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MS Code § 75-24-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act|§ 75-24-305. Definitions

 As used in Sections 75-24-301 through 75-24-311:   "Emergency services" means services performed with the express permission of the insured and that are immediately necessary for:   The preservation of the residential real estate; or   The health of the insured, owner or possessor.   "Emergency services" does not include inspection of the residential roof system or an estimation of the repair costs.   "Insured" means an insured whose name appears on the face of the property and casualty insurance policy that provides coverage for the residential roof system to be repaired.   "Residential roofing contractor" means a person or entity contracting or offering to contract with an insured, owner or possessor of a residential roof system to repair or replace a roof system on residential real estate, or any portion thereof, where all or part of the cost is expected to be paid as a benefit of a property and casualty insurance policy.   "Residential" means a new or existing dwelling constructed for habitation by one (1) to four (4) families, including a detached garage.   "Insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract" means a written contract with an insured to repair a roof system, or any part thereof, on residential real estate, or provide goods and services in connection with such repair, that is to be paid in whole, or in part, under a property and casualty insurance policy.   "Roof system" means roof coverings, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing and insulation.
MS Code § 75-24-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act|§ 75-24-307. Notice of cancellation

 Before signing an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract with an insured, a residential roofing contractor shall furnish to the insured:   The following statement in at least 10-point boldface type that is attached to the contract:   "You may cancel this insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract at any time within three (3) business days after you have received written notice from your insurance company that all or any part of your claim, or all or part of the services and goods to be provided by this contract, is not a covered loss under your insurance policy. A notice of cancellation form is provided to you with this contract. To cancel this contract under these circumstances, sign and date, and then mail or deliver the attached Notice of Cancellation, or another similar written notice of cancellation, to the contractor within three (3) business days after you have received such written notice from your insurance company. If you cancel, any payments made under this residential roofing system repair contract, except for emergency services and repairs subsequently approved for payment by the insurance company and already performed by the contractor, will be returned to you within ten (10) business days following receipt by the contractor of your cancellation notice."; and   Duplicate copies of a completed form captioned "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION" that is attached to the contract, is easily detachable, and contains the following in at least 10-point boldface type:   "NOTICE OF CANCELLATION   (Name and address of contractor - to be entered by contractor)   (Date of contract - to be entered by contractor)   (Address of residential real estate to be repaired - to be entered by contractor)   I have been notified by my insurance company that all or any part of my claim, or the services and goods to be provided in the residential roofing system repair contract, is not a covered loss under the insurance policy.   I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION   Please return my prior payments within ten (10) days.   INSURED'S SIGNATURE DATE"   Click to view
MS Code § 75-24-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act|§ 75-24-309. Commencement of work - cancellation

  When any residential roofing contractor in an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract with an insured commences work before the insured's right to cancel under subsection (2) has expired, the contractor is not allowed to receive payment for such work done before the right to cancel has expired in excess of the scope of work and amount of payment approved by the insurer, if any. The contractor undertakes such work at his own risk that the work may not be covered by the insurance policy.   A person who has entered into an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract may cancel the residential roof system repair contract within three (3) business days after the insured has received written notice from the insurer in response to an insurance claim filed that all or any part of the claim or residential roof system repair contract is not a covered loss under the insurance policy.     The insured cancels the insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract by giving written notice of cancellation to the residential roofing contractor in person or by mailing it to the address stated in the residential roof system repair contract.   If the notice of cancellation is given by mail, it is effective upon deposit of the notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and properly addressed to the residential roofing contractor.   The notice of cancellation is not required to be in a particular form and is sufficient if it expresses in writing an intention of the insured not to be bound by the insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract.       Within ten (10) days after cancellation of an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract, the residential roofing contractor shall tender to the insured any payments, partial payments, or deposits made and any note or other evidence of indebtedness.   If the residential roofing contractor has performed any emergency services, the residential roofing contractor is entitled to the reasonable value of such emergency services.   If the residential roofing contractor has performed repairs authorized by the insured that are subsequently approved as to scope and amount as a covered loss by the insurer such that the insured is reimbursed by the insurer, then the residential roofing contractor is entitled to payment for such repairs.     Any provision in an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract that requires the payment of a fee for anything except emergency services is not enforceable against the insured that has cancelled an insurance benefits residential roof system repair contract under this section.
MS Code § 75-24-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Insurance Benefits Roofing Repair Consumer Protection Act|§ 75-24-311. Violations

  Any residential roofing contractor in violation of Sections 75-24-301 through 75-24-311 shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties and remedies under Sections 75-24-19, 75-24-20 and 75-24-23, and may be liable under a private right of action of the consumer.   A violation of Sections 75-24-301 through 75-24-311 by a residential contractor is an unfair and deceptive act or practice as defined by the Mississippi Consumer Protection Law, Section 75-24-1 et seq.   Sections 75-24-301 through 75-24-311 do not prohibit an insured that is harmed by a deceptive trade practice from commencing a civil action against a residential roofing contractor.
MS Code § 75-24-351 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement|§ 75-24-351. Definitions

 The following words shall have the following meaning, unless the content clearlystates otherwise:   "Affiliatedperson" means a person under common ownership or control ofan intended recipient.   "Intendedrecipient" means a person who purchases, rents, leases or otherwiseobtains a product or service in the commercial market that is notfor resale in the ordinary business and that is, or later becomes,the subject of a patent infringement allegation.   "Person"means any natural person, partnership, corporation, company, trust,business entity or association, and any agent, employee, partner,officer, director, member, associate, or trustee thereof.
MS Code § 75-24-355 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement|§ 75-24-355. Enforcement

  The AttorneyGeneral shall have the authority under Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-357 to conduct civilinvestigations and bring civil actions.   In an actionbrought by the Attorney General under Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-357, the court mayaward or impose any relief available under state law.   In addition tothe relief provided for in Section 75-24-357, upon amotion by the Attorney General and a finding by the court that thereis a reasonable likelihood that a person violated Section 75-24-353, the courtmay require the person to post a bond in an amount equal to a goodfaith estimate of the costs to litigate a claim and amounts reasonablylikely to be recovered if an action were to be brought under Section 75-24-355. A hearingshall be held if either party requests a hearing.
MS Code § 75-24-357 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement|§ 75-24-357. Remedies

 An intended recipientalleging a violation of Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-357 may bring an actionin any circuit court in this state. A court shall award litigationcosts and fees, including reasonable attorney's fees, to aplaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section.In addition, the court may award the following remedies to a plaintiffwho prevails in an action brought pursuant to Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-357:   Actual damages;and   Punitive damagesin the amount equal to three (3) times the actual damages.
MS Code § 75-24-359 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 24 - Regulation of Business for Consumer Protection|Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement|§ 75-24-359. Repeal of Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-359

 Sections 75-24-351 through 75-24-359, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall stand repealed on July 1, 2021.
MS Code § 75-27-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-1. Citation

 This article may be cited as the "Weights and Measures Law of 1964."
MS Code § 75-27-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-3. Meaning of terms

 When used in this article:    The word "person" means both the plural and singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations.   The words "weight(s) and (or) measure(s)" means all weights and measures of every kind, all instruments and devices and all electronic systems that employ a laser bar code reader to retrieve product identity, price and other information stored in computer memory, for weighing and measuring, or in the computing of any basic charge or payment for products bought or services rendered on the basis of weight or measure or count and any appliances and accessories associated with such instruments and devices, except that the term does not include meters for the measurement of electricity, gas, or water when the meters are operated in a public utility system, or production from oil and gas wells under the supervision of the State Oil and Gas Board. Such electricity, gas, and water meters are hereby specifically excluded from this article, and none of the provisions of this article shall apply to such meters or to any appliances or accessories associated with them.   The words "sell" and "sale" means barter and exchange.   The term "director" and "deputy director" means, respectively, the State Director of Weights and Measures, who shall be the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, and the Deputy State Director of Weights and Measures, who shall serve as the administrator.   The term "inspector" means a state inspector of weights and measures.   The term "intrastate commerce" means any and all commerce or trade that is begun, carried on, and completed wholly within the limits of the State of Mississippi, and the phrase "introduced into intrastate commerce" shall be construed to define the time and place at which the first sale and delivery of a commodity is made within the state, and delivery being made either directly to the purchaser or to a common carrier for shipment to the purchaser.   The term "commodity in package form" means commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale, exclusive, however, of an auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that individually conform to the requirements of this article. An individual item or lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or of measure, shall be construed to be commodity in package form.   The term "Handbook 44" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices."
MS Code § 75-27-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-5. Systems of weights and measures

 The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and one or the other of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in the State of Mississippi. The definitions of basic units of weights and measures, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents, as published by the National Bureau of Standards, are recognized and shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in the state.
MS Code § 75-27-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-7. Definitions of special units of measure

 The term "barrel" shall mean a unit of thirty-one (31) gallons. However, the term "barrel," when used in reference to seafood or parts thereof, shall be the measure defined by ordinance of the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources under authority of Sections 49-15-1 through 49-15-67, Mississippi Code of 1972. The term "ton" shall mean a unit of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois weight. The term "cord" shall mean the amount that is contained in a space of one hundred twenty-eight (128) cubic feet when such is ranked and well stowed.
MS Code § 75-27-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-9. State standards of weight and measure

 Such weights and measures in conformity with the standards of the United States as have been supplied to the state by the federal government or otherwise obtained by the state for use as state standards shall, when the same shall have been certified as being satisfactory for use as such by the National Bureau of Standards, be the state standards of weight and measure. The state standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the office or laboratory of the state division of weights and measures, they shall not be removed from the said office or laboratory except for repairs or for certification, and they shall be submitted at least once in ten (10) years to the National Bureau of Standards for certification. The state standards shall be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes.
MS Code § 75-27-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-11. Office and working standards and equipment

 In addition to the state standards provided for in Section 75-27-9, there shall be supplied by the state at least one (1) complete set of copies of these to be kept in the office or laboratory of the state division of weights and measures and to be known as "office standards," and also such "field standards" and such equipment as may be found necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The office standards and field standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and at least once each year thereafter, the office standards by direct comparison with the state standards and the field standards by comparison with the office standards.
MS Code § 75-27-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-13. State director, deputy director, and inspectors of weights and measures

 The commissioner of the department of agriculture and commerce shall be, ex officio, the director. There shall be a deputy state director of weights and measures and state inspectors of weights and measures, and necessary technical and clerical personnel, who shall be appointed by the director under the rules of said department, and who shall collectively comprise the state division of weights and measures, of which the deputy director shall be the administrator. The director shall be allowed salaries for the deputy director, the inspectors, and the necessary technical and clerical employees, for necessary equipment and supplies, and for traveling and contingent expenses, such sums as shall be appropriated by the legislature.
MS Code § 75-27-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-15. Bonds of deputy director and inspectors

 A bond, with sureties, to be approved by the secretary of state, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the safekeeping of any standards or equipment entrusted to his care shall, forthwith, upon his appointment, be given by the deputy director in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and by each inspector in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the state.
MS Code § 75-27-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-17. General powers and duties of director

 The director shall have the custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this article, and shall keep accurate records of the same. The director shall enforce the provisions of this article. He shall have and keep a general supervision over the instruments for weighing and measuring offered for sale, sold, or in use in the state. He shall, annually, make to the governor, secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, a report on all of the activities of his office.
MS Code § 75-27-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-21. Testing of standards at state-supported institutions

 The director shall from time to time test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which monies are appropriated by the legislature, reporting his findings, in writing, to the supervisory board and to the executive officer of the institution concerned.
MS Code § 75-27-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-23. General testing

 When not otherwise provided by law, the director shall have the power to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale or purchase. It shall be the duty of the director within a twelve-month period, or less frequently if in accordance with a schedule issued by him, and as much oftener as he may deem necessary to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used (1) in determining the weight, measurement or count of commodities or things sold or purchased, or offered or exposed for sale or purchase, on the basis of weight, measure, or of count, or (2) in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or of count. Provided, that with respect to single-service devices - that is, devices designed to be used commercially only once and to be then discarded - and with respect to devices uniformly mass-produced, as by means of a mold or die, and not susceptible of individual adjustment, tests may be made on representative samples of such devices; and the lots of which such samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on such samples.   The manufacturer or distributor of any weighing device(s) offered for sale, sold, installed for commercial use or used commercially in this state shall subject such device to type evaluation testing by the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Any weighing device not covered by a certificate of conformance from such agency shall not be used commercially in this state.
MS Code § 75-27-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 27 - Weights and Measures|Article 1 - Weights and Measures Law of 1964|§ 75-27-25. Investigations

 The director shall investigate complaints made to him concerning violations of the provisions of this article, and shall, upon his own initiative, conduct such investigations as he deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this article and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.