] is issued pursuant to a filed affidavit of ownership and may be subject to an undisclosed lien” and any other information the department prescribes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 19 / Section 35-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-9
Status: in_force

When an automated driving system installed on a motor vehicle is engaged the automated driving system is considered the driver or operator, for the purpose of assessing compliance with applicable traffic or motor vehicle laws and shall be deemed to satisfy electronically all physical acts required by a driver or operator of the vehicle. The automated driving system is considered to be licensed to operate the vehicle as required under Section 63-1-5 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-215 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-215
Status: in_force

Any interested party may, at any time before a sale is made under the terms and provisions of the sale order, stop a threatened sale of a manufactured or mobile home by paying the amount due to the community owner or landowner on the amount actually past due rather than any amount accelerated, along with all accrued costs, attorneys' fees, commissioners' fees, sheriffs' fees, such taxes due and not paid, with proper interest and penalties thereon. Any such payment or payments shall reinstate, according to the terms of the agreement with the community owner or landowner, the amount so accelerated, the same as if such amount had not been accelerated or put in default.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-9
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Section 63-21-11 , every owner of a motor vehicle as defined in this chapter, which is in this state and which is manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1969, or which is the subject of first sale for use after July 1, 1969, every owner of a manufactured home as defined in this chapter, which is in this state and which is manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1999, or which is the subject of first sale for use after July 1, 1999, and every owner of a fully autonomous vehicle as defined in Section 3 of this act, which is in this state and which is manufactured or assembled after July 1, 2023, or which is the subject of first sale for use after July 1, 2023, shall make application to the Department of Revenue for a certificate of title with the following exceptions:

(a) Voluntary application for title may be made for any model motor vehicle which is in this state after July 1, 1969, for any model manufactured home or mobile home which is in this state after July 1, 1999, and for any model fully autonomous vehicles which is in this state after July 1, 2023, and any person bringing a motor vehicle, manufactured home, mobile home or fully autonomous vehicle into this state from a state which requires titling shall make application for title to the Department of Revenue within thirty (30) days thereafter.

(b) After July 1, 1969, any dealer, acting for himself, or another, who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any new or used vehicle as defined in this chapter, after July 1, 1999, any dealer, acting for himself, or another, who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any new or used manufactured home or mobile home as defined in this chapter, and after July 1, 2023, any dealer, acting for himself, or another, who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any new or used fully autonomous vehicle as defined in Section 3 of this act, or any designated agent, shall furnish to the purchaser or transferee, without charge for either application or certificate of title, an application for title of said vehicle, manufactured home, mobile home or fully autonomous vehicle and cause to be forwarded to the Department of Revenue any and all documents required by the department to issue certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee. The purchaser or transferee may then use the duplicate application for title as a permit to operate vehicle as provided in Section 63-21-67 , until certificate of title is received.

(2)(a) Voluntary application for title may be made for any model all-terrain vehicle which is in this state.

(b) A dealer who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any new or used all-terrain vehicles as defined in this chapter, may furnish to the purchaser or transferee, without charge for either application or certificate of title, an application for title of said vehicle, and cause to be forwarded to the State Tax Commission any and all documents required by the commission to issue certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee.

(3) Any dealer, acting for himself or another who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any vehicle, manufactured home, mobile home or fully autonomous vehicle required to be titled under this chapter who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-1009 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-1009
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-1009
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty (50) feet but not less than fifteen (15) feet from the nearest track of such grade crossing and shall proceed only upon exercise of due care.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-101 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-101
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Mississippi Driver License Compact Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-23-9 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-23-9
Status: in_force

The last-known registered owner of an abandoned motor vehicle and all lienholders of record, when such information is reasonably obtainable, shall be notified by registered or certified mail that such vehicle will be sold pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Said notice shall give such owner and lienholders the date, time and place of sale and name of the person or party who has custody of such vehicle.

If the identity of the last registered owner cannot be determined, or if the registration contains no address for the owner, or if it is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and addresses of all lienholders, notice by three publications once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the motor vehicle was abandoned shall be sufficient to meet all requirements of notice pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-59 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 17-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-59
Status: in_force

Each of the members appointed to the commission shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Mississippi and a qualified elector of the jurisdiction from which appointed, and each shall be of good moral character. The members of the commission initially appointed by the attorney general and the secretary of state and all members subsequently appointed by them shall never have been engaged in the manufacture, distribution or sale of motor vehicles and shall not thereafter be so engaged as long as they are members of the commission. The members of the commission initially appointed by the governor and all such members subsequently appointed by an incumbent governor shall be qualified to receive a license under the provisions of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law and shall be holders of a current license within ninety days after their respective appointments and shall continue to be holders of a current license at all times thereafter so long as they are such members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-135 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-135
Status: in_force

Any person, partnership, association of persons, or corporation damaged by the breach of the contract referred to in Section 63-17-131 , and desiring to take an appeal as provided by Chapter 15, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972 , from the findings of the board of arbitration and award may in each instance of such injury or damage recover all actual damages sustained in addition to the penalties provided in Section 63-17-137 and may maintain its, or his, action against one or more of the parties to said contract, its officers or agents.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-119 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-119
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of a franchise agreement to the contrary, if any motor vehicle dealer or dealer-operator incurs pecuniary loss due to a violation of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law by a manufacturer or distributor, the motor vehicle dealer or dealer-operator may bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction and recover damages, together with costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees.

(2) Venue for any proceeding arising from the franchise agreement shall be in Mississippi and shall be consistent with Mississippi law. It is the public policy of this state that venue provided for in this section may not be modified by contract. Any provision contained in the franchise agreement that requires arbitration or litigation to be conducted outside the State of Mississippi shall be void and unenforceable.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision in a franchise agreement to the contrary, any requirement that a dealer waive its right to a trial by jury is void and unenforceable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-135 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-135
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-3-135
Status: in_force

“Right-of-way” means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-15 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 19 / Section 35-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-35-15
Status: in_force

An on-demand autonomous vehicle network shall be permitted to operate pursuant to state laws governing the operation of transportation network companies, taxis or any other ground transportation for-hire of passengers, with the exception that any provision of law that reasonably applies only to a human driver would not apply to the operation of fully autonomous vehicles with the automated driving system engaged on an on-demand autonomous vehicle network.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-17 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-17
Status: in_force

(1) The renewal of a license originally granted under this chapter may be denied, or a license may be suspended, denied or revoked by the administrator on the following grounds:

(a) Material misstatement in application for license;

(b) Willful failure to comply with provision of this chapter relating to retail installment contracts;

(c) Defrauding any retail buyer to the buyer's damage;

(d) Fraudulent misrepresentation, circumvention or concealment by the licensee through whatever subterfuge or device of any of the material particulars or the nature thereof required to be stated or furnished to the retail buyer under this chapter.

(2) Any licensee who is exempt from liability for an act or omission under Section 63-19-57 shall not have his license suspended or revoked or the renewal of his license denied under this section for the same act or omission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to employ the necessary examiners and other personnel required to administer the provisions of this chapter and to fix their compensation commensurate with their duties. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the commissioner by warrants issued by the State Auditor. Said State Auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid monthly. All travel, subsistence and other expenses shall be audited by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All warrants issued by the State Auditor pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the “Consumer Finance Fund” created by Section 63-19-27 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-47 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-47
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment contract to the contrary, any buyer may pay in full at any time before maturity the debt of any retail installment contract and in so paying such debt shall receive a refund credit thereon for such anticipation of payments provided such contract shall have a precomputed finance charge. The amount of such refund shall be calculated on the rule of the sum of the digits, commonly known as the “Rule of 78ths,” after deducting from such refund an acquisition cost of Ten Dollars ($10.00). Where the amount of credit is less than One Dollar ($1.00), no refund need be made. In the event the finance charge on a contract evidencing the sale of a commercial vehicle is not precomputed, any buyer may pay in full at any time before maturity the then remaining unpaid principal balance of the contract and shall pay a penalty for such prepayment as may have been agreed to by the buyer and the seller in the contract, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

The provisions of this section shall apply in the event the vehicle is repossessed by the finance company or the dealer, and the dealer is required to pay the balance of indebtedness due the holder thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-159 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-159
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-159
Status: in_force

(1) If the manufacturer or its agent cannot conform the motor vehicle to any applicable express warranty by repairing or correcting any default or condition which impairs the use, market value, or safety of the motor vehicle to the consumer after a reasonable number of attempts, the manufacturer shall give the consumer the option of having the manufacturer either replace the motor vehicle with a comparable motor vehicle acceptable to the consumer, or take title of the vehicle from the consumer and refund to the consumer the full purchase price, including all reasonably incurred collateral charges, less a reasonable allowance for the consumer's use of the vehicle. The subtraction of a reasonable allowance for use shall apply when either a replacement or refund of the motor vehicle occurs. A reasonable allowance for use shall be that sum of money arrived at by multiplying the number of miles the motor vehicle has been driven by the consumer by Twenty Cents (20¢) per mile. Refunds shall be made to the consumer and lienholder of record, if any, as their interests may appear.

(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to any claim under Section 63-17-151 et seq. that:

(a) An alleged nonconformity does not impair the use, market value or safety of the motor vehicle;

(b) A nonconformity is the result of abuse, neglect or unauthorized modifications or alterations of a motor vehicle by a consumer;

(c) A claim by a consumer was not filed in good faith; or

(d) Any other affirmative defense allowed by law.

(3) It shall be presumed that a reasonable number of attempts have been undertaken to conform a motor vehicle to the applicable express warranties if within the terms, conditions or limitations of the express warranty, or during the period of one (1) year following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to a consumer, whichever expires earlier, either:

(a) Substantially the same nonconformity has been subject to repair three (3) or more times by the manufacturer or its agent and such nonconformity continues to exist; or

(b) The vehicle is out of service by reason of repair of the nonconformity by the manufacturer or its agent for a cumulative total of fifteen (15) or more working days, exclusive of downtime for routine maintenance as prescribed by the owner's manual, since the delivery of the vehicle to the consumer. The fifteen-day period may be extended by any period of time during which repair services are not available to the consumer because of conditions beyond the control of the manufacturer or its agent.

(4) The terms, conditions or limitations of the express warranty, or the period of one (1) year following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to a consumer, whichever expires earlier, may be extended if the motor vehicle warranty problem has been reported but has not been repaired by the manufacturer or its agent by the expiration of the applicable time period.

(5) The manufacturer shall provide a list of the manufacturer's zone or regional service office addresses in the owner's manual provided with the motor vehicle. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer or his representative, prior to availing himself of the provisions of this section, to give written notification to the manufacturer of the need for the repair of the nonconformity, in order to allow the manufacturer an opportunity to cure the alleged defect. The manufacturer shall immediately notify the consumer of a reasonably accessible repair facility to conform the vehicle to the express warranty. After delivery of the vehicle to the designated repair facility by the consumer, the manufacturer shall have ten (10) working days to conform the motor vehicle to the express warranty. Upon notification from the consumer that the vehicle has not been conformed to the express warranty, the manufacturer shall inform the consumer if an informal dispute settlement procedure has been established by the manufacturer in accordance with Section 63-17-163 , and provide the consumer with a copy of the provisions of Sections 63-17-151 et seq. However, if prior notice by the manufacturer of an informal dispute settlement procedure has been given, no further notice is required. If the manufacturer fails to notify the consumer of the availability of this informal dispute settlement procedure, the requirements of Section 63-17-163 shall not apply.

(6) Any action brought under Section 63-17-151 et seq. shall be commenced within one (1) year following expiration of the terms, conditions or limitations of the express warranty, or within eighteen (18) months following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to a consumer, whichever is earlier, or, if a consumer resorts to an informal dispute settlement procedure as provided in Section 63-17-151 et seq. , within ninety (90) days following the final action of the panel.

(7) If a consumer finally prevails in any action brought under Section 63-17-151 et seq. , the court may allow him to recover as part of the judgment a sum equal to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses, including attorney's fees based on actual time expended, determined by the court to have been reasonably incurred by the plaintiff for or in connection with the commencement and prosecution of such action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-93 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-93
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-17-93
Status: in_force

(1) When a hearing is to be held before the commission, the commission shall give written notice thereof to all parties whose rights may be affected thereby. The notice shall set forth the reason for the hearing and the questions or issues to be decided by the commission at such hearing and the time when and the place where the hearing will be held. All such notices shall be mailed to all parties whose rights may be affected by such hearing by registered or certified mail, and addressed to their last known address. Any such hearing shall be held in the county where the principal office of the commission is located.

(2) If any party who is notified of a hearing in accordance with the requirements of this section fails to appear at such hearing, either in person or by counsel, then and in that event the commission may make any decision and take any action it may deem necessary or appropriate with respect to any issue or question scheduled for hearing and decision by it at such hearing which affects or may affect the rights of such defaulting party.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-52 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-52
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-52
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have the power and authority to adopt, promulgate and issue such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this article, or any other statute of the State of Mississippi, as he shall deem necessary for the purpose of the administration of this chapter. A copy of every rule and regulation promulgated by the commissioner shall be filed in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Law, Section 25-43-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 10 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-19-51
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized to employ the necessary examiners and other personnel required to administer the provisions of this chapter and to fix their compensation commensurate with their duties. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the commissioner by warrants issued by the State Auditor. Said State Auditor shall issue his warrant upon requisition signed by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All salaries, travel and other expenses incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid monthly. All travel, subsistence and other expenses shall be audited by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. All warrants issued by the State Auditor pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the “Consumer Finance Fund” created by Section 63-19-27 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-52 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-52
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-1-52
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the Commissioner of Public Safety suspends, cancels or revokes the driver's license or driving privileges of any person, notice of the suspension, cancellation or revocation shall be given to such person by the commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, in the manner provided in subsection (2) of this section and at the time provided in subsection (3) of this section or in the manner and at the time provided in subsection (4) of this section.

(2) Notice shall be given in the following manner:

(a) In writing, (i) by United States Certificate of Mailing; or (ii) by personal service at the person's address as it appears on the driving record maintained by the Department of Public Safety or at the person's last-known address; or (iii) by personal notice being given by any law enforcement officer of this state or any duly authorized agent of the Commissioner of Public Safety on forms prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Public Safety; whenever a person's driver's license or driving privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with the Mississippi Driver License Compact Law, the Mississippi Implied Consent Law, the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law or subsection (2)(c) , (2)(d) , (2)(e) or (2)(f) of Section 63-1-53 .

(b) In writing, by United States first class mail, whenever a person's driver's license or driving privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with the Mississippi Commercial Driver's License Law, the Youth Court Law, Chapter 23 of Title 43, Mississippi Code of 1972, Section 63-1-45 , Section 63-1-51, subsection (2)(g) or (2)(h) of Section 63-1-53 , or Section 63-9-25 .

(3) Notice shall be given at the following time:

(a) Before suspension, revocation or cancellation, whenever a person's driver's license or driving privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with the Mississippi Driver License Compact Law, the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law or subsection (2)(c) , (2)(d) , (2)(e) or (2)(f) of Section 63-1-53 .

(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, at the time of suspension, revocation or cancellation, whenever a person's driver's license or driving privileges are suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with the Mississippi Commercial Driver's License Law, the Mississippi Implied Consent Law, the Youth Court Law, Chapter 23 of Title 43, Mississippi Code of 1972, Section 63-1-45 , Section 63-1-51, subsection (2)(g) or (2)(h) of Section 63-1-53 , or Section 63-9-25 .

(4) Whenever the Commissioner of Public Safety suspends, revokes or cancels the driver's license or driving privileges of any person in accordance with some provision of law other than a provision of law referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, and the manner and time for giving notice is not provided for in such law, then notice of such suspension, revocation or cancellation shall be given in the manner and at the time provided for under subsections (2)(b) and (3)(b) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37 — MS Code / Title 63 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:

1. A certificate of insurance as provided in Section 63-15-39 or Section 63-15-41 ; or

2. A bond as provided in Section 63-15-49 ; or

3. A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 63-15-51 ; or

4. A certificate of self-insurance as provided in Section 63-15-53 , supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to said self-insurer.