Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-12 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 61-12
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-12
Status: in_force

The payment of taxes levied in Sections 27-55-11 and 27-59-11 , Mississippi Code of 1972, and Sections 27-55-519 and 27-55-521 , on gasoline, special fuel, diesel fuel and compressed gas purchased in bulk quantities from a distributor shall be evidenced by invoices showing the quantity of fuel purchased, the type of fuel, the tax rate, the date of the purchase, the purchaser's name and address, and any other information the commission deems necessary for the administration of this chapter. The person withdrawing fuel from bulk storage facilities shall maintain the following records for each withdrawal.

(a) The date the fuel is withdrawn.

(b) The number of gallons.

(c) The fuel type.

(d) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The payment of the aforesaid taxes on gasoline, special fuel, diesel fuel and compressed gas purchased from a distributor or retail dealer and placed in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle shall be evidenced by invoices showing:

(a) The date of sale.

(b) The name and station address of the vendor (printed or with credit card imprint).

(c) The name and address of the purchaser or permittee.

(d) The number of gallons sold.

(e) The signature of the purchaser.

(f) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The invoice must be in triplicate except in cases of credit card purchases. Invoices omitting any of the aforesaid items are not acceptable as proof of purchasing fuel in this state.

When the sale of fuel is through an automated method whereby the purchase is automatically applied to the purchaser's account and a single invoice is issued for multiple purchases, such invoice is acceptable as proof of purchasing fuel in this state.

In cases of a lessee/lessor agreement, invoices will be accepted in either name, provided a legal connection can be made to the reporting party. When the lessor is the reporting party and the lessee is fueling the motor vehicle from his own tax-paid bulk storage facility, the lessee must furnish the following documentation for each instance tax-paid fuel is placed in the motor vehicle:

(a) The date the fuel was withdrawn from the bulk storage facility.

(b) The number of gallons.

(c) The fuel type.

(d) The company unit number, or the motor vehicle license plate number and state.

The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to change, by regulation, the requirements, contents and specifications of the aforesaid invoices when such change is deemed necessary for the administration of this chapter or to achieve uniformity among the states with respect to fuel purchase invoices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-113-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 113-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-113-7
Status: in_force

(1)(a) An out-of-state business that conducts operations within the state for purposes of performing work or services related to a declared state disaster or emergency during the disaster response period shall not be considered to have established a level of presence that would require that business to register, file and/or remit state or local taxes or that would require, except as otherwise provided in this section, that business or its out-of-state employees to be subject to any state licensing or registration requirements. This includes any and all state or local business licensing or registration requirements or state and local taxes or fees, including, but not limited to, unemployment insurance, occupational licensing fees, privilege taxes, sales and use tax or ad valorem tax on equipment brought into the state temporarily for use during the disaster response period and subsequently removed from the state, Public Service Commission or Secretary of State licensing and regulatory requirements. For purposes of any state or local tax on or measured by, in whole or in part, net or gross income or receipts, all activity of the out-of-state business that is conducted in this state pursuant to this chapter shall be disregarded with respect to any filing requirements for such tax, including the filing required for a unitary or combined group of which the out-of-state business may be a part. For the purpose of apportioning income, revenue or receipts the performance by an out-of-state business of any work in accordance with this chapter shall not be sourced to or shall not otherwise impact or increase the amount of income, revenue or receipts apportioned to this state.

(b) Any out-of-state employee shall not be considered to have established residency or a presence in the state that would require that person or that person's employer to file and pay income taxes or to be subjected to tax withholdings or to file and pay any other state or local tax or fee during the disaster response period. This includes any related state or local employer withholding and remittance obligations , but does not include any transaction taxes or fees as described in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Out-of-state businesses and out-of-state employees shall be required to pay transaction taxes and fees, including, but not limited to, fuel taxes or sales/use taxes on materials or services consumed or used in the state subject to sales/use tax, hotel taxes, car rental taxes or fees that the out-of-state affiliated business or out-of-state employee purchases for use or consumption in the state during the disaster response period, unless such taxes are otherwise exempted during a disaster response period.

(3) Any out-of-state business or out-of-state employee that remains in the state after the end of the disaster response period will become subject to the state's normal standards for establishing presence, residency or doing business in the state and will therefore become responsible for any business or employee tax requirements that ensue.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any out-of-state business, out-of-state employee or individual from securing and paying applicable license and related fees imposed by professional licensing boards of this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-301 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 105-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-301
Status: in_force

The adoption of this code shall not be construed as repealing any law or laws providing for deposits by and loans of the board of commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi delta levee district and the board of Mississippi levee commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 55-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-37
Status: in_force

Each distributor of gasoline shall maintain and keep for a period of three (3) years a record of all gasoline purchased, received, procured, manufactured, refined, compounded, used, sold, stored or delivered within this state by the distributor, together with invoices, bills of lading and other pertinent records and papers as may be reasonably required by the commission.

It shall be the duty of every person purchasing gasoline from a distributor of gasoline or other person for the purpose of sale or distribution to maintain and keep for a period of three (3) years, a record of all gasoline received, together with delivery tickets, invoices, bills of lading and such other records as the commission may require.

All sales made by a distributor of gasoline, other than retail sales from a service station, shall be evidenced in writing, signed by the seller, or his agents, shall bear the date of purchases, name and address of the purchaser and the seller, and shall show the kind and quantity of the product purchased. Sales tickets and invoices made to cash shall not be considered as complying with the terms of this article.

If, in the normal conduct of the business of a distributor of gasoline, the records of such distributor are maintained and kept at an office outside this state, it shall be a sufficient compliance with this section if the records shall be made available for audit and examination by the commission at such office located outside Mississippi. If a distributor of gasoline fails or refuses to permit the commission or any of its employees to check and audit his records during the usual business hours of the day, the commission shall have authority to subpoena said records and have them brought to the office of the commission within ten (10) days after the subpoena is served on the distributor of gasoline.

All actions by the state for the recovery of additional amounts claimed as tax due under this article must be commenced within a period of three (3) years from the date of the filing of the required report with the commission, provided, that in the case of a fraudulent or false report with intent to evade tax or of a failure to file a report, action may be commenced at any time. However, when an examination of a taxpayer's records to verify returns made under this chapter has been initiated and the taxpayer notified thereof either by certified mail or personal delivery of a notice by an agent of the commissioner, within the thirty-six-month examination period provided herein, the determination of the correct tax liability may be made by the commission after the expiration of said thirty-six-month examination period, provided that said determination shall be made with reasonable promptness and diligence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-483 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-483
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-483
Status: in_force

No tax levied under the provisions of this chapter shall be levied, assessed or collected from or against any municipality in this state which operates any business which is taxed hereunder, it being the intention of the legislature that all municipalities are specifically exempted from taxation under this chapter and it shall never be construed as being the intention of the legislature to levy any privilege tax against any municipality in the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-9
Status: in_force

The redemption mentioned in Section 27-45-7 shall operate to fully and effectually redeem that portion of the land from the operation of the tax sale from which such redemption is made and shall leave in full force and effect the tax sale as to the remainder of the land so sold for taxes, which remainder, or any part thereof, may thereafter, in the time provided by law, be redeemed by the owner or any person interested in such real estate by the payment of the balance due, or such part thereof calculated as above provided. In the event that there shall exist several trust deeds or mortgages upon the property so sold in solido, and redemption under one or more of such trust deeds shall operate so as to effect redemption of a portion of the lands in any one of the others, because of overlapping descriptions and leave unredeemed the remainder of the land covered by such other deeds of trust or mortgages, the chancery clerk shall likewise have power to apportion in the same manner as aforesaid the amount required to redeem the remainder of the land included in such trust deed, omitting the portion of the land in such trust deed which had been previously redeemed, in the manner as above provided. Upon redemption by one other than the owner of the land redeemed, it shall be the duty of the redeemer to immediately notify, in writing, by registered mail with return receipt requested, any and all persons holding prior lien or liens of deed of trust or mortgage shown by the records of deeds of trust of the county where the land is situated, of the redemption of such part or all of said land, addressed to the lienor or lienors at his or their last known post-office address, and to file a copy of such notice or notices with the chancery clerk of said county who shall make entry of the receipt of the copy of such notice or notices on the record of tax sales of his office where such record of the redemption is entered. If the redeemer shall fail to give the notice or notices as above provided for, then such redeemer shall not be entitled by subrogation, or otherwise, to obtain or be granted any prior equity upon the land so redeemed over any prior lienor or lienors on the land so redeemed, whether such equity by subrogation or otherwise existed or not. Upon redemption of land or any part thereof as above provided, the chancery clerk shall execute a release thereof from the tax sale with the same effect, and shall note the redemption on his tax sales record, as is provided for redemptions in the usual manner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-5
Status: in_force

The board shall proceed to examine the report and shall allow the collector a credit for such of the taxes so reported insolvent or delinquent, as it may be satisfied remain uncollected without the default of the collector, and no more. A list of the allowances shall be made out and certified by the clerk and transmitted to the auditor of public accounts, on or before the first day of September following, and shall be credited to the collector in his settlement with the auditor and chancery clerk.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-57 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 65-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-57
Status: in_force

If any person liable for the payment of sales taxes, damages or interest fails or refuses to pay them after receiving the notice and demand as provided in Sections 27-65-35 and 27-65-37 , and if such person has not filed a timely appeal to the board of review as provided by law, the commissioner may file a notice of a tax lien for the sales taxes, damages and interest with the circuit clerk of the county in which the taxpayer resides or owns property which shall be enrolled as a judgment on the judgment roll.

Immediately upon receipt of the notice of the tax lien for sales taxes, damages and interest, the circuit clerk shall enter the notice of a tax lien as a judgment upon the judgment roll and show in the appropriate columns the name of the taxpayer as judgment debtor, the name of the commissioner or State Tax Commission as judgment creditor, the amount of the taxes, damages and interest, and the date and time of enrollment. The judgment shall be valid as against mortgagees, pledgees, entrusters, purchasers, judgment creditors, and other persons from the time of filing with the clerk. The amount of the judgment shall be a debt due the State of Mississippi and remain a lien upon all property and rights to property belonging to the taxpayer, both real and personal, including choses in action, with the same force and like effect as any enrolled judgment of a court of record, and shall continue until satisfied. The judgment shall be the equivalent of any enrolled judgment of a court of record and shall serve as authority for the issuance of writs of execution, writs of attachment, writs of garnishment or other remedial writs. The commissioner may issue warrants for collection of sales taxes from such judgments, in lieu of the issuance of any remedial writ by the circuit clerk, as provided in Sections 27-65-59 and 27-65-61 hereof; however, such judgment shall not be a lien upon the property of the taxpayer for a longer period than seven (7) years from the date of the filing of the notice of tax lien for sales taxes, damages and interest unless action be brought thereon before the expiration of such time or unless the commissioner refiles the notice of tax lien before the expiration of such time. The judgment shall be a lien upon the property of the taxpayer for a period of seven (7) years from the date of refiling the notice of tax lien unless action be brought thereon before the expiration of such time or unless the commissioner refiles the notice of tax lien before the expiration of such time. There shall be no limit upon the number of times that the commissioner may refile notices of tax liens.

Upon failure to pay the taxes imposed under this chapter by any taxpayer who has executed any bond under provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall give notice of the failure to the sureties of the bond and demand payment of the tax, damages and interest within ten (10) days. If the sureties on the taxpayer's bond shall fail or refuse to pay the penal sum demanded within the ten (10) days allowed, the commissioner shall file a notice of tax lien with the circuit clerk of the county in which the sureties reside or own property which shall be enrolled upon the judgment roll, and the commissioner may proceed to collect from the sureties as hereinafter provided for collecting from any judgment debtor.

The commissioner is hereby authorized to pay the clerk's fee for enrolling the notice of tax lien out of funds appropriated by the Legislature to defray expenses of the State Tax Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 43-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-1
Status: in_force

The clerk of the chancery court shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days and not less than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the time of redemption with respect to land sold, either to individuals or to the state, be required to issue notice to the record owner of the land sold as of one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the expiration of the time of redemption, in effect following, to wit:

“State of Mississippi,

To ____________________,

County of ____________________

You will take notice that __________ (here describe lands) __________ lands assessed to you or supposed to be owned by you, was, on the ___ day of __________ sold to __________ for the taxes of __________ year __________, and that the title to said land will become absolute in __________ unless redemption from said tax sale be made on or before ___ day of __________.

This ___ day of __________ 20___
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-27 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 51-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-27
Status: in_force

If any motor vehicle on which the ad valorem taxes prescribed in this chapter have been paid shall be totally destroyed by fire, tornado, flood, collision, accident or acts of Providence, then the owner of such motor vehicle, upon filing a petition and submission of sufficient proof, may be credited with the amount of the ad valorem taxes on the proportional part of the taxable year remaining, less ad valorem taxes accruing on the salvage price, if any, in calculating the amount of ad valorem taxes due on any replacement for such a motor vehicle, if replaced during the then current taxable year. In no event, however, shall such person claiming credit under this provision be entitled to a cash refund.

In order to obtain benefit of this credit, such person must submit proof supported by affidavit of three (3) reputable citizens that such motor vehicle has been totally destroyed and a statement must be made as to the estimated amount of salvage value remaining. The application for this credit and the three (3) supporting affidavits must be notarized by an officer who has legal authority to notarize such instruments.

Any person who makes or swears to a false statement or makes or swears to a statement of facts without personal knowledge of such facts, in any connection with an adjustment claim as referred to above, shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished as now provided by law. The same procedure as outlined above shall apply to municipalities and municipal separate school districts in proper cases, if the subject motor vehicle has been totally destroyed as outlined above.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-509 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 55-509
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-509
Status: in_force

Any person engaging in business as a distributor of special fuel in this state without having the permit required by Section 27-55-507 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for six (6) months or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-71 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 69-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-71
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall appoint such agents as are authorized by law to administer the provisions of this chapter, and all such agents shall have for identification purposes, a badge prescribed by the commissioner, together with proper credentials signed by him and attested by the secretary of the commission.

It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely represent himself as an agent of the commissioner, or to have in his possession any badge, any device or certificate of authority, unless he be duly appointed and an acting agent of the commissioner in the administration of this chapter, and such person violating this provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

All agents of the commissioner shall be authorized to arrest any person found in possession of, or transporting any tobacco subject to confiscation, and upon making an arrest shall take the offender before a proper officer without unnecessary delay, for examination of his case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-67 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-67
Status: in_force

Every warrant issued to a sheriff of any county of this state or to a special agent of the state tax commission shall provide that the state tax commission will indemnify and save harmless the said sheriff or special agent against all damages which he may sustain in consequence of the seizure or sale of the property, and the commissioner is hereby authorized to pay all obligations, which may accrue by reason of the issuance and execution of any warrant authorized by Sections 27-7-55 through 27-7-65 , out of funds appropriated by the legislature to defray the expenses of the state tax commission. Any claimant accepting any payment authorized to be made by the commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be barred of any action against the sheriff or special agent of the tax commission for damages sustained by the same as a consequence of the levying of process authorized by Sections 27-7-55 through 27-7-65 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-75 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 69-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-75
Status: in_force

All taxes levied by this chapter shall be payable to the commissioner in cash, or by personal check, cashier's check, bank exchange, post-office money order or express money order, and shall be deposited by the commissioner in the State Treasury on the same day collected. No remittance other than cash shall be a final discharge of liability for the tax herein assessed and levied, unless and until it has been paid in cash to the commissioner.

All tobacco taxes collected, including tobacco license taxes, shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

Wholesalers who are entitled to purchase stamps at a discount, as provided by Section 27-69-31 , may have consigned to them, without advance payment, such stamps, if and when such wholesaler shall give to the commissioner a good and sufficient bond executed by some surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned to secure the payment for the stamps so consigned. The commissioner shall require payment for such stamps not later than thirty (30) days from the date the stamps were consigned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 104-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-21
Status: in_force

(1) All general and special fund agencies shall, upon making application for federal funds, forward a summary of such applications to the Legislative Budget Office. The Legislative Budget Office shall have an opportunity to review such applications and make its comments thereon to the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and the state agency making application. Unless otherwise specified in the appropriation bill, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to approve escalations in a budget using one hundred percent (100%) federal money.

(2) New employee positions funded one hundred percent (100%) by or from federal funds may be authorized by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration subject to the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. No federal funds may be expended for programs or activities other than those which have been authorized by act of the Legislature or which are encompassed by a state agency's program structure as provided by law. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall immediately send notice of the approval of such budget escalation to the Legislative Budget Office. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall ensure that the Legislative Budget Office receives timely, detailed and accurate information about the amount and use of federal funds by state agencies.

(3) The Department of Finance and Administration shall require, by rule and regulation, that each agency receiving federal funds shall apply for federal reimbursement for state central services costs in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 or A-87, which reimbursement shall be deposited directly into the Statewide Cost Allocation Fund, which is hereby established within the State Treasury. An agency's failure to timely apply for such reimbursement shall be condition sufficient to authorize the Department of Finance and Administration to transfer an amount equal to not less than fifty percent (50%) nor more than one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount designated to such agency in the applicable fixed cost agreement of the state central service cost allocation plan. These funds shall be transferred from any available funds within such agency into the Statewide Cost Allocation Fund upon execution of a requisition for issuance of warrant by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. Any funds on hand in said Statewide Cost Allocation Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse into the State General Fund. From and after July 1, 2016, any revenue generated from this fund shall be used only for the maintenance, upkeep and utility costs of state-owned property, and any amount on hand at the end of the fiscal year that is not necessary to defray the cost of such maintenance, upkeep and utility costs shall, after August 15 of each year, be transferred to the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-25 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 45-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-25
Status: in_force

When any release upon redemption or conveyance of tax land made by the chancery clerk shall be lost or destroyed, upon application of the person injured, the chancery clerk may make a duplicate release or conveyance of the same land to the person to whom the first was made, which shall be in lieu of the former; and it shall be marked “duplicate,” and shall have the same effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 43-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-9
Status: in_force

Upon completing the examination for said liens, the clerk shall enter upon the tax sale book upon the page showing the sale a notation to the effect that such examination had been made, giving the names and addresses, if known, of said lienors, the book and page where the liens are created, and the date of mailing by registered mail the notice to the lienors. If the clerk finds no liens of record, he shall so certify on said tax sale book. In each instance the clerk shall date the certificate and sign his name thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-33 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 67-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-33
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall affect or defeat any claim, assessment, appeal, suit, right or cause of action for taxes, due or accrued under Chapter 119, Laws of 1934, Chapter 516, Laws of 1950, Chapter 409, Laws of 1952, or Chapter 111, Laws of 1955, as amended, prior to August 1, 1968, whether such assessment, appeal, suit, claim or action shall have been begun before August 1, 1968, or shall thereafter be begun; and the provisions of Chapter 119, Laws of 1934, Chapter 516, Laws of 1950, Chapter 409, Laws of 1952, and Chapter 111, Laws of 1955, are expressly continued in full force, effect and operation for the purpose of the assessment and collection of any taxes due or accrued under any such law, and amendments thereto, prior to August 1, 1968, and for the imposition of any penalties, forfeitures or claims for a failure to comply therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-63 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-63
Status: in_force

Lands which have been sold to the state for taxes shall be assessed in proportion to their true value, if the time for redemption has not expired, and if any of that, subject to redemption, be redeemed from the state, all taxes for which it was sold and damages and costs, and all subsequently accruing state, county, or other taxes due on it up to and including the year of redemption, if the county taxes have been levied at the date of redemption, shall be paid by the person redeeming it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-49 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 41-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-49
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the collector to give notice, in writing, to the debtor of such taxpayer, which notice shall bind the debt in his hands and to the delinquent taxpayer, if he be a resident of the county, five (5) days before sale. If the delinquent taxpayer be not a resident of the county, and the collector know his address, the notice shall be sent to him by mail immediately on advertising the indebtedness for sale.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-535 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 55-535
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-535
Status: in_force

When special fuel is lost or destroyed in quantities of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons or more through explosion, fire, collision, storage tank wreckage, wreckage of loading or unloading facilities, such as pumps and lines, or acts of Providence while in storage in this state or while being transported in this state, the owner of the special fuel shall be entitled to tax credit or refund of the tax paid thereon.

The department shall be notified by the owner of the lost or destroyed special fuel within five (5) days after the loss or destruction is discovered. The department shall make an investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the loss or destruction as may be reasonably necessary for the effective administration of this article.

The claim shall be made in the name of the owner of the lost or destroyed special fuel and shall be signed by the owner or his authorized agent and filed within three (3) years after the date of loss. All claims must be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the department that the special fuel for which credit is claimed was destroyed by or through one (1) of the means set forth in the first paragraph of this section, and in all cases where the special fuel alleged to have been destroyed was covered by insurance, the department shall not approve such claims unless and until the insurer has acknowledged and actually paid the loss.

Upon receipt of the claim, the department shall determine the amount of refund or tax credit due the claimant and in the case of refund the amount shall be refunded to the claimant as provided in Section 27-55-19 .

If the department determines that any refund claim shall not be paid, it shall notify the claimant stating the reason or reasons why the claim is disallowed.

A claimant may, within sixty (60) days from the date of the written notice of the disallowance of his claim, appeal to the board of review as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-311.nr2 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 39-311.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-311.nr2
Status: in_force

Any member of a board of supervisors or aldermen or city commissioners who shall vote to impose a tax levy in excess of the limits as fixed by this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in the manner provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-201 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 104-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-201
Status: in_force

This act [Chapter 459, Laws of 2016] shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act of 2016.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 67-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-5
Status: in_force

There is hereby levied, assessed and shall be collected from every person a tax for the privilege of using, storing or consuming, within this state, any tangible personal property or specified digital product possession of which is acquired in any manner.

(a) The use tax hereby imposed and levied shall be collected at the same rates as imposed under Section 27-65-20 , and Sections 27-65-17 , 27-65-18 , 27-65-19 , 27-65-24 , 27-65-25 and 27-65-26 computed on the purchase or sales price, or value, as defined in this article.

(b) It shall be the duty of the tax collectors of the several counties, or the commissioner, as the case may be, to collect, remit and account for the tax on the use of all vehicles licensed or registered by the State of Mississippi for the first time, except when the Mississippi use tax was collected by an authorized out-of-state dealer at the time of purchase, or when the use thereof was exempt by Section 27-67-7 . The tax collector or the commissioner shall give to the person registering the vehicle a receipt in a form prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue for the amount of tax collected.

The tax collector or the commissioner is expressly prohibited from issuing a license tag to any applicant without collecting the tax levied by this article, unless positive proof is filed, together with the application for the license tag, that the Mississippi tax has been paid, or that the sale was exempt by Section 27-67-7 .

Persons not engaging and continuing in business so as to be registered for payment of sales and/or use tax may pay use tax due on the first use of boats, airplanes, equipment or other tangible personal property and specified digital products to county tax collectors who are hereby authorized to accept such payments on behalf of the commissioner. Receipts for all such payments shall be given to taxpayers in a form prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue.

County tax collectors and the commissioner shall be liable for the tax they are required hereby to collect, and taxes which are in fact collected under authority of this section; and failure to properly collect or maintain proper records shall not relieve them of liability for payment to the commissioner. Deficiencies in collection or payment shall be assessed against the tax collector or the commissioner in the same manner and subject to the same penalties and provisions for appeal as are deficiencies assessed against taxpayers.

A dealer authorized to collect and remit the tax to the Department of Revenue shall give to the purchaser a receipt for the payment of the tax, in a form prescribed and furnished by the commissioner, which shall serve as proof of payment to the tax collector of the county in which the license is to be issued.

Each tax collector of the several counties shall, on or before the twentieth day of each month, file a report with and pay to the commissioner all funds collected under the provisions of this article, less a commission of five percent (5%) which shall be retained by the tax collector as a commission for collecting such tax and be deposited in the county general fund. The report required to be filed shall cover all collections made during the calendar month next preceding the date on which the report is due and filed.

Any error in the report and remittance to the commissioner may be adjusted on a subsequent report. If the error was in the collection by the tax collector, it shall be adjusted through the tax collector with the taxpayer before credit is allowed by the commissioner.

All information relating to the collection of use tax by tax collectors and such records as the commissioner may require shall be preserved in the tax collector's office for a period of three (3) years for audit by the commissioner.

Computer software maintained on a server located outside the state and accessible for use only via the internet is not a taxable use, storage or consumption under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-27-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-27-21
Status: in_force

All taxes levied and penalties imposed by this article and required to be paid shall be payable in cash or by personal check, cashier's check, money order, or bank exchange which shall be deposited in the general fund of the county or municipality, as appropriate, on the same day in which they are collected. No remittances other than cash shall be final discharge of liability for the tax and any penalty imposed.

The taxes and penalties collected shall be paid into the general fund of the county or municipality, as appropriate, in the same manner as other taxes collected by the officer collecting the tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.12 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-56.12
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.12
Status: in_force

In recognition of the patriotic service rendered by Mississippians who are honorably discharged veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces, any such person is privileged to obtain distinctive motor vehicle license plates or tags for each motor vehicle registered in his name identifying his status as a veteran. The Department of Revenue, with concurrence by the State Veterans Affairs Board, shall develop decals to be affixed to the license tag indicating branch and period of military service. The distinctive plates or tags shall be of a color and design designated by the Department of Revenue with concurrence by the State Veterans Affairs Board.

The distinctive license plates shall be prepared by the Department of Revenue and shall be issued through the tax collectors of the counties in the same manner as are other motor vehicle license plates or tags. An additional annual tag fee of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) shall be collected by the tax collector for such license plates or tags and shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the department. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. The Department of Revenue shall deposit such fee to the credit of a fund to be administered by the board overseeing the veterans nursing homes in this state for the benefit of indigent veterans who are residents of such nursing homes.

An applicant for such distinctive plates shall present to the issuing official written evidence of the veteran's service. Such evidence shall include a copy of the applicant's DD-214 form, a Report of Separation from Military Service, a military discharge document, or a written certification of military service from the State Veterans Affairs Board. The distinctive license plates or tags so issued shall be used only upon a personally or jointly owned private passenger vehicle (to include station wagons, recreational motor vehicles and pickup trucks) registered in the name, or jointly in the name, of the person making application therefor, and when issued to such person shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plate or license tag normally issued for such vehicle.

The distinctive license plates shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners; and in the event the owner of a vehicle bearing a distinctive plate shall sell, trade, exchange or otherwise dispose of the vehicle, such plate shall be retained by such owner and returned to the tax collector.

Distinctive license plates shall not be issued under this section after July 8, 2020. A person issued a distinctive plate under this section before July 8, 2020, may renew the license plate under Section 27-19-56.524(1) in the manner provided for the issuance and renewal of a plate in Section 27-19-56.524(1) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-37
Status: in_force

The commission shall prescribe license tags and decals as, in its discretion, are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Provided, however, that there shall be a substitute tag and decals for each classification and each group of tags and decals prescribed. In the case of the loss or theft of any license tag or license tag and decals, the owner shall report such loss or theft to the appropriate law enforcement officials and file a copy of such report with the commission or tax collector of the county of his residence. Upon receipt of such report, the commission or tax collector shall issue the proper substitute license tag or license tag and decals therefor. The fee for each substitute decal shall be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) and license tag and decal shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00), and the tax collector receiving such application and report shall be entitled to retain and deposit in the county general fund five percent (5%) of the cost of such substitute license tag; provided, however, that the commission may issue direct to the owner of any motor vehicle, the license for which was issued by the commission, the substitute license tag upon receipt of proper application, report and fee of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) or Ten Dollars ($10.00), as the case may be. Provided further, that all funds received from substitute license tags and decals shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular license tag plates. If such substitute license tag or license tag and decals shall be used upon a vehicle other than the one for which it was issued, or if the original license tag or license tag and decals, if thereafter found, shall be used upon any vehicle, then such owner or operator shall be liable for and pay an amount equal to the annual privilege tax on such vehicle plus a penalty thereof of one hundred percent (100%).
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-77 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 69-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-77
Status: in_force

At the end of each month, the State Auditor shall carefully check the books and records of the commissioner and his accounts with any bank or banks, and shall verify the amounts paid into the state treasury, in so far as they relate to the collection of this privilege tax; and any duty herein required of the state auditor may be performed by any clerk in his office, designated by the state auditor for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-331 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 105-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-331
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer, on behalf of any county in the State of Mississippi that has acquired bonds or other securities as the result of the closing of the depository or depositories of the county, is authorized and empowered in his discretion to sell, trade, refinance or agree to the refinancing of any or all of those bonds now held or owned by it and by any subdivision or taxing district of the county. The State Treasurer is further authorized and empowered, in his discretion, in refinancing any of those bonds, to agree to a reduction of the principal sum and likewise to agree to a reduction of the interest rate thereon. The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to sell any of those bonds at or for the best price obtainable, or to trade those bonds for other bonds, when in the judgment of the State Treasurer the best interests of the county would be advanced thereby, and he is further authorized to handle and negotiate any matured interest coupons on any of those bonds in the same manner as he is authorized in this section to deal with the bonds.

All of the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, trading, or collection of any of those bonds shall be accounted for by the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of the subdivisions or funds of the counties entitled to those proceeds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-75 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 69-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-75
Status: in_force

All taxes levied by this chapter shall be payable to the commissioner in cash, or by personal check, cashier's check, bank exchange, post-office money order or express money order, and shall be deposited by the commissioner in the State Treasury on the same day collected. No remittance other than cash shall be a final discharge of liability for the tax herein assessed and levied, unless and until it has been paid in cash to the commissioner.

All tobacco taxes collected, including tobacco license taxes, shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

Wholesalers who are entitled to purchase stamps at a discount, as provided by Section 27-69-31 , may have consigned to them, without advance payment, such stamps, if and when such wholesaler shall give to the commissioner a good and sufficient bond executed by some surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned to secure the payment for the stamps so consigned. The commissioner shall require payment for such stamps not later than thirty (30) days from the date the stamps were consigned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-8 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 61-8
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-8
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to waive the taxes and fees set forth in Sections 27-61-5 and 27-61-7 when motor vehicles are operated on the highways of this state in response to an emergency, a major disaster, or the threat of a major disaster.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-1
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this article:

(a) “Agreement” shall mean contract, and shall include any renewal or renewals and alterations of a contract.

(b) “Political subdivisions” shall mean any county, municipality, levee district, drainage district, road district, consolidated school district, special consolidated school district, municipal separate school district, rural separate school district, common school district, or other agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.

(c) “Services” shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in, and for persons residing within, a political subdivision.

(d) “Project” shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within this state and a political subdivision, and shall include persons inhabiting such project.

(e) “Governing body” shall mean the board, body or persons in which is vested the power to levy taxes of a political subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise.

(f) The words “head of family” shall have the same meaning as under the Homestead Exemption Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 70-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-9
Status: in_force

(1) A distributor required to file a monthly report under Section 27-69-35 , shall, in addition to the information required by that section, include in the report the following information:

(a) The number and denominations of stamps affixed to individual packages of nonsettling-manufacturer cigarettes during the preceding month;

(b) The number of individual packages of nonsettling-manufacturer cigarettes sold or purchased in this state or otherwise distributed in this state for sale in the United States; and

(c) Any other information the commissioner considers necessary or appropriate to determine the amount of the fee imposed by this chapter or to enforce this chapter.

(2) The information required by subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section must be itemized for each place of business and by manufacturer and brand family.

(3) The requirement to report information under this section shall be enforced in the same manner as the requirement to deliver to or file with the commissioner a report required under the Tobacco Tax Law. The commissioner may also require that this report be filed electronically as provided under Section 27-3-83 .

(4) The information obtained from the distributors under subsection (1) of this section regarding nonsettling-manufacturer cigarettes of a particular nonsettling manufacturer may be disclosed by the commissioner to that particular nonsettling manufacturer and/or to the authorized representative of the nonsettling manufacturer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-331 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 35-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-331
Status: in_force

The public service corporations to which Sections 27-35-331 through 27-35-343 apply are persons, individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations or entities that own, control, manage or operate a business engaged in:

(a) The generation, manufacture, transmission or distribution of electricity to or for the public for compensation.

(b) The distribution or sale of natural or artificial gas to the public for compensation; provided, however, Sections 27-35-331 through 27-35-343 shall not apply to entities engaged in the interstate transmission of gas by pipeline.

(c) The transmission, conveyance or reception of any message over wire or by radio, or otherwise, of writing, signs, signals, pictures and sounds of all kinds by or for the public for compensation; provided, however, Sections 27-35-331 through 27-35-343 shall not apply to telephone companies whose properties are located in not more than six (6) counties as provided in Section 27-35-319, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-111 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 104-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-111
Status: in_force

(a)(i) A special fund, to be designated the “2022 Department of Finance and Administration Statewide Repair and Renovation Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(ii) Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the Department of Finance and Administration, to pay the costs of site and infrastructure improvements, general repairs and renovations, weatherization, roofing, environmental mitigation, mechanical, electrical and structural repairs required for state-owned facilities, universities and community and junior colleges, repairs, renovations and improvements necessary for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or other codes, purchase and installation of necessary furniture and equipment, and continuation and completion of previously authorized projects.

(b) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the costs of the projects described in paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting through the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, is expressly authorized and empowered to receive and expend any local or other source funds in connection with the expenditure of funds provided for in this section. The expenditure of monies deposited into the special fund shall be under the direction of the Department of Finance and Administration, and such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by such department, which warrants shall be issued upon requisitions signed by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, or his designee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-505 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 35-505
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-505
Status: in_force

Every company engaged in the business of operating cars, not otherwise listed for taxation or taxed in Mississippi, for the transportation of freight, whether such freight be owned by such company, or any other person or company, over any railway line or lines, in whole or in part within this state, such line or lines not being owned, leased, or operated by such company, whether such cars be termed box, flat, coal, ore, tank, stock, gondola, furniture or refrigerator cars, or by some other name, shall be deemed to be a freight line company.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-23
Status: in_force

Within nine (9) months, or any extensions thereof, after the death of the decedent, the executor shall make a return in all cases where the gross estate at the time of death of the decedent exceeds the amount of the specific exemption provided in Section 27-9-11 and in the estate of every nonresident when any part of his gross estate is situated within the State of Mississippi. If the executor is unable to make a complete return as to any part of the gross estate of the decedent, he shall include in his return a description of such property, and the name of every person holding a legal or beneficial interest therein, and upon notice from the commissioner such persons shall in like manner make a return as to such part of the gross estate. Provided, however, the tax due upon farms and closely held businesses shall be due and payable at the time the federal estate tax return is due and payable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 59-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-1
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue, hereinafter called the “ commission ” or the “ department ,” is hereby vested with the sole power and authority, and is charged with the duty of administering and enforcing the terms and provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 45-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-9
Status: in_force

The redemption mentioned in Section 27-45-7 shall operate to fully and effectually redeem that portion of the land from the operation of the tax sale from which such redemption is made and shall leave in full force and effect the tax sale as to the remainder of the land so sold for taxes, which remainder, or any part thereof, may thereafter, in the time provided by law, be redeemed by the owner or any person interested in such real estate by the payment of the balance due, or such part thereof calculated as above provided. In the event that there shall exist several trust deeds or mortgages upon the property so sold in solido, and redemption under one or more of such trust deeds shall operate so as to effect redemption of a portion of the lands in any one of the others, because of overlapping descriptions and leave unredeemed the remainder of the land covered by such other deeds of trust or mortgages, the chancery clerk shall likewise have power to apportion in the same manner as aforesaid the amount required to redeem the remainder of the land included in such trust deed, omitting the portion of the land in such trust deed which had been previously redeemed, in the manner as above provided. Upon redemption by one other than the owner of the land redeemed, it shall be the duty of the redeemer to immediately notify, in writing, by registered mail with return receipt requested, any and all persons holding prior lien or liens of deed of trust or mortgage shown by the records of deeds of trust of the county where the land is situated, of the redemption of such part or all of said land, addressed to the lienor or lienors at his or their last known post-office address, and to file a copy of such notice or notices with the chancery clerk of said county who shall make entry of the receipt of the copy of such notice or notices on the record of tax sales of his office where such record of the redemption is entered. If the redeemer shall fail to give the notice or notices as above provided for, then such redeemer shall not be entitled by subrogation, or otherwise, to obtain or be granted any prior equity upon the land so redeemed over any prior lienor or lienors on the land so redeemed, whether such equity by subrogation or otherwise existed or not. Upon redemption of land or any part thereof as above provided, the chancery clerk shall execute a release thereof from the tax sale with the same effect, and shall note the redemption on his tax sales record, as is provided for redemptions in the usual manner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-309 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 59-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-309
Status: in_force

The United States government, the State of Mississippi and all agencies, departments and political subdivisions thereof are exempt from the tax levied in this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-345 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 105-345
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-345
Status: in_force

The making of profit, directly or indirectly, by the county treasurer, tax collector, treasurer of any board of trustees, or any officer whatever, out of any money belonging to a county, the custody of which the county treasurer or other officer is charged with, by loaning or otherwise using it, or depositing the same in any manner contrary to law, or a removal by any such officer or by his consent of such moneys, or a part thereof, and placing it elsewhere than as provided by law, shall constitute a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall subject such officer to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding two (2) years or a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the officer offending shall be liable on his official bond for all profits realized for such unlawful use of such funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-89 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 115-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-89
Status: in_force

To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the corporation through its board shall:

(a) Compile and submit quarterly and annual reports and financial statements, in compliance with Sections 27-115-19(3)(b) and 27-115-41 ;

(b) Contract with an independent auditor who is a certified public accountant or firm to conduct an annual financial audit of the books and records of the corporation. The cost of this annual financial audit shall be an operating expense of the corporation:

(i) Such independent auditor shall have no financial interest in any vendor with whom the corporation is under contract;

(ii) All contracts for independent auditors shall be reviewed by and subject to the approval of the State Auditor to ensure that the independent auditor is qualified to perform the audit;

(iii) The audit shall be completed within ninety (90) days after the close of the corporation's fiscal year; and

(iv) Contracts may be entered into for audit services for a period not to exceed five (5) years and the same firm shall not receive two (2) consecutive audit contracts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-323 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 59-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-323
Status: in_force

The commission shall, upon request received from officials entrusted with the enforcement of similar laws of any other state, forward to such officials any information it may have relative to the receipt, sale, use, transportation or shipment of natural gas or locomotive fuel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-211 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-211
Status: in_force

In the event a person engaged in business is liable for two (2) or more annual privilege taxes, or has two (2) or more annual privilege licenses, which licenses expire in different months desires to have all his privilege tax licenses expire on a common date, he may apply to the officer whose duty it is to collect the privilege tax at the time any annual privilege tax license expires and have issued a privilege tax license which will expire on the desired common date; and he shall pay for such privilege tax license at the pro rata annual rate according to the number of months in the period between the date the license is issued and its date of expiration. The officer issuing such license for less than a year shall certify on the face thereof that it is issued to provide a common expiration date, the period for which it is issued, and the amount paid therefor. A person engaged in business, who thereafter becomes liable for a privilege tax for any new kind of business, may in like manner obtain a license for a less period than one (1) year. But this section shall not apply to any person who by reason of failure to procure a license, becomes liable for the penalty provided by this chapter, nor to any person beginning business, but any license issued to a person beginning business shall be issued for one (1) year, unless elsewhere specifically provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-501 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-501
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-501
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to establish a policy and provide a system whereby claimant agencies of the State of Mississippi in conjunction with the State Tax Commission shall cooperate in identifying certain debtors who qualify for refunds from the State Tax Commission. It is the intent of the Legislature that this article be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-331 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 71-331
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-331
Status: in_force

If any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, brewpub or small craft brewery, subject to the provisions of this article, shall fail to pay any tax due under the provisions of this article, within the time, and in the manner, herein provided, the commissioner is authorized to assess, and collect, such tax, together with interest thereon from the date such tax became due at the rate of one-half of one percent ( 1 / 2 of 1%) per month, and in addition to the amount of the tax due and the interest accrued thereon, the commissioner may, in his discretion, assess and collect, from such delinquent taxpayer, a penalty equal to the amount of the tax found to be due.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 41-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-13
Status: in_force

The failure to pay the taxes due and collectible as provided in this chapter, promptly on the due dates herein fixed, shall mature all taxes levied and assessed during any year then remaining unpaid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-323 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 104-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-323
Status: in_force

(1) All funds received by or on behalf of the State of Mississippi through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law No. 117-2 ) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government shall be deposited into the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund created in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund” to be administered by the Department of Finance and Administration. The special fund shall consist of funds required to be deposited into the special fund by subsection (1) of this section, funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature in any manner, and funds from any other source designated for deposit into the special fund. The Department of Finance and Administration shall distribute the funds to the nonentitlement units of local government in accordance with the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law No. 117-2 ) and any applicable federal guidelines. Such funds shall only be used as provided in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law No. 117-2 ) or as authorized by federal rule or regulation or guidelines.

(3) Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund but shall remain in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. The State Fiscal Officer shall transfer to the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund the full amount of any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund that are remaining in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund on July 1, 2024. Any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund after July 1, 2024, shall be deposited to the credit of the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund created in Section 27-104-321 .

(4) The State Fiscal Officer is authorized, in his or her discretion, to transfer to the federal government any funds in the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund that have not been used for the purpose for which they were received.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-327 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 71-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-327
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in the business of manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler or retailer of light wines, light spirit products or beer and any brewpub shall keep such additional records and make such additional reports with respect to the manufacture, receipt, distribution and sale of such light wines, light spirit products or beer as the commissioner may require. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prescribe and promulgate uniform rules and regulations for keeping such records and making such reports.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-158 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 104-158
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-158
Status: in_force

The Office of the State Auditor shall examine agencies' compliance with the requirements of Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-159 in the course of the powers and duties of the office as prescribed in Section 7-7-211 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-91 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 115-91
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-91
Status: in_force

For informational purposes only, the corporation shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee a copy of the corporation's annual operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget shall include an estimate of net proceeds to be deposited into the State Highway Fund during the succeeding fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-9-37
Status: in_force

Every executor, administrator, or assignee, or other person, who pays any debts, except as hereinbefore provided for, due by the person or estate from whom or for which he acts, before he satisfies and pays the tax due the State of Mississippi under this law, from such person or estate, shall become answerable in his own person and estate for the tax so due the state, or so much thereof as may remain due and unpaid, to the full extent of the full value of any property belonging to such person or estate which may come into his hands, custody, or control, and the executor shall in all instances be liable on his bond for the payment of the estate tax, whether the estate has been closed by the chancery court administering same or not.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-61 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 31-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-61
Status: in_force

The exemption granted in Sections 27-31-51 through 27-31-61 shall be in addition to all other exemptions heretofore granted by the laws of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 49-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-1
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall present to the board of supervisors, at its meeting on the first Monday of October in each year, a report of all insolvent and delinquent taxpayers in his county, with the amount due from each. Such report shall be verified by the affidavit of the collector, that he has made, in person or by deputy, a legal demand for taxes of all delinquent taxpayers found in his county by going to their place of abode or business and searching for something to seize and sell for taxes; that the taxpayers mentioned in the report have failed to pay their taxes; that such taxpayers have no effects known to him which can be seized and sold for such taxes; that he has made diligent inquiry after such of said delinquents as have not been found and cannot find them in his county; and that they have no effects known to him which can be seized and sold to pay their taxes. The tax collector shall also include in his report any checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money which he has received in payment of ad valorem taxes and which have been returned to him because of insufficient funds in the account on which such checks, drafts or orders were drawn. Such checks, drafts or orders shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the collector that he has exhausted all legal means of collecting such instruments, including the filing of a civil suit.

Separate lists of delinquents shall be made for each election district and for each city, town and village.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-17 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 106-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-17
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter requires the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi or the State Treasurer or their agents to take any action as described in this chapter unless it is determined, in good faith, that: the action described in this chapter is consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi or the State Treasurer or their agents; and there are appropriated funds of the state to absorb the expenses necessary to implement this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 107-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-13
Status: in_force

The state bond commission is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize any of its statutory powers, particularly Chapter 519, Laws of 1968, in carrying out its functions under Sections 27-107-1 through 27-107-15 , and in the repayment of principal and interest on indebtedness due the State Treasury or any general-fund agency or special-fund agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-307 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 59-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-307
Status: in_force

There is hereby levied and imposed a tax at a rate of:

(1) Twelve Cents (12¢) per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet (MCF) upon any person using natural gas as a fuel in oil field or gas field production pumps in this state.

(2) Three Cents (3¢) per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet (MCF) upon any person using natural gas as a fuel in pipeline compressors or pumping stations or in engines or motors used for industrial purposes by a manufacturer or custom processor in this state.

(3) Three-fourths Cent (0.75¢) per gallon upon any person using locomotive fuel in a railroad locomotive in this state. The quantity of locomotive fuel deemed to be used in this state shall be the number of gallons of locomotive fuel onloaded into railroad locomotives in this state.

(4) Two Cents (2¢) per gallon upon any person using compressed gas as a fuel in oil field or gas field production pumps in this state.

(5) One-half Cent (0.5¢) per gallon upon any person using compressed gas as a fuel in pipeline compressors or pumping stations or in engines or motors used for industrial purposes by a manufacturer or custom processor in this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 71-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-3
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise indicated or required by the context hereof, all words and phrases used herein shall have the same meanings as are ascribed to and provided for them by the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, Chapter 1 of Title 67, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-555 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 55-555
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-555
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the commission under provisions of this article, or under the provisions of any other law, which may now or in the future be collected by said commission, are hereby designated as public funds of the State of Mississippi and shall be by it deposited in accordance with Section 7-9-21 . Allocations of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene tax to the counties shall be made by the commission as provided by law and reported to the State Treasurer at the end of each month. The State Treasurer shall issue his requisition in payment thereof on the State Fiscal Officer, who shall issue his warrant on the State Treasurer, as is provided for the disbursement of other state funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 45-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-45-7
Status: in_force

If there exist upon a portion of a tract of land sold for taxes a lien, either of a deed of trust or mortgage of any kind, the mortgagee or holder of the notes secured by such deed of trust, or any person interested in such real estate may redeem that portion of the land so sold in solido upon which portion such mortgagee or owner of notes secured by deed of trust holds such lien in the following manner, to-wit:

Such mortgagee or owner of notes secured by a deed of trust or any person interested in such real estate may apply, in writing, to the chancery clerk of the county in which the land was sold, within the time provided by law, for redemption from the sale for taxes of such portion of the entire tract so sold in solido. Upon the application being filed with him, it shall be the duty of the chancery clerk to give ten (10) days' notice, in writing, of such application, by registered mail, to the last known post-office address with return receipt requested, to the owner and to the purchaser at the tax sale, and to all persons holding mortgages or other liens of record on the land so sold in solido or any part thereof, which notice shall designate a time not less than ten (10) days from the mailing thereof when such clerk shall hear and perform the duties hereinafter provided for. The clerk shall enter on the record of such tax sale notations giving the date when such notices were mailed and the names and post-office addresses of persons to whom mailed. On the date named for such hearing, the chancery clerk shall make such investigation as he may deem necessary to ascertain the relative value which that portion of the land on which the lien of such mortgage or deed of trust is held by the applicant, or by any other person, bears to the value of the entire land sold in solido for taxes, and the chancery clerk shall apportion the taxes due upon such portion at the ratio which said portion, upon which the lien exists, bears to the entire value of the property sold in solido for taxes. Upon such apportionment, the mortgagee or holder of the deed of trust, or any person interested in such real estate, shall be entitled to redeem that part of the land by payment of the sum apportioned thereon to the chancery clerk, regardless of the amount of the purchaser's bid at the tax sale, with its proportionate part, calculated as above provided, of all costs, damages and interest consequent upon the sale, and also all state and county taxes that have accrued upon that portion of said land since the sale, apportioned by the chancery clerk in the manner hereinabove provided, together with interest thereon, at the rate of one per centum per month, or any fractional part thereof, from the date such taxes shall have accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-509 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 67-509
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-67-509
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall collect the tax imposed by this article and every person subject to its provisions shall remit to the commissioner on or before the twentieth day of each month the amount of the tax due by such person for the preceding calendar month. Every taxpayer shall file a return with his remittance, which return shall be processed by the commissioner and shall show, for the calendar month preceding the tax payment date, the total sale or purchase price of the tangible personal property sold by him, and such other information as the commissioner may deem pertinent or necessary for determining the amount of the tax due hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-23 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 104-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-23
Status: in_force

The State Auditor and from and after July 1, 1986, the State Fiscal Officer, shall maintain his records and accounts in such a manner that, insofar as funds paid from the State Treasury are concerned, only the amounts approved by the State Fiscal Officer or authorized in the agency appropriation bill shall be available for expenditure during any allotment period by the state agency entitled thereto. The State Auditor, or the State Fiscal Officer, as the case may be, shall be liable on his official bond for any failure on his part to fully comply with the provisions of this section.

It shall be the duty of any officer or employee of any state agency who is clothed with the authority to make purchases or obligations or incur expenses to keep records of such purchases, obligations, or expenses incurred by him, and such purchases, obligations, or expenses incurred shall be entered upon the records the day they are made. No such purchases, obligations, or expenses shall be incurred after June 30 of the then fiscal year which would encumber funds appropriated for the fiscal year just ending. It shall be the duty of each agency coming within the purview of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 to submit, on or before July 15, a statement on a form prepared and furnished by the State Fiscal Officer, showing a detailed list of all encumbrances outstanding as of the close of the preceding fiscal year, together with purchase order numbers and such other information as the State Fiscal Officer may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-117-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 117-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-117-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Boycott Israel ” or “ boycott of Israel ” means refusing to deal, terminating business activities, or taking other actions to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories, in a discriminatory manner. A statement by a company that it is participating in a boycott of Israel, or that it has initiated a boycott in response to a request for a boycott of Israel or in compliance with, or in furtherance of, calls for a boycott of Israel, may be considered by the public fund to be evidence that a company is participating in a boycott of Israel. The term does not include restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against Israel.

(b) “ Company ” means an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, and parent companies, that exists for the purpose of making profit.

(c) “ Expense ” means all explicit costs associated with divesting of investments, including, but not limited to, trading costs, brokerage commissions, and any realized losses, and all implicit costs, including, but not limited to, lost opportunity costs resulting from the prohibition from making certain investments.

(d) “ Investment ” means a commitment or contribution of funds or property, whatever the source, a loan or other extension of credit, and the entry into or renewal of a contract for goods or services. The term “investment” does not include indirect beneficial ownership through index funds, commingled funds, limited partnerships, derivative instruments or the like.

(e) “ Public fund ” means the Public Employees' Retirement System and the Treasurer's office.

(f) “ Scrutinized companies ” means companies that boycott Israel or engage in a boycott of Israel.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 69-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69
Status: in_force

Any municipality within this state, in which any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter, may be carried on, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business, an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee imposed by Section 27-69-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that no person engaged in the wholesale sale, or distribution of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco taxed by this chapter shall be taxed by any municipality other than that in which the warehouse or wholesale business is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-113 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 31-113
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-113
Status: in_force

If, at any time after exemption from ad valorem taxation hereunder has been obtained, it comes to the attention of the governing authorities of the municipality, the county board of supervisors, the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, the state tax commission, or the attorney general, that such exemption was obtained by fraud, misstatement or misrepresentation, or that the industry does not meet the definitions of a manufacturing industry as set forth in Section 27-31-101 , it shall be the duty of the governing authorities of the municipality or the county board of supervisors to cancel such exemption.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-119 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 107-119
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-119
Status: in_force

The Commission of Budget and Accounting shall require boards of supervisors and the governing authorities of municipalities to maintain such minute books and other records as said commission deems reasonable and necessary for carrying out the purposes of Sections 27-107-111 through 27-107-125 , including auditing by the state auditor of all expenditures of grants and loans made pursuant to the provisions of said section and also of federal grants, private gifts and donations authorized to be received hereunder.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-17 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 104-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-17
Status: in_force

(1) An allotment period shall be one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of twelve (12) months, and expenditure one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the appropriated amount, unless otherwise specified in the appropriation bill or justified by the agency to the Department of Finance and Administration, and the first allotment period shall commence on July 1. Estimates shall be filed with the Department of Finance and Administration not later than the first day of the month preceding the beginning period.

The Department of Finance and Administration may, in its discretion, restrict an agency to a monthly allotment period when it becomes evident that an agency's rate of expenditure to date indicates this restriction will be necessary to prevent depletion of its appropriation prior to the close of the fiscal year or when the condition of the State General Fund requires monthly monitoring and control of the rate of General Fund expenditures.

(2) Unless otherwise specified in the agency appropriation bill, in the event any emergency or unforeseen circumstances shall arise, the agency head may authorize increases in major objects of expenditure within each specific budget within each appropriation bill in total amounts not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the appropriated amount of each object, provided that other major objects of expenditure are decreased by a corresponding dollar amount. Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39 , no transfers shall be authorized which increase or decrease the major object of expenditure “Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits,” or which increase the major object of expenditure “Capital Outlay--Equipment.” The agency head shall submit written justification for the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office, the Department of Finance and Administration, and the State Auditor, on or before the fifteenth of the month prior to the effective date of the transfer. The transfer shall be effective the first working day of the month following timely submissions required herein. In cases of extreme hardship, certified in writing by the agency head and submitted with timely submissions required herein, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, in his discretion, may authorize an earlier effective date for the transfer.

(3) No former employee who is receiving State of Mississippi retirement benefits shall be hired under contract for an amount exceeding Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) a year without prior approval by an agency's proper governing board or authority. Upon approval of such contracts a written report shall be submitted detailing the cost and need of such contract services to the Chairmen and members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-33 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 8 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-33
Status: in_force

A license tag and up to two (2) decals of the same size and similar design as prescribed in Section 27-19-31 shall be issued for all trailers and semitrailers except rental trailers registered under the provisions of this article except that the license tag shall bear the word “TRAILER” in addition to the other information. The owners of all such trailers shall attach such tags and decals in a conspicuous position on the rear of each trailer under the rear light so that it will be visible at night at a distance of sixty (60) feet. This section shall not apply to trailers and semitrailers subject to the tax levied in Section 27-19-18 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 59-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-35
Status: in_force

If a motor vehicle on which the annual privilege tax or portion thereof has been paid is damaged to the extent it cannot be used or the compressed gas carburetion equipment has been removed from such motor vehicle, the owner or operator may obtain a refund of the unexpired portion of the tax. Such refund shall be prorated from the first day of the month succeeding the month in which the motor vehicle was damaged to the extent it cannot be used or the compressed gas equipment was removed. In order to obtain such refund the claimant shall prove to the satisfaction of the commission that the motor vehicle was damaged to the extent it cannot be used or the compressed gas carburetion equipment was removed.

When a motor vehicle that uses or is capable of using compressed gas is sold or traded, the decal may be transferred to the new owner or the former owner may remove it, return it to the commission and file a claim for a refund on the unexpired portion.

If a claim for refund is approved, the amount thereof shall be refunded as provided in Section 27-55-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-468 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-468
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-468
Status: in_force

When the tax collector of any county or municipality shall discover anyone who has failed to pay privilege taxes due in any former year or years he shall make the proper collection for such year or years. The power to collect these past due taxes shall expire at the end of seven (7) years from the date when the right so to do first accrued.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-151 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 103-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-151
Status: in_force

Sections 27-103-151 through 27-103-157 shall be cited as the “Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994.” The processes and procedures established by Sections 27-103-151 through 27-103-157 are derived in large measure from recommendations contained within the study entitled “The Mississippi Budgeting Process” issued by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in December 1992 as required by Section 27-103-209 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 53-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-13
Status: in_force

The manufactured home or mobile home owner who does not own the land on which his manufactured home or mobile home is located must declare his manufactured home or mobile home to be personal property at the time of registration and the county tax collector shall enter it on the manufactured home rolls as personal property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-301 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 105-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-301
Status: in_force

The adoption of this code shall not be construed as repealing any law or laws providing for deposits by and loans of the board of commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi delta levee district and the board of Mississippi levee commissioners.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-57 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 59-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-57
Status: in_force

The comptroller is hereby given power and authority to make all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, with reference to all petroleum excise tax provisions and exemptions governing the making of reports and contents of same and doing any and all other duties pertaining to the making of reports and payment of taxes, and such other matters as will, in the judgment of the comptroller, contribute to a more efficient administration of all the petroleum excise tax provisions of this chapter. Such rules and regulations, when made, shall have the same binding force and effect as if incorporated in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-519 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 55-519
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-519
Status: in_force

(1) Any person engaged in business as a distributor of special fuel or who acts as a distributor of special fuel, as defined in this article, shall pay for the privilege of engaging in such business or acting as such distributor an excise tax on all special fuel stored, used, sold, distributed, manufactured, refined, distilled, blended or compounded in this state or received in this state for sale, storage, distribution or for any purpose, adjusted to sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.

The excise tax shall become due and payable when:

(a) Special fuel is withdrawn from storage at a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal, except when withdrawal is by barge or pipeline.

(b) Special fuel imported by a common carrier is unloaded by that carrier unless the special fuel is unloaded directly into the storage tanks of a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal.

(c) Special fuel imported by any person other than a common carrier enters the State of Mississippi unless the special fuel is unloaded directly into the storage tanks of a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal.

(d) Special fuel is blended in this state unless such blending occurs in a refinery, marine or pipeline terminal.

(e) Special fuel is acquired tax free.

(2) The special fuel excise tax shall be as follows:

(a) Eighteen Cents (18¢) per gallon on undyed diesel fuel until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 and Fourteen and Three-fourths Cents (14.75¢) per gallon thereafter;

(b) Five and Three-fourths Cents (5.75¢) per gallon on all special fuel except undyed diesel fuel and special fuel used as fuels in aircraft; and

(c) Five and One-fourth Cents (5.25¢) per gallon on special fuel used as fuel in aircraft.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-17 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 105-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-17
Status: in_force

The commission hereby created shall have authority to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be reasonable and proper to properly and effectively carry out the purpose of this article. The commission shall elect a secretary from its membership, or otherwise, who shall also be bookkeeper for the commission, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to keep the minutes of said commission, and to keep such books, accounts and records with the various depositories as the commission may direct. The secretary shall also, from time to time, as may be ordered by the commission, make report showing the true and complete condition of all depository accounts, and he shall also report to the commission, at any time, any and all important matters which, in his judgment, should receive special action. The secretary shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per annum for this service, in addition to any other compensation he may be entitled to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-21 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 53-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-53-21
Status: in_force

The county tax collector is authorized to collect the municipal as well as county tax on manufactured homes or mobile homes not included in the land rolls and return the municipal tax to the municipality, retaining the same commission as is allowed for collection of municipal tax on motor vehicles. The tax on manufactured homes or mobile homes included in the land rolls shall be collected by the county and city tax collectors as on all other realty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-77 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 41-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-77
Status: in_force

If any land be sold for more than the amount of taxes due and all costs, the tax collector shall report the amount of excess to the chancery clerk, and on his receipt warrant therefor, shall pay the same into the county treasury. The board of supervisors is directed to transfer all such funds so received to the general funds of the county. If the land be redeemed, or the title of the purchaser be defeated or set aside in any way or for any reason, such excess shall be retained by the county. If only a part of the land be redeemed, the excess shall be apportioned ratably to the amount of taxes due at the time of the sale on the respective parts. The owner of the land may demand of the tax collector a memorandum or receipt showing the amount of excess if any, and, upon the expiration of the period of redemption, without the property being redeemed, such excess shall, upon the request of the owner, be paid to said owner. If the owner of the property does not request payment of the excess within two (2) years from the expiration of the period of redemption, the excess shall be retained by the county. Whenever any person shall present a claim against the excess fund, within the time period provided, certified to by the chancery clerk, the board of supervisors shall order a warrant to issue therefor on the general county fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-93.1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-93.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-93.1
Status: in_force

(1) Each resident individual taxpayer who files a Mississippi income tax return and who will receive a tax refund from the State Tax Commission may designate that a contribution be made to the “Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Foundation” by marking the appropriate box printed on the return pursuant to this subsection. In the case of a joint return, each spouse may designate that a portion of the refund shall be paid to such foundation.

The State Tax Commission shall print on the Mississippi income tax form for residents a space for designating the contribution in substantially the following form:

I wish to contribute ( ) $1 ( ) $5 ( ) $10 ( ) Other $___ of my TAX REFUND TO THE MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS FOUNDATION.”

(2) The State Tax Commission shall explain in the instructions accompanying the individual income tax form the purposes for which the contributions authorized herein shall be used.

(3) This section shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006.

(4) The Chairman of the State Tax Commission shall determine annually the total amount designated by individuals to be paid to the foundation, along with all interest earned thereon, and shall report such amount to the State Treasurer who shall pay such amount to the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Foundation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-19 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 70-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-70-19
Status: in_force

(1) If any distributor subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be found to have failed to properly report or pay the tax required under this chapter, or to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner under the authority of this chapter, there shall be collected from such distributor, in addition to the tax that may be due, a penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation, and the commissioner or his duly authorized representative may make immediate demand upon the distributor for the payment of all such taxes and penalties.

(2) If there is a second violation by a distributor of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commissioner under the authority of this chapter, the commissioner, in addition to any other penalty, may revoke any permit which may have been issued to the distributor.

(3) All administrative provisions of the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, including those which fix damages, penalties and interest for nonpayment of taxes and for noncompliance with the provisions of that law, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon taxpayers, shall apply to all persons liable for the taxes under this chapter, and the commissioner shall exercise all the power and authority and perform all duties with respect to taxpayers under this chapter as are provided under the Mississippi Sales Tax Law, except where there is a conflict, in which case this chapter shall control.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-9 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 65-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-9
Status: in_force

(1) “ Business ” shall mean and include all activities or acts engaged in (personal or corporate), for benefit or advantage, either direct or indirect, and not exempting subactivities in connection therewith. Each of such subactivities shall be considered business engaged in, taxable in the class in which it falls.

(2) “ Business ” shall include activities engaged in by exempt organizations or political entities in competition with privately owned business subject to the provisions of this chapter; however, the term “ business ” shall not include the following activities:

(a) Sales of prepaid student meal plans by public or private universities, colleges and community or junior colleges;

(b) Sales of prepared meals by any public or private school to students in kindergarten through Grade 12; and

(c) Retail sales of prepared meals when:

(i) Sold on the campus of a public or private university, college or community or junior college in this state to a student enrolled at such university, college or community or junior college; and

(ii) Payment for the sale is made through the use of a prepaid declining balance account or similar instrument or account issued to such student by the university, college or community or junior college that may be used only to purchase prepared meals.

(3) “ Business ” shall include the activity or activities of a person in this state performing a service under contract or agreement with another person when the service performed is taxable under the provisions of this chapter.

(4) “ Doing business ” shall include any person owning personal property located in this state under lease or rental agreement or any person installing personal property within this state.

(5) “ Doing business ” shall include any person represented in this state by salesmen taking or soliciting orders to be filled from points outside this state for subsequent delivery of the merchandise in equipment owned or leased by the seller to customers located in this state.

(6) “ Doing business ” shall include any person selling or facilitating the sale of services or tangible personal property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-29 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 104-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-29
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislative Budget Office or the State Fiscal Officer may request and the Attorney General is authorized, upon receipt of such request, to bring an injunctive action against any special-fund agency failing to comply with the terms of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 .

(2) Such injunctive action by the Attorney General may be either a mandatory injunction to force the filing of the required budget or a prohibitory injunction to prevent the special-fund agency from engaging in further business or other activities until such time as the terms of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 have been complied with.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-315 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 71-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-315
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 67-9-1 for the transportation of limited amounts of alcoholic beverages for the use of an alcohol processing permittee, it shall be unlawful for any person to transport from any point outside of this state to any point within this state, any light wines, light spirit products or beer except for delivery to a licensed wholesaler or distributor in this state; and except by common carrier. The commissioner may, however, upon application of a licensed wholesaler or distributor in this state, and under rules and regulations duly promulgated by him, issue a permit for the transportation by a licensed wholesaler or distributor of light wines, light spirit products and beer in trucks owned by such licensee, from without the state to the place of business of such licensee within the state, for distribution by said licensee. Such permit shall be granted for a specified period, not to exceed one (1) year.

Any person engaged in transporting any light wines, light spirit products or beer from any point outside of this state to any point within this state, shall have in his possession during the entire time he is engaged in transporting such light wines, light spirit products or beer, an invoice, bill of sale, or bill of lading, showing the true name and address of the consignor, and also the true name and address of the licensed wholesaler or distributor to whom such light wines, light spirit products or beer is to be delivered, and the quantity of such light wines, light spirit products or beer, unless such common carrier maintains a permanent office within this state where complete records of all light wines, light spirit products or beer transported from without this state to points within this state are kept, and open to inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent, at all reasonable times.

It is hereby made the duty of all common carriers, and licensed wholesalers and distributors, transporting light wines, light spirit products or beer from without the State of Mississippi into the State of Mississippi, to furnish the commissioner on or before the fifteenth day of each month, a report showing the amount of beer transported within the state during the preceding month, the consignor, the consignee, and the quantity of light wines, light spirit products or beer so transported.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-18 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 65-18
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-65-18
Status: in_force

(1) There is levied, assessed and shall be collected a tax of three and one-half percent (3- 1 / 2 %) upon the gross proceeds of sales or gross receipts of sales of every person engaging or continuing within this state in the business of selling any tangible personal property or performing any construction activity upon (a) any floating structure that is normally moored and not normally engaged in the business of transporting people or property, and that is located in the waters within the State of Mississippi, and (b) any cruise vessel. Such structures include, but are not limited to, casinos, floating restaurants, floating hotels and similar property, regardless of whether the property is self-propelled. The tax imposed under this subsection (1) shall not apply to tangible personal property that is not a component part of the structure.

(2) If the owner of a structure described in subsection (1) of this section holds a direct pay permit issued by the State Tax Commission under Section 27-65-93 , the owner shall furnish the permit to the seller or person performing the construction activity unless the holder of the direct pay permit is given written instructions or written authority to do otherwise by the commissioner. After being furnished the direct pay permit, the seller or person performing the construction activity shall be relieved of the duty to collect the tax imposed under subsection (1) of this section. The commissioner may assign a distinctive number to a structure and issue the distinctive number to the owner. The owner of the structure may furnish the distinctive number to persons performing construction activity in order to allow such persons to purchase component materials and parts for use in the construction activity without the requirement of paying sales tax on the purchases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-321 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-321
Status: in_force

Any corporation owning, possessing, holding or operating a toll bridge structure located partly but not wholly within one county of this state and any substantial part of which so situated in this state is used or operated, howsoever, by or in connection with any common carrier railroad, as an instrumentality or facility for the conduct by such common carrier railroad of interstate commerce or its interstate transportation business, shall be considered and the same is hereby declared and defined to be a public service corporation as to all of its property situated in this state and which is liable to taxation in this state; and such property shall be wholly and exclusively subject to valuation and assessment for the purposes of taxation by the state tax commission of Mississippi, which commission is by law constituted state assessor of railroads and other public service corporations. Such property of said corporation shall be assessed to the extent and in like manner as the property of other public service corporations and public utilities now subject to the authority and jurisdiction of said commission; and said toll bridge corporations shall make and file schedules in time and manner as provided by Sections 27-35-309 , 27-35-317 and 27-35-323 and under penalties as therein provided.

Such property of all persons, partnerships or associations of persons, so owned, held, possessed, operated, situated and utilized, however, shall, likewise, be valued and assessed for the purposes of taxation by the said state tax commission of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-24 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-24
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-24
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided, a financial institution whose business activity is taxable both within and without this state shall allocate and apportion its net income as provided in Sections 27-7-24 , 27-7-24.1 , 27-7-24.3 , 27-7-24.5 and 27-7-24.7, Mississippi Code of 1972 . All items of nonbusiness income (income which is not includable in the apportionable income tax base) shall be allocated pursuant to the provisions of Section 27-7-23, Mississippi Code of 1972 . A financial institution organized under the laws of a foreign country, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States whose effectively connected income, as defined under the federal Internal Revenue Code, as in effect January 1, 1996, is taxable both within this state and within another state, other than the state in which it is organized, shall allocate and apportion its net income as provided in Sections 27-7-24 , 27-7-24.1 , 27-7-24.3 , 27-7-24.5 and 27-7-24.7, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(2) All business income (income which is includable in the apportionable income tax base) shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying such income by the apportionment percentage. The apportionment percentage is determined by adding the taxpayer's receipts factor (as described in Section 27-7-24.3 ), property factor (as described in Section 27-7-24.5 ), and payroll factor (as described in Section 27-7-24.7 ) together and dividing the sum by three (3). If one (1) of the factors is missing, the two (2) remaining factors are added and the sum is divided by two (2). If two (2) of the factors are missing, the remaining factor is the apportionment percentage. A factor is missing if both its numerator and denominator are zero (0), but is not missing merely because its numerator is zero (0).

(3) Each factor shall be computed according to the method of accounting (cash or accrual basis) used by the taxpayer for the taxable year.

(4) If the allocation and apportionment provisions of Sections 27-7-24 , 27-7-24.1 , 27-7-24.3 , 27-7-24.5 and 27-7-24.7 do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business activity in this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the commissioner may require, in respect to all or any part of the taxpayer's business activity, if reasonable:

(a) Separate accounting;

(b) The exclusion of any one or more of the factors;

(c) The inclusion of one or more additional factors which will fairly represent the taxpayer's business activity in this state; or

(d) The employment of any other method to effectuate an equitable allocation and apportionment of the taxpayer's income.

In any instance in which a taxpayer requests or the commissioner requires the use of any of the alternative apportionment methods in this subsection, the party requesting or requiring the method shall bear the burden of proving by preponderance of the evidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding that the methods set forth in Sections 27-7-24 , 27-7-24.1 , 27-7-24.3 , 27-7-24.5 and 27-7-24.7 do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business activity in this state and that the proposed method more fairly represents that activity than any other reasonable method available. The alternative apportionment authority specified in this subsection is intended to be invoked only in limited and unique, nonrecurring circumstances where the standard apportionment provisions contained in the statutes and regulations produce unanticipated results that do not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business activity in this state.

(5) The commissioner shall be prohibited from assessing any penalties related to a deficiency arising from requiring the use of an alternative apportionment method under subsection (4) of this section unless the commissioner shall establish by preponderance of the evidence that the taxpayer's method was without reasonable basis or was not in accordance with existing statutes or regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-3
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, (a) to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and other political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and (b) to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such other political subdivisions for the benefit of a project, and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of sums in lieu of taxes. Except in the case of a municipal separate school district, the governing body of the municipality is authorized and empowered to make agreements for payments in lieu of school taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-8-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 8-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-8-3
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have meanings ascribed below:

(a) “ C corporation ” means a corporation which is not an S corporation.

(b) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as applicable to the taxable period; references to sections of the code shall be deemed to refer to corresponding provisions of prior and subsequent federal tax laws.

(c) “ Income attributable to the state ” means items of income, loss, deduction or credit of the S corporation apportioned to this state under Section 27-7-23(c)(2) or allocated to this state under Section 27-7-23(c)(3) .

(d) “ Income not attributable to the state ” means all items of income, loss, deduction or credit of the S corporation other than income attributable to the state.

(e) “ Post-termination transition period ” means that period defined in Section 1377(b)(1) of the code.

(f) “ Pro rata share ” means the portion of any item attributable to an S corporation shareholder for a taxable period determined in the manner provided in, and subject to any election made under, Section 1377(a) or 1362(e), as the case may be, of the code.

(g) “ S corporation ” means a corporation for which a valid election under Section 1362(a) of the code is in effect.

(h) “ Taxable period ” means any taxable year or portion of a taxable year during which a corporation is an S corporation.

(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided or clearly appearing from the context, any term used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in the code, or in any statute relating to federal income taxes, in effect for the taxable period. Due consideration shall be given in the interpretation of this chapter to applicable sections of the code in effect from time to time and to federal rulings and regulations interpreting such sections, provided such code, rulings and regulations do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-203 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-203
Status: in_force

Every person required to obtain a license for the privilege of engaging in any business for which a privilege tax is required shall make application therefor in writing to the officer who is required to collect the tax. The application for license shall be filed on blanks to be furnished by the State Auditor for that purpose, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by the person owning the business, or having an ownership interest therein; or the officer who is required to collect the tax, or his duly authorized agent, may certify to the application. If the applicant is a corporation, a duly authorized agent shall execute the application.

The application shall, in addition to such other information as the officer who is required to collect the tax may require, show the name of such person or corporation, and in case of a partnership, the name of each partner thereof; the person's, firm's or corporation's business office address, the location of the place of business to which the license shall apply, and the nature of the business in which engaged, and any other information the officer who is required to collect the tax may require.

The application shall contain all the information necessary for the officer collecting the tax to properly classify the applicant and ascertain the amount of tax due.

The application shall be accompanied by the amount of the privilege tax required by law.

Any person who shall willfully make any false statement in an application for a privilege license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be required to pay as damages double the amount of the difference between the tax paid and that which should have been paid, in addition to the fine and imprisonment imposed.

It is specifically provided that the officer taking the application for a privilege license shall carefully preserve the same for a period of three (3) years for the use of the grand jury, the courts of the state, or any duly authorized officer of the State of Mississippi, and any officer who shall refuse or fail to take or require the application, or affidavit as herein required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties therefor.

Each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-201 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 107-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-201
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board is authorized to transfer any unobligated funds in the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Fund No. 3723 to the Local Disaster Emergency Grant and Loan Fund No. 3793 in order to loan funds to Jones County, Mississippi, and/or to municipalities and school districts therein to match federal funds to be used in making repairs, renovations, restoration, construction, reconstruction and related improvements and restoring or purchasing machinery, equipment and supplies to public office buildings, schools, courthouses, hospitals, water supplies, sewer and utility systems, streets, roads, bridges, airports and other governmental facilities, all of such being publicly owned and governed by the governing authorities having statutory power thereover, which real, personal or mixed properties were either damaged, destroyed or lost as a direct result of the Jones County tornado disaster of February 28, 1987.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-57 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 69-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-57
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, in his discretion, return any tobacco confiscated under this chapter, or any part thereof, when it is shown that there was no intention to violate the provisions of this chapter; provided, when any tobacco is confiscated under the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may, in his discretion, return such goods to the parties from whom they were confiscated, if, and when, such parties shall pay to the commissioner as a penalty an amount equal to the face value of the stamps that should have been affixed to the cigarettes confiscated or pay the excise tax on other tobacco, and, in such cases, no advertisement shall be made or notices posted in connection with said confiscation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-85 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 115-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-85
Status: in_force

Until June 30, 2028, net proceeds generated by the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law, created pursuant to Sections 1 this chapter and deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund under Section 27-115-51(2) , except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be paid into the State Highway Fund by warrant issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisition of the State Transportation Commission as needed to provide funds to repair, renovate and maintain highways and bridges of the state; however, funds paid into the State Highway Fund under this section shall be first used for matching federal funds authorized to the state pursuant to any federal highway infrastructure program implemented after September 1, 2018. However, all such monies deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund over Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) in a fiscal year shall be transferred into the Education Enhancement Fund for the purposes of funding the Early Childhood Learning Collaborative, the Classroom Supply Fund and/or other educational purposes. From and after July 1, 2028, the net proceeds shall be deposited into the Lottery Proceeds Fund and shall be transferred to the State General Fund, except for the amounts over Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00) which shall continue to be deposited in the Education Enhancement Fund as provided above.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-29 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-29
Status: in_force

No tax shall be levied under the provisions of this article upon any tractor, road roller or road machinery used solely and exclusively in road building or other highway construction or maintenance work or upon vehicles permanently equipped with and used exclusively for transporting water well drilling outfits, all of which vehicles are not used upon the highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-559 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 55-559
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-559
Status: in_force

Every person hauling, transporting or conveying more than five hundred (500) gallons of special fuel over the highways, streets, alleys or waters of this state, or into this state over any highway, street, alley or water route, shall, during the entire time he is so engaged, have in his possession a bill of sale, bills of lading, invoices or other written evidence, each of which shall be serially numbered, showing the kind and amount of special fuel being transported, the name and address of the person from whom such special fuel was received, and the name and address of the person to whom delivery is to be made. The vehicle or boat conveying such special fuel shall have clearly printed on it the name and address of the person transporting the special fuel on both sides of the vehicle or boat in well-balanced letters of not less than two (2) inches in height on a contrasting background.

Any person transporting special fuel without a shipping document containing the required information or who diverts a shipment of special fuel to a destination other than the destination listed on such shipping document or who alters a shipping document without notice to the commission shall be liable for a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per offense and the entire amount of the state excise tax upon such special fuel shall be deemed due and payable, plus a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of such tax. Any authorized representative of the commission or the enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have the right to seize or impound such vehicle or boat until the excise tax and penalty have been paid. Notice to the commission shall consist of contacting the National Diversion Registry, reporting the diversion and obtaining a registration number.

Any person other than a common or contract carrier bringing special fuel into this state in quantities of more than five hundred (500) gallons shall give notice to the commission of his intent to import such special fuel. The commission is authorized to promulgate rules setting forth the manner in which such notice is to be given. However, if information on special fuel imported into this state can be accurately secured from other sources by the commission, it may waive the requirements of such notice.

If any person, other than a common or contract carrier, shall transport special fuel over the highways of this state by motor vehicle without having given the notice required by this section, or if a copy of such notice is not carried in such motor vehicle as required by this section, the entire amount of the state excise tax upon such special fuel being transported shall be deemed due and payable, plus a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of such tax, and any authorized representative of the commission or enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have the right to seize or impound the motor vehicle in which such special fuel is being transported until such excise tax together with the penalty thereon has been paid. Provided, however, that the penalty shall not apply when the driver of the truck stops at the first weighing station in the line of travel and secures the signature of the officer on duty on the import notice.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-73 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 69-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-73
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby empowered to make such rules and regulations, and provide such procedural measures, in cooperation with the state auditor, as shall bring into effect the purposes of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-81 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 41-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-81
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall on or before the first Monday of June transmit to the clerk of the chancery court of the county separate certified lists of the lands struck off by him to the state and that sold to individuals, specifying to whom assessed, the day of the sale, the amount of taxes for which the sale was made and each item of cost incidental thereto, and, where sold to individuals, the name of the purchaser, to be separately recorded by the clerk in books kept by him for that purpose. Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-59 , the lists shall vest in the state or the individual purchaser thereof a perfect title to the land sold for taxes, but without the right of possession and subject to the right of redemption; but a failure to transmit or record a list, or a defective list, shall not affect or render the title void. If the tax collector or clerk shall fail to perform the duties herein prescribed, he shall be liable to the party injured by such default in the penal sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), and also on his bond for the actual damages sustained.

The list hereinabove provided shall, when filed with the clerk, be notice to all persons in the same manner as are deeds when filed for record.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 51-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-35
Status: in_force

Any municipality in the state electing not to adopt the motor vehicle assessment schedule for the assessment and collection of its ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles, provided for by Section 27-51-19 , shall order its tax assessor to prepare and file with the municipal board of such municipality an assessment schedule for such purposes, excepting motor vehicles owned by public utilities and railroads, which, under the authority of Section 27-35-301, Mississippi Code of 1972 , are assessed by the state tax commission. The said order shall be made of minute record and a certified copy shall be furnished the municipal tax assessor.

In preparing the assessment schedule, the municipal tax assessor shall comply in general with the provisions of Section 27-51-19 , excepting that he shall equalize the assessed value of motor vehicle with the assessed value of other property located within his jurisdiction rather than with the assessed value of property throughout the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-251 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 15-251
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-251
Status: in_force

(1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court within the limitations aforesaid; and such fine and imprisonment shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by any particular section of this chapter. The courts of the county in which the offender resides, or if a company, in which it carries on business, shall have jurisdiction to enforce this subsection. And persons failing to pay the privilege taxes imposed by this chapter, and to obtain a license as hereby required, but pursuing the business for which a privilege tax is imposed without procuring such license, may be proceeded against by suit, in addition to being dealt with criminally; and the officer required to collect the tax may seize and sell any property of such person liable for such tax and penalty, in the same manner as he may distrain and sell property of other taxpayers delinquent for the payment of ad valorem taxes due on personal property.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in buying cotton, cotton seed, corn, grain or field seed of any kind, pecans, peanuts, or other nuts between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. and any person convicted under this section shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ninety (90) days or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-7 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 68-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-7
Status: in_force

The State Tax Commission is authorized to enter into the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce. In furtherance of the agreement, the State Tax Commission is authorized to act jointly with other states that are members of the agreement to establish standards for certification of a certified service provider and certified automated system and establish performance standards for multi-state sellers.

The State Tax Commission is further authorized to take other actions reasonably required to implement the provisions set forth in this chapter. Other actions authorized by this section include, but are not limited to, the adoption of rules and regulations and the joint procurement, with other member states, of goods and services in furtherance of the cooperative agreement.

The State Tax Commission, or its designee, is authorized to represent this state before the other states that are signatories to the agreement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-25 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 61-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-61-25
Status: in_force

All proceeds of the tax and permit fees, collected under the provisions of this chapter, shall be distributed in accordance with Section 27-61-5 , Section 27-61-29 or Section 27-5-101 , as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-73-13 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 73-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-73-13
Status: in_force

(1) The consent of the State of Mississippi, however expressed, for maintaining any suit to recover from the state or any county thereof, or any supervisors' district, or any road district, school district, or other district thereof, a refund of ad valorem taxes heretofore paid upon royalties, overriding royalties, working interests, leases, or any other interests in oil, gas, or other minerals however described or created, either owned separate and apart from the surface rights or otherwise, is hereby withdrawn and the state hereby declares that it refuses to consent to any suit in any county or state, or any federal court therein maintaining the suit for the purpose of securing a refund of any ad valorem taxes on any such mineral interests, heretofore paid into the state treasury, or any county treasury, or any other officer or depository authorized to receive such funds. In any case, where suit has already been instituted to recover such taxes, so paid into any public treasury or depository, unless paid under protest, or duress, it shall be and is hereby abated, dismissed, and further proceedings forbidden.

(2) Any order hereafter entered by any person, board, or officer whether state, county, district or other body, which has allowed, issued, or approved a refund of such taxes is hereby abated, made void and payment prohibited as to such ad valorem tax on such interests of any kind whatsoever in oil, gas, or other minerals having or purporting to have the authority to allow, approve, or refund any taxes so paid to any officer or depository, such order or evidence of debt purported to authorize, approve, allow any such refund is withdrawn and rendered wholly null and void so far as any such refund is authorized or purported to be authorized thereby, unless the taxes for which refund is sought, were paid under protest or duress.

(3) This section shall operate to prohibit any such refunding of such ad valorem taxes mentioned in the preceding paragraphs from and after April 9, 1948, so that no further proceedings may be taken in any of the provisions mentioned heretofore for such purpose, and no appeal shall be authorized or allowed from the order of abatement or dismissal and such orders allowing appeals from the dismissal or abatement of said suits are rendered null and void in the court to which such appeals are prosecuted. They shall be dismissed by such court, with costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-320 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 39-320
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-39-320
Status: repealed

(1) The Legislature finds and determines that legislation requiring a specific levy or requiring consent of some other governing body to reduce the levy was intended to raise a certain amount of revenue for specific purposes. Upon this determination and notwithstanding the provisions of any statute which requires a definite levy to be made or which requires that a levy may not be reduced except by the consent of some other governing authority, the amount of such levy shall be deemed to be an amount necessary to produce the revenues received in the next preceding year plus, at the option of the taxing authority, an increase not to exceed ten percent (10%) of such revenues.

(2) In any county where there is located a nuclear generating power plant on which a tax is assessed under Section 27-35-309(3) , such required levy and revenue produced thereby may be reduced by the levying authority in an amount in proportion to a reduction in the base revenue of any such county from the previous year. Such reduction shall be allowed only if the reduction in base revenue equals or exceeds five percent (5%). “Base revenue” shall mean the revenue received by the county from the ad valorem tax levy plus the revenue received by the county from the tax assessed under Section 27-35-309(3) and authorized to be used for any purposes for which a county is authorized by law to levy an ad valorem tax. For purposes of determining if the reduction equals or exceeds five percent (5%), a levy of millage equal to the prior year's millage shall be hypothetically applied to the current year's ad valorem tax base to determine the amount of revenue to be generated from the ad valorem tax levy. For the purposes of this section, the portion of base revenue used to fund the purpose for which a specific levy is required shall be deemed to be the total receipts from ad valorem taxes for such purpose. This paragraph shall apply to taxes levied for the 1987 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter. If the Mississippi Supreme Court or another court finally adjudicates that the tax levied under Section 27-35-309(3) is unconstitutional, then this paragraph shall stand repealed.

(3) With respect to ad valorem taxes levied on or after October 1, 1980, no county or municipality shall levy those mills heretofore required by law to be levied to an extent that such levy shall produce more than the total receipts produced from such levy in the next preceding year, plus, at the option of the taxing authority, an increase not to exceed ten percent (10%) of such receipts. Such total receipts shall be deemed to include the total avails of such levy either collected from the property owner or by reimbursement by the state. The revenues produced from any newly constructed properties or any existing properties added to the tax rolls or any properties previously exempt which were not assessed in the next preceding year may be excluded from the limitation set forth herein.

(4) The ten percent (10%) increase limitation prescribed in this section may be increased by an additional amount by the board of supervisors of any county if the aggregate receipts from all county levies to which this section and Sections 27-39-305 and 27-39-321 apply do not exceed one hundred ten percent (110%) of the aggregate receipts from all such levies during any one (1) of the immediately preceding three (3) fiscal years, as determined by the board of supervisors.

(5) The limitations set forth in this section shall apply to the mandatory tax levied by Section 27-39-329 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.40 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-22.40
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.40
Status: repealed

(1) The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates:

(a) “ Water transportation enterprise ” means an enterprise or establishment primarily engaged in providing inland water transportation of cargo on lakes, rivers and/or intracoastal waterways, except on the Great Lakes System.

(b) “ Mississippi full-time job ” means a job created in the State of Mississippi on or after January 1, 2019, and filled by a Mississippi resident who works at least thirty-five (35) hours per week.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, any water transportation enterprise is allowed a job tax credit for taxes imposed by this chapter equal to Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) annually for each Mississippi full-time job created for a period of five (5) years from the date the credit commences. A water transportation enterprise may not claim a tax credit for the reemployment of a person whose employment with the enterprise is terminated by the enterprise if the reemployment by the enterprise occurs within twelve (12) months from the date of the termination. The credit shall commence on the date selected by the enterprise. For the year in which the commencement date occurs, the credit will be determined based on the monthly average number of full-time employees employed by the water transportation enterprise in Mississippi full-time jobs subject to the Mississippi income tax withholding. For each year thereafter, the number of Mississippi full-time jobs shall be determined by comparing the monthly average number of full-time employees employed at the water transportation enterprise in Mississippi full-time jobs subject to the Mississippi income tax withholding for the taxable year with the corresponding period of the prior taxable year. The Department of Revenue shall adjust the credit allowed each year for employment fluctuations.

(3) The credit that may be used each year shall be limited to an amount not greater than the total state income tax liability of the water transportation enterprise. Any tax credit claimed under this section but not used in any taxable year may be carried forward for five (5) consecutive years from the close of the tax year in which the credits were earned.

(4) The sale, merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy or relocation from one (1) county to another county within the state of any water transportation enterprise may not create new eligibility in any succeeding business entity, but any unused job tax credit may be transferred and continued by any transferee of the water transportation enterprise. The Department of Revenue shall determine whether or not qualifying net increases or decreases have occurred or proper transfers of credit have been made and may require reports, promulgate regulations, and hold hearings as needed for substantiation and qualification.

(5) The credits allowed under this section shall not be used by any business enterprise or corporation other than the water transportation enterprise actually qualifying for the credits.

(6) The maximum aggregate amount of tax credits that may be claimed by all taxpayers claiming a credit under this section in a taxable year shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00).

(7) Any water transportation enterprise that is eligible for the credit authorized in this section before January 1, 2026, shall be eligible for the credit authorized in this section, notwithstanding the repeal of this section, and shall be allowed to carry forward the credit after January 1, 2026, as provided for in subsection (3) of this section.

(8) This section shall be repealed from and after January 1, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-42.2 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 51-42.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-51-42.2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to grant an exemption from motor vehicle ad valorem taxes in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or the amount of ad valorem taxes due, whichever is the lesser amount, on one (1) motor vehicle owned by each resident of the county who is in active service as a volunteer fire fighter for any municipality, county or fire district in the state. To receive the tax exemption, such person must make application, under oath, with the county fire coordinator on a form prepared by the State Tax Commission, and present evidence that he or she is actively serving as a volunteer fire fighter and has continuously served in such capacity for at least three (3) consecutive years before making application for the tax credit under this section. The county fire coordinator shall review all such applications and shall certify to the county tax collector each person whom he determines to qualify for the tax credit. The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate rules and regulations to assist county fire coordinators in defining and prescribing those persons who may qualify for the tax credit under this section as active service volunteer fire fighters.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.4 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-56.4
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-56.4
Status: in_force

(1) Owners of motor vehicles upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional annual fee in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), shall be issued a special license tag which displays the emblem of the public university of his choice located in this state.

(2) Each university shall design the emblem which shall be displayed on the special license tag. The emblem shall be affixed during the production of the license tag.

(3) Application for the special license tags shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the State Tax Commission. The application and the additional fee, less five percent (5%) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the State Tax Commission on a monthly basis as prescribed by the commission. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(4) The special license tag shall be issued for a one-year period. The additional annual fee shall be due and payable at the time of renewal registration.

(5) The State Tax Commission shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day received. At the end of each month, the State Tax Commission shall certify the total fees collected under this section to the State Treasurer who shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Thirty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($32.50) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to the credit of the public university named on the special license tag. The funds shall be available for expenditure at the discretion of the public university.

(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited into the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70 .

(c) The remainder of each such additional fee shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-211 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-211
Status: in_force

In the event a person engaged in business is liable for two (2) or more annual privilege taxes, or has two (2) or more annual privilege licenses, which licenses expire in different months desires to have all his privilege tax licenses expire on a common date, he may apply to the officer whose duty it is to collect the privilege tax at the time any annual privilege tax license expires and have issued a privilege tax license which will expire on the desired common date; and he shall pay for such privilege tax license at the pro rata annual rate according to the number of months in the period between the date the license is issued and its date of expiration. The officer issuing such license for less than a year shall certify on the face thereof that it is issued to provide a common expiration date, the period for which it is issued, and the amount paid therefor. A person engaged in business, who thereafter becomes liable for a privilege tax for any new kind of business, may in like manner obtain a license for a less period than one (1) year. But this section shall not apply to any person who by reason of failure to procure a license, becomes liable for the penalty provided by this chapter, nor to any person beginning business, but any license issued to a person beginning business shall be issued for one (1) year, unless elsewhere specifically provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Section 69-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-69
Status: in_force

Any municipality within this state, in which any business licensed under the provisions of this chapter, may be carried on, shall have the right to impose upon persons engaged in such business, an annual privilege tax of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the permit fee imposed by Section 27-69-7 of this chapter; provided, however, that no person engaged in the wholesale sale, or distribution of cigars, cigarettes or smoking tobacco taxed by this chapter shall be taxed by any municipality other than that in which the warehouse or wholesale business is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-51 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 35-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-51
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, whenever any buildings, improvements or structures, mineral, gas, oil, timber or similar interests in real estate, including building permits or reservations, are owned separately and apart from and independently of the rights and interests owned in the surface of such real estate, or when any person reserves any right or interest, or has any leasehold in the elements above enumerated, all of such interests shall be assessed and taxed separately from such surface rights and interests in said real estate, and shall be sold for taxes in the same manner and with the same effect as other interests in real estate are sold for taxes. All interests in real estate herein enumerated shall be returned to the tax assessor within the same time and in the same manner as the owners of land are now required by law to list lands for assessment and taxation and under like penalties. The tax assessor shall enter the assessment of the interests herein enumerated upon the assessment roll by entering the same upon the next succeeding line or lines of the roll following the assessment of the surface owner, the name of the owner and the name of the interest, and by placing the value in the appropriate column or columns on the roll; or the assessor may enter the assessment of any or all of such interests upon a page or pages in the land roll following the assessment of the lands of the county, and the value of all such interests shall be included in the recapitulation of the roll. And the value of said interest or interests shall be determined and fixed in the same manner and by the same officials now required by law to value and assess property for taxation.

(2) Pursuant to Section 65-43-3(2)(i) , any contract entered into under Section 65-43-3 by a governmental entity, as defined in Section 65-43-1 , with a company as defined in Section 65-43-3(1) , involving a franchise, license agreement, concession agreement, operating agreement, construction agreement, design agreement and/or any other similar contractual arrangement in connection with the financing, design, construction, acquisition, maintenance and/or operation of a toll road or toll bridge project pursuant to Section 65-43-3 , shall not constitute any right, title or interest in land or other real property or real estate or in personal property separate and apart and independent of the rights and interests of the governmental entity for purposes of subsection (1) of this section, in the toll road or toll bridge project, including tollbooths and related toll facilities, including, but not limited to, land, pavement, drainage-related structures, and other infrastructure and property related thereto in which a governmental entity is the title owner of such property and/or holder of easements, rights-of-way and/or other interests for such toll road or toll bridge project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-35
Status: in_force

(1) Upon each person operating a taxicab, U-drive-it, or other forms of renting motor vehicles (for the transportation of persons for hire), whether driven by the person renting same, or by driver furnished by the person operating the station, for each automobile so operated, as follows:

In municipalities of class 1․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ $15.00

In municipalities of class 2․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ $10.00

In municipalities of classes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and elsewhere in the county․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ $ 5.00

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person or business entity lawfully engaging in a peer-to-peer car sharing program or acting as a shared vehicle owner under the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-43 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-19-43
Status: in_force

(1) License tags, substitute tags and decals for individual fleets and for private carriers of passengers, school buses (excluding school buses owned by a school district in the state), church buses, taxicabs, ambulances, hearses, motorcycles and private carriers of property, and private commercial carriers of property of a gross weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds and less, shall be sold and issued by the tax collectors of the several counties.

(2) Applications for license tags for motor vehicles in a corporate fleet registered under Section 27-19-66 , trailers in a fleet registered under Section 27-19-66.1 , motor vehicles in a rental fleet registered under Section 27-19-66.2 , and applications for all other license tags, substitute tags and decals shall be filed with the department or the local tax collector of the respective counties and forwarded to the department for issuance to the applicant. All tags and decals for vehicles owned by the state or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and vehicles owned by a fire protection district, school district or a county or municipality, and all vehicles owned by a road, drainage or levee district shall be issued by the department.

(3) In addition to the privilege taxes levied herein, there shall be collected the following registration or tag fee:

(a) For the issuance of both a license tag and two (2) decals, a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00).

(b) For the issuance of up to two (2) decals only, a fee of Three Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($3.75).

(c) Additionally, the tax collector or the department, as the case may be, shall assess and collect a fee of Four Dollars ($4.00) upon each set of license tags and two (2) decals issued, or upon each set of two (2) decals issued, and that sum shall be deposited in the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund established in Section 41-59-75 , to be used for the purposes set out in that section.

No tag or decal shall be issued either by a tax collector or by the department without the collection of such registration fee except substitute tags and decals and license tags for vehicles owned by the State of Mississippi.

Beginning July 1, 1987, and until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , there shall be levied a registration fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) in addition to the regular registration fee imposed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. Such additional registration fee shall be levied in the same manner as the regular registration fee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-373 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 104-373
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-373
Status: in_force

(1) A special fund, to be designated as the “2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Finance and Administration as provided in Section 28 of Chapter 549, Laws of 2023. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(2) Contracts or purchases for projects funded with monies disbursed from the 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund under Section 28 of Chapter 549, Laws of 2023, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 510, Laws of 2024, that involve expenditures that are more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) but not more than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), exclusive of freight and shipping charges, must be made from the lowest and best bidder without publishing or posting advertisements for bids after obtaining at least two (2) competitive written bids. Any such contracts or purchases that involve expenditures that are more than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), exclusive of freight and shipping charges, must be made from the lowest and best bidder after advertising for competitive bids and obtaining at least three (3) competitive written bids. “ Competitive ” means that the bids are developed based upon comparable identification of the needs and are developed independently and without knowledge of other bids or prospective bids. This provision of this subsection shall supersede any other provision of law to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-97 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 35-97
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-97
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may require any person, firm, corporation, or bank to bring their books before them while sitting as an equalization board or when hearing objections or complaints, or when sitting to carry out the orders of the tax commission, and such other papers as will fully inform them as to the true value of the property to be assessed. Any person or concern failing or refusing to comply with such demand shall be precluded from objecting to any such assessment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 107-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-1
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 27-107-1 through 27-107-61 , the term “commission of budget and accounting” or “commission” shall mean the state fiscal management board.

The Commission of Budget and Accounting is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to utilize any funds appropriated for such purposes to make grants to boards of supervisors, boards of trustees of public schools and junior colleges, and the mayor and board of aldermen or other governing body of incorporated municipalities for the purpose of assisting such county and municipal government authorities in obtaining federal funds to be used in making repairs, renovations, restoration, construction, reconstruction and related improvements, and restoring or purchasing machinery, equipment and supplies to public office buildings, schools, courthouses, hospitals, water supplies, sewer and utility systems, streets, roads, bridges, ports and airports and other governmental facilities, all of such being publicly owned and governed by said governing authorities having statutory power thereover, which real, personal or mixed properties were either damaged, destroyed or lost as a direct result of Hurricane Camille's unprecedented devastation to the State of Mississippi on Sunday and Monday, August 17-18, 1969. Provided, however, no application shall be considered until the applicant has obtained prior approval thereof by the governor's emergency council created by Executive Order No. 49, dated September 6, 1969.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-46.1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 31-46.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-31-46.1
Status: in_force

A project that is eligible for an ad valorem tax exemption under Section 27-31-46 , and for which initial construction begins on or after July 1, 2022, but not later than December 31, 2027, may be allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation as provided in this section. For such a project, one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the true value of property of the project that is subject to a fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes pursuant to an agreement under Section 27-31-104 may be exempted by a county board of supervisors and/or municipal governing authorities from ad valorem taxation for a period of ten (10) years from and after the date of the expiration of such fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes. Any exemption from ad valorem taxation allowed under this section must be authorized by a county board of supervisors and/or municipal governing authorities before July 1, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Section 106-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-15
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 27-106-13 , an investment may be made in a person engaged in investment activities in Iran, as described in Section 27-106-7 , on a case by case basis, if:

(a) The investment activities in Iran were made before July 1, 2015, the investment activities in Iran have not been expanded or renewed after July 1, 2015, and the person has adopted, publicized and is implementing a formal plan to cease the investment activities in Iran and to refrain from engaging in any new investments in Iran; or

(b) The investor makes a determination that the investments are necessary in order to perform its functions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-313 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 71-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-313
Status: in_force

If any person shall willfully evade the payment of any tax levied or imposed under this article, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-547 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 39 / Section 55-547
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-547
Status: in_force

The commissioner and his agents and employees shall have full access, ingress, and egress at all reasonable hours to and from any place or building where special fuel may be received, stored, transported, sold, offered or exposed for sale, manufactured, refined, distilled, compounded or blended. The commissioner and his agents and employees shall have the right to open and inspect any case, package, or other container, any tank, pump, tank car or storage tank in which special fuel is kept and enter upon any barge, vessel, or other vehicle transporting special fuel and, with instruments conforming to the weights and measures adopted by the United States Bureau of Standards, check any measuring device or volume of weight of the contents of any such container.

The commission, its employees or agents and enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation are hereby authorized to inspect any vehicle transporting special fuel over the highways of this state, or any boat, barge or vessel transporting special fuel over the waters of this state, to examine the contents of such vehicle, boat, barge or vessel, to take a sample, not to exceed one (1) gallon, of the special fuel contained in such vehicle, boat, barge or vessel, and to inspect the bills of lading, manifest, invoices or other records pertaining to the special fuel being transported.

The commission, its employees or agents and enforcement officers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation are hereby authorized to stop any motor vehicle traveling the highways of this state; to inspect the contents of the motor vehicle's fuel supply tank; to take a sample, not to exceed one (1) gallon, of the contents of the fuel supply tank of such motor vehicle and to examine any invoices, receipts or other documents pertaining to the contents of the motor vehicle's fuel supply tank.

Any person who refuses to allow an inspection as authorized in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-205 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 104-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-104-205
Status: in_force

(1) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the following enumerated state agencies shall be defrayed by appropriation of the Legislature from the State General Fund: the State Fire Marshal, the State Fire Academy (not including the State Fire Academy Workforce Program Fund), the Office of Secretary of State (not including the Preneed Contracts Loss Recovery Fund), the Mississippi Public Service Commission, the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, (not including the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services Revolving Fund), the State Personnel Board, the Mississippi Department of Insurance (not including the Municipal Fire Protection Fund, Section 83-1-37 , the County Volunteer Fire Department Fund, Section 83-1-39 , and the Mississippi Propane Education and Research Fund, Section 75-57-119 ), the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Minimum Standards Board, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Office of the State Public Defender, the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission (not including the Second Injury Trust Fund) and the Office of Attorney General. Beginning July 1, 2016, any fees, assessments or other revenues charged for the support of the above-named state agencies shall be deposited into the State General Fund, and any special fund or depository established within the State Treasury for the deposit of such fees, assessments or revenues shall be abolished and the balance transferred to the State General Fund. Expenses heretofore drawn from such special funds or other depositories shall be drawn from the agencies General Fund Account.

(2) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, the amount to be appropriated annually from the State General Fund for the support of each of the above-named state agencies shall not exceed the amount appropriated for such purpose in the preceding fiscal year, plus any increases in or additional fees, assessments or other charges authorized by act of the Legislature for the succeeding fiscal year.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any trust fund account that is maintained by any above-named agency.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit any of the above-named agencies from maintaining clearing accounts in approved depositories.

(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any trust fund accounts maintained by the Public Employees' Retirement System and protected under Section 272A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 71-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-31
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed to make lawful the sale, possession, distribution or transportation of alcoholic beverages in this state, except to the extent, in the manner and in the localities that same shall be made lawful and legal under the provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 115-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-37
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate administrative rules and regulations that define and prohibit the bulk sale of lottery tickets by a retailer and the bulk purchase of such tickets by an investment syndicate, investment group, or individual for investment purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-357 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 45 / Section 105-357
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-357
Status: in_force

The duties of a depository are hereby made the same in respect to the municipal fund as the duties imposed upon county depositories or in respect to county funds. The penalties for making profit on or removing municipal funds are hereby made the same as those provided by law against making profit on or removing county funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-125 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 38 / Section 107-125
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-125
Status: in_force

The commission shall have authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the purposes of Sections 27-107-111 through 27-107-125 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-25 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 105-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-105-25
Status: in_force

(1) In the event of the failure of any public funds depository to pay any check lawfully issued by the State of Mississippi or any agency or department of the state or any county, municipality or other governmental unit on any funds on deposit belonging to the State of Mississippi or any agency or department of the state or any county, municipality or other governmental unit in the depository, the State Treasurer is empowered to sell such securities as are placed with him by the depository, or so much of them as is necessary to cover back into the Treasury of the State of Mississippi or any agency or department of the state or any county, municipality or other governmental unit the amount of state funds on deposit with the depository with accrued interest thereon in excess of applicable deposit insurance, and the sale of the securities shall be made by the State Treasurer at the best price that he can obtain at either public or private sale, and in the event of the failure of the depository to pay any check when the depository has placed as security surety bonds, the Treasurer shall notify the Attorney General and that officer shall take such immediate action as he may deem most expedient for covering back into the Treasury of the State of Mississippi or any agency or department of the state or any county, municipality or other governmental unit all state money on deposit in the depository. In addition, the Attorney General is authorized to employ counsel, if necessary, to more speedily enforce the payment and expense of that collection, including counsel fees, to be charged against the depository, and, in addition thereto, the depository will be liable for damages at the rate of one percent (1%) per month for any delay in paying over any state funds when demanded, and the bond of any depository shall be liable for those expenses and damages.

(2) If the loss to the State of Mississippi or any agency or department of the state or any county, municipality or other governmental unit (hereinafter “public depositors”) of the depository that is also a public funds guaranty pool member is not covered by deposit insurance or the proceeds of the sale of securities, the State Treasurer shall provide coverage of the remaining loss by assessment against the other public funds guaranty pool members. The assessment shall be determined by multiplying the total amount of the loss to all public depositors by a percentage that represents the share of public fund deposits held by the depository divided by the total public deposits held by all public funds guaranty pool members, excluding the public deposits of the defaulting depository, as determined by the State Treasurer from the average of the six (6) most recent month-end reports of the public funds guaranty pool members provided under Section 27-105-6 . Each public funds guaranty pool member shall pay its assessment to the State Treasurer within seven (7) business days after it receives notice of the assessment. If a public funds guaranty pool member fails to pay its assessment when due, the State Treasurer shall satisfy the assessment by selling securities pledged by any depository failing to pay the assessment.

(3) The State Treasurer shall distribute the funds to the public depositors of the public funds depository in default according to their validated claims.

(4) Public depositors receiving payment under the provisions of this section shall assign to the State Treasurer any interest they may have in funds that may subsequently be made available to the depository in default, if the depository in default or its receiver provides funds to the State Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall distribute the funds, plus all accrued interest that has accumulated from the investment of the funds, if any, to the public funds guaranty pool members that paid assessments on the same pro rata basis as the assessments were paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-141 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-35-141
Status: in_force

In case of the destruction or mutilation of an assessment roll, or reproduction thereof, the board of supervisors may have duplicate copies made from copies on file in the office of the state tax commission, or in the office of the chancery clerk; and when certified to be correct by the clerk, the copy shall be treated and recognized as the legal roll. All orders of the board of supervisors adopted before the destruction or mutilation of such roll, either increasing or decreasing the assessment of any property, shall apply to the copy of such roll made as herein provided. In case an assessment roll, or rolls, be lost, destroyed, or stolen before the copies have been made and filed as provided by law, the board of supervisors shall order a new assessment made and a new roll, or rolls, prepared in the manner required by law when made at the regular time, and the board of supervisors and all other officers, either county or state, shall perform all duties in reference to said roll, or rolls, as if made at the regular time. The tax assessor, board of supervisors, and chancery clerk, shall receive compensation for making a new roll as herein provided in the same amount as required to be paid if made at the regular time. The state tax commission shall furnish blank rolls when requested by a board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.50 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-22.50
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-22.50
Status: repealed

(1) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Skills training ” means any employer-sponsored training by an appropriate community/junior college or training approved by such community/junior college that enhances skills that improve job performance. If the employer provides preemployment training, the portion of the preemployment training that involves skills training shall be eligible for the credit.

(b) “ Employer-sponsored training ” means training provided by the appropriate community/junior college in the district within which the employer is located or training approved by such community/junior college.

(c) “ Employer ” means those permanent business enterprises as defined and set out in Section 57-73-21 .

(2) A fifty percent (50%) income tax credit shall be granted to any employer sponsoring skills training. The fifty percent (50%) credit shall be granted to employers that participate in employer-sponsored training programs through any community/junior college in the district within which the employer is located or training approved by such community/junior college. The credit is applied to qualified training expenses, which are expenses related to instructors, instructional materials and equipment, and the construction and maintenance of facilities by such employer designated for training purposes which are attributable to training provided through such community/junior college or training approved by such community/junior college. The credit allowed under this section shall only be used by the actual employer qualifying for the credit. The credit shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the taxpayer's income tax liability in a tax year and may be carried forward for five (5) successive years if the amount allowable as a credit exceeds the income tax liability in a tax year; however, thereafter, if the amount allowable as a credit exceeds the tax liability, the amount of excess credit shall not be refundable or carried forward to any other taxable year. The credit authorized under this section shall not exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per employee during any one (1) year. The maximum aggregate amount of tax credits that may be claimed by all taxpayers claiming a credit under this section in a taxable year shall not exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). Nothing in this section shall be interpreted in any manner as to prevent the continuing operation of state-supported university programs.

(3) Employer-sponsored training shall include an evaluation by the local community or junior college that serves the employer to ensure that the training provided is job related and conforms to the definition of “skills training” in subsection (1)(a) of this section.

(4) Employers shall be certified as eligible for the tax credit by the local community or junior college that serves the employer and the department.

(5) The tax credits provided for in this section shall be in addition to all other tax credits heretofore granted by the laws of the state.

(6) A community/junior college may commit to provide employer-sponsored skills training programs for an employer for a multiple number of years, not to exceed five (5) years.

(7) The Mississippi Community College Board shall make a report to the Legislature by January 30 of each year summarizing the number of participants, the junior or community college through which the training was offered, and the type of training offered.

(8) This section shall stand repealed from and after December 31, 2027.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 115-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-15
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall provide the president with private sector perspectives on the operation of a business, large marketing enterprise, and the like. The board shall:

(a) Approve, disapprove, amend or modify the budget recommended by the president for the operation of the corporation.

(b) Approve, disapprove, amend or modify the terms of major procurements recommended by the president.

(c) Serve as a board of appeals for any denial, revocation or cancellation by the president of a contract with a lottery retailer.

(d) Adopt such administrative rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out and implement its powers and duties, the operations of the corporation, the conduct of lottery games in general and any other matters necessary or desirable for the efficient and effective operation of the lottery or convenience of the public.

(2) Any policies adopted by authority of this section or any other section of this chapter must be published and posted on the corporation's website thirty (30) days prior to becoming effective.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-37 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 57-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-37
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Section 31-17-127 , the amount received from lubricating oil excise tax, as defined in this article, shall be deposited by the commission, in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Fund, and until the date specified in Section 65-39-35 , such amount shall be used for the construction or reconstruction of highways designated under the highway program created under Section 65-3-97 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-11 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 107-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-11
Status: in_force

The Commission of Budget and Accounting, with the concurrence of the state bond commission, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000.00) from one or a multiple of “state general-fund agencies” or “state special-fund agencies” at one time or as required for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 27-107-5 . Such borrowing shall be done by appropriate resolution or order of said commission, and certified copies of each such order spread upon its minutes shall be provided the executive head of the state agency, state treasurer, state auditor, attorney general and governor. Funds disbursed by the commission from said loan fund shall be as provided herein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-77 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 27 / Section 107-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-77
Status: in_force

No application for loans or grants under authority of Sections 27-107-71 through 27-107-85 shall be filed after March 31, 1974, and no application for a loan or grant shall be approved after August 31, 1974.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-47 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 69-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-69-47
Status: in_force

Whoever wilfully washes, removes, or otherwise prepares for use stamps, provided for in this chapter, with intent to use, or cause the same to be used, after it has already been used, or who knowingly or wilfully buys or offers for sale, or gives away, any such stamps to any person for use, or knowingly uses the same, or has in his possession any such washed, restored or altered stamp which has been removed from the cigarette package to which it has been previously affixed, or whoever, for the purpose of evading any tax hereunder, uses any stamp which has heretofore been used for the purpose of paying any tax provided in this chapter, or whoever buys, sells, uses or offers to buy, sell or give away, or has in his possession any stamp or stamps not lawfully purchased, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-50 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-50
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-50
Status: in_force

The commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of time beyond the statutory due date within which to file any return required by this chapter when it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner that good cause for such extension exists. The commissioner may, in his discretion, automatically recognize extensions of time authorized and granted by the Internal Revenue Service for the filing of tax returns.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-83 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 53 / Section 107-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-83
Status: in_force

The state bond commission is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize any of its statutory powers in carrying out its functions under Sections 27-107-71 through 27-107-85 and in the repayment of principal and interest on indebtedness due the state treasury or any general fund agency or special fund agency.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-15 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 107-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-15
Status: in_force

The commission shall have authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the purposes of Sections 27-107-1 through 27-107-15 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 68-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-68-5
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that this state may enter into an agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-1 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-37-1
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this article:

(a) “Agreement” shall mean contract, and shall include any renewal or renewals and alterations of a contract.

(b) “Political subdivisions” shall mean any county, municipality, levee district, drainage district, road district, consolidated school district, special consolidated school district, municipal separate school district, rural separate school district, common school district, or other agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.

(c) “Services” shall mean such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in, and for persons residing within, a political subdivision.

(d) “Project” shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within this state and a political subdivision, and shall include persons inhabiting such project.

(e) “Governing body” shall mean the board, body or persons in which is vested the power to levy taxes of a political subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise.

(f) The words “head of family” shall have the same meaning as under the Homestead Exemption Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-29-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 29 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-29-5
Status: in_force

Before the fifteenth day of September every year and before the fifteenth day of January of every year, within which the tax collector's term of office shall expire, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall file, with the auditor of public accounts, on blanks to be furnished by such auditor, the following lists of the amendments in assessments made by the board of supervisors, to wit:

Additional and raised assessments of personal property.

Additional and raised assessments of real property.

Reductions in assessments of real property.

Reductions in assessments of personal property.

Erroneous assessments of real property.

Erroneous assessments of personal property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-121 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 41 / Section 103-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-103-121
Status: in_force

The overall budget so prepared shall be in three (3) parts as specified in Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-27 and shall contain a general summary of the three (3) parts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-3-65 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-3-65
Status: in_force

When the Department of Revenue in the course of directly administering any of the tax laws enumerated in Section 27-3-63 shall elect to audit, examine or inspect the books, records, papers, invoices, memoranda or other data of a taxpayer at his principal place of business outside this state, it shall designate, in writing, the agent or agents, employee or employees, to make the audit, examination or inspection at the principal place of business of the taxpayer, and shall state the kind of tax for which the audit, examination or inspection is thereby made, but for an inspection in regard to those taxes administered by the Department of Revenue there shall be no charge of any kind made against the taxpayer for the expenses of such inspection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-51 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 59-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-59-51
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of any other law, which may now or in the future be collected by said commission, are hereby designated as public funds of the State of Mississippi and shall be by it deposited in accordance with Section 7-9-21 . Allocations of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene tax to the counties shall be made by the commission as provided by law and reported to the state treasurer at the end of each month. The state treasurer shall issue his requisition in payment thereof on the state auditor, who shall issue his warrant on the state Treasurer, as is provided for the disbursement of other state funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-807 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-807
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-7-807
Status: in_force

(1) The collection remedy in this article is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.

(2) A local government may submit a debt owed to it for collection under this article. A local government that decides to submit a debt owed to it for collection under this article shall establish the debt by following the procedures set forth in Section 27-7-811 and shall submit the debt through a member organization.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-31 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 115-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-115-31
Status: in_force

(1) A background investigation shall be conducted by the security director of the corporation or his or her agent or designee on every applicant who has reached the final selection process prior to employment by the corporation. The background investigation shall include testing the applicants for the presence of illegal controlled substances. Applicants shall be fingerprinted as a condition of employment. In addition, all division chiefs and deputy chiefs, directors of the corporation, and employees of the corporation performing duties primarily related to security matters, and other employee positions prior to employment as determined by the board, shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted by the Department of Public Safety.

(2) The Department of Public Safety shall be reimbursed by the corporation for the cost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section.

(3) No person who has been convicted of a felony, bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling, or a crime involving moral turpitude shall be employed by the corporation. The board may by administrative rules and regulations provide for a definition of moral turpitude.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Section 49-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-49-3
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors fails to meet on the first Monday in October, its duties with regard to the insolvent list shall be performed at its next meeting thereafter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-103 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 33 / Section 41-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-103
Status: in_force

The tax collector may issue a warrant under his official seal directed to the sheriff of any county of the state commanding him to immediately seize and sell the real and personal property of the person owning the property found within the county in which the judgment is enrolled for the payment of the amount of ad valorem tax on personal property as set forth in the warrant, and the cost of executing the warrant. Any such property sold shall be sold by sheriff's bill of sale.

As an alternative to the sheriff seizing and selling the personal property of the person, the tax collector or a deputy tax collector may employ an off-duty deputy sheriff, certified by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, to exercise the same authority as the sheriff under Sections 27-41-101 through 27-41-109 and Sections 13-3-161 through 13-3-173 with regard to personal property, if (a) the sheriff of the county has agreed in writing that the tax collector may employ such deputy, and (b) the board of supervisors has approved the agreement between the tax collector and the sheriff.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-177 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 107-177
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-107-177
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all allocations shall be used only for reimbursement of the agencies' expenses for emergency or disaster-related duties and for the repair or replacement of publicly owned property or equipment damaged or lost as a direct result of the excessive rains and floods of the spring of 1979.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-5 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 55 / Section 106-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-106-5
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Energy sector of Iran ” means activities to develop petroleum or natural gas resources or nuclear power in Iran.

(b) “ Expense ” means all explicit costs associated with divesting of investments, including, but not limited to, trading costs, brokerage commissions, and any realized losses, and all implicit costs, including, but not limited to, lost opportunity costs resulting from the prohibition from making certain investments.

(c) “ Investment ” means a commitment or contribution of funds or property, whatever the source, a loan or other extension of credit, and the entry into or renewal of a contract for goods or services. The term “investment” does not include indirect beneficial ownership through index funds, commingled funds, limited partnerships, derivative instruments or the like.

(d) “ Iran ” includes the Government of Iran and any agency or instrumentality of Iran.

(e) “ Person ” means any of the following:

(i) A natural person, corporation, company, limited liability company, business association, partnership, society, trust or any other nongovernmental entity, organization or group; or

(ii) Any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution, as defined in Section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act ( 22 U.S.C. § 262r(c)(3) ).
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-335 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Section 71-335
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-71-335
Status: in_force

Any light wines, light spirit products or beer found at any point within this state which has been in the possession of any wholesaler or distributor for a period of more than forty-eight (48) hours and any light wines, light spirit products or beer transported into this state from a point outside this state, or from point-to-point within this state in violation of the provisions of this article, or any light wines, light spirit products or beer held or possessed by any person within this state on which the legal and proper tax has not been paid when due, whether such person be a wholesaler, retailer or distributor, or individual, and whether the light wines, light spirit products or beer be for sale or storage or individual use, except light wines, light spirit products or beer in possession of a licensed wholesaler or distributor for a period of time less than forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of the light wines, light spirit products or beer within this state, and light wines, light spirit products or beer held in storage by licensed manufacturers or producers, are hereby declared to be contraband goods, and there is hereby imposed and assessed, as tax and penalty, to be collected by the commissioner, an amount equal to the amount of the excise tax otherwise imposed under the Mississippi Wine and Beer Tax Law, plus a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the tax; or, at the option of the commissioner, the light wines, light spirit products or beer may be seized by the commissioner or his agents or any sheriff, or other lawful officer, and shall be dealt with in the same manner as provided for in Section 67-1-18 for alcoholic beverages.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-535 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 31 / Section 55-535
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-55-535
Status: in_force

When special fuel is lost or destroyed in quantities of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons or more through explosion, fire, collision, storage tank wreckage, wreckage of loading or unloading facilities, such as pumps and lines, or acts of Providence while in storage in this state or while being transported in this state, the owner of the special fuel shall be entitled to tax credit or refund of the tax paid thereon.

The department shall be notified by the owner of the lost or destroyed special fuel within five (5) days after the loss or destruction is discovered. The department shall make an investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the loss or destruction as may be reasonably necessary for the effective administration of this article.

The claim shall be made in the name of the owner of the lost or destroyed special fuel and shall be signed by the owner or his authorized agent and filed within three (3) years after the date of loss. All claims must be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the department that the special fuel for which credit is claimed was destroyed by or through one (1) of the means set forth in the first paragraph of this section, and in all cases where the special fuel alleged to have been destroyed was covered by insurance, the department shall not approve such claims unless and until the insurer has acknowledged and actually paid the loss.

Upon receipt of the claim, the department shall determine the amount of refund or tax credit due the claimant and in the case of refund the amount shall be refunded to the claimant as provided in Section 27-55-19 .

If the department determines that any refund claim shall not be paid, it shall notify the claimant stating the reason or reasons why the claim is disallowed.

A claimant may, within sixty (60) days from the date of the written notice of the disallowance of his claim, appeal to the board of review as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-3 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-15-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “ Population ” means the population as shown by the last census made by the United States; provided, that when any municipality makes and certifies an enumeration, as provided by law, it shall mean the population shown by such enumeration.

(b) “ Person ” or “ company, ” herein used interchangeably, shall be taken to include any individual, firm, partnership, joint adventure, association, corporation, estate, trust, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and includes the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.

(c) “ Year ” and “ annually ” means either the calendar year, or a period of twelve (12) calendar months.

(d) “ Capacity, ” when used with reference to manufacturing establishments, means and shall be determined from the rated capacity of the machinery installed by the manufacturer thereof.

(e) “ Business ” shall include all activities or acts personal, professional, or corporate, engaged in or caused to be engaged in with the object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect, or following or engaging in any trade, calling or profession, and all things which occupy the time, attention and labor of men for the purpose of a livelihood or profit.

(f) “ Place of business ” means a store, shop, counting room, office, factory, or other location or locations whether in a building, enclosed space, or in any undefined place or places where any business as herein defined is done, conducted, or carried on.

(g) “ State-wide license ” means a license issued by the Commissioner of Revenue, Commissioner of Insurance, or other officer required to collect the tax usable, good and valid, in each and every county in the state, unless otherwise limited and it shall be the authority of the licensee to engage in the business designated for the period of time under the conditions specified therein, and at the place or places stated, if the business carried on be at a definite place.

(h) “ State-wide tax ” means the tax paid or imposed for a state-wide license.

(i) “ Officer ” or “ collector ” when used with reference to officers whose duty it is to collect privilege taxes, means and includes every officer of the State of Mississippi, subdivisions or departments thereof whose duty it is to collect privilege taxes as by law provided.

(j) “ Commission ,” “ State Tax Commission ” or “ Tax Commission ” means the Department of Revenue.

(k) “ Tax commissioner, ” “ State Tax Commissioner ,” “ Chairman of the State Tax Commission ,” “ chairman ” or “ commissioner ” means the Commissioner of Revenue of the Department of Revenue.

(l) “ Taxpayer ” means any person liable for any tax hereunder in addition to the usual meaning of such word.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-35 — MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 21 / Section 57-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-57-35
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the commission under provisions of this article, or under the provisions of any other law, which may now or in the future be collected by said commission, are hereby designated as public funds of the State of Mississippi and shall be by it deposited in accordance with Section 27-3-57 .