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MS Code § 75-77-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-7. Transfer of title and right of possession to repurchased inventory

 Upon payment of the repurchase amount to the retailer, the title and right of possession to the repurchased inventory shall transfer to the supplier. Annually, at the end of each calendar year, after termination or cancellation, the retailer's reserve account for recourse, retail sale or lease contracts shall not be debited by a supplier or lender for any deficiency unless the retailer or his heirs have been given at least seven (7) business days' notice by registered U.S. mail, return receipt requested, of any proposed sale of the equipment financed and an opportunity to purchase the equipment. The former retailer or his heirs shall be given quarterly status reports on any remaining outstanding recourse contracts. As the recourse contracts are reduced, any reserve account funds shall be returned to the retailer or his heirs in direct proportion to the liabilities outstanding.
MS Code § 75-77-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-9. Certain items need not be repurchased

 The provisions of this chapter shall not require the repurchase from a retailer of:   Any repair part which, because of its condition, is not resalable as a new part;   Any inventory which the retailer desires to keep, provided the retailer has a contractual right to do so;   Any farm implements, machinery, utility and industrial equipment, outdoor power equipment, all-terrain vehicles, off-road utility vehicles and attachments which are not current models or which are not in new, unused, undamaged, complete condition, provided that the equipment used in demonstrations or leased as provided in Section 75-77-5 shall be considered new and unused;   Any repair parts which are not in new, unused, undamaged condition;   Any farm implements, machinery, utility and industrial equipment, outdoor power equipment, all-terrain vehicles, off-road utility vehicles or attachments which were purchased more than thirty-six (36) months prior to notice of termination of the contract;   Any inventory which was ordered by the retailer on or after the date of termination of the contract.
MS Code § 75-77-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-11. Civil liability for failure or refusal to repurchase

 If any supplier shall fail or refuse to repurchase and pay the retailer for any inventory covered under the provisions of this chapter within sixty (60) days after shipment of such inventory, he shall be civilly liable for one hundred percent (100%) of the current net price of the inventory, plus any freight charges paid by the retailer, the retailer's attorney's fees, court costs and interest on the current net price computed at the legal interest rate from the sixty-first day after date of shipment.
MS Code § 75-77-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-13. Rights of heirs of retailer

  In the event of the death of the retailer or the majority stockholder of a corporation operating as a retailer, the supplier shall, at the option of the heir or heirs, repurchase the inventory from the heir or heirs of the retailer or majority stockholder as if the supplier had terminated the contract. The heir or heirs shall have one (1) year from the date of the death of the retailer or majority stockholder to exercise their options under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall require the repurchase of any inventory if the heir or heirs and the supplier enter into a new contract retail agreement to operate the retail dealership.   A supplier shall have ninety (90) days in which to consider and make a determination on a request by a family member to enter into a new retail agreement to operate the retail dealership. As used herein "family member" means a spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or lineal descendant of the dealer or principal owner of the dealership. In the event the supplier determines that the requesting family member is not acceptable, the supplier shall provide the family member with a written notice of its determination with the stated reasons for non-acceptance. This section does not entitle an heir, personal representative or family member to operate a dealership without the specific written consent of the supplier.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a supplier and a dealer have previously executed an agreement concerning succession rights prior to the dealer's death and, if such agreement has not been revoked, such agreement shall be observed even if it designates someone other than the surviving spouse or heirs of the decedent as the successor.
MS Code § 75-77-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-15. Security interests in inventory unaffected; repurchases not subject to bulk sales law; inspection of parts packed for shipment

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to affect in any way any security interest which the supplier may have in the inventory of the retailer, and any repurchase hereunder shall not be subject to the provisions of the bulk sales law. The retailer and supplier shall furnish representatives to inspect all parts and certify their acceptability when packed for shipment. Failure of the supplier to provide a representative within sixty (60) days shall result in automatic acceptance by the supplier of all returned items.
MS Code § 75-77-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-16. Cause of action for civil relief against supplier

  A retailer may bring an action for civil damages in a court of competent jurisdiction against any supplier found violating any of the provisions of Sections 75-77-1 through 75-77-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, and may recover damages sustained as a consequence of the supplier's violations together with all costs and attorney fees.   The retailer shall be entitled to injunctive relief against unlawful termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or substantial change of competitive circumstances of the retail agreement. The remedies in this section are in addition to any other remedies permitted by law.
MS Code § 75-77-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-17. Contracts affected

 The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all contracts and shall apply to all retail agreements in effect which have no expiration date and are a continuing contract, and shall apply to all other contracts entered into, amended, extended, ratified or renewed after March 30, 1977. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and be binding upon all suppliers, all successors in interest or purchasers of assets or stock of suppliers, and all receivers, trustees or assignees of suppliers. Any contractual term restricting the procedural or substantive rights of a retailer under this chapter, including a choice of law or choice of forum clause, is void.
MS Code § 75-77-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 77 - Repurchase of Inventories From Retailers Upon Termination of Contract|§ 75-77-19. Chapter provisions are not waivable; severability

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 75-77-6, the provisions of this chapter shall not be waivable in any contract, and any such attempted waiver shall be null and void.   If any provision or item of this chapter or the application thereof is held invalid, it shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared severable.
MS Code § 75-79-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Uniform Pulpwood Scaling and Practices Act."
MS Code § 75-79-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-3. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to insure that acceptable standards are applied uniformly in the scaling of pulpwood throughout the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 75-79-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-5. Definitions

 The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context or subject matter otherwise requires:   "Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, receiver, trustee, legal representative, organization or any other group or combination acting as a unit.   "Commissioner" means the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.   "Pulpwood" means any timber product delivered to a receiving facility in short-length form, eight (8) feet or less, and intended for use as a raw material in the manufacture of pulp and pulp products.   "Pulpwood cutter-hauler" or "cutter-hauler" means any person engaging in or continuing to engage in this state in the business of severing and carrying pulpwood.   "Pulpwood receiving facility" or "facility" means any woodyard, pulpmill or other place of business at which pulpwood is received from pulpwood cutter-haulers as herein defined in the regular course of business.   "Facility operator" means any person who owns, operates or manages a pulpwood receiving facility as herein defined. Provided, however, that any landowner who shall pay employees an hourly wage to both cut and collect pulpwood on his private property shall not be deemed a facility operator under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 75-79-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-9. License required for pulpwood receiving facility

 No person shall engage in the business of operating a pulpwood receiving facility as defined in this chapter without having first obtained a license pursuant to this chapter.
MS Code § 75-79-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-11. Application for license

 Applications for licenses under this chapter shall be made in writing, under oath, on forms prescribed by the commissioner for each separate pulpwood receiving facility. The application shall contain the name of the applicant, the address of the pulpwood receiving facility for which the license is to be issued, the name or names of the owners thereof and such further information as the commissioner, by regulation, requires. Provided, however, no financial statement shall be required.
MS Code § 75-79-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-13. License fee

 The license fee for each calendar year or part thereof shall be Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each pulpwood receiving facility operated within the state. A renewal of the license may be accomplished by submitting the payment of the annual fee and a certification, on a form provided by the commissioner, that none of the information on the original license application has changed.
MS Code § 75-79-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-15. Issuance of license; contents; display

 Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the required fee, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant to operate a pulpwood receiving facility under and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for a period which shall expire the last day of December next following the date of its issuance.   Each license shall specify the location of the facility for which it is issued and must be conspicuously displayed there.
MS Code § 75-79-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-17. Loss or destruction of license; replacement; fee

 Upon the loss or destruction of a license issued to a pulpwood receiving facility operator, a duplicate thereof or a new license may be issued under the same number for a fee of two dollars ($2.00).
MS Code § 75-79-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-19. Penalty for operating without license

 Any person who operates a pulpwood receiving facility as defined in Section 75-79-5 without a proper license shall upon a first conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
MS Code § 75-79-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-23. Licensee is responsible for acts of his employees

 Each licensee shall be responsible for the acts of any or all of his employees while acting as his agent, if such licensee after actual knowledge of such acts retained the benefits, proceeds, profits or advantages accruing from such acts or otherwise ratified such acts.
MS Code § 75-79-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-25. Chapter not to restrict free dealing

 Nothing in this chapter shall require any person to buy from or sell to any other person in any situation or transaction in which the persons would otherwise be free, in their discretion, to deal or not to deal one with the other.
MS Code § 75-79-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-27. Inspection of pulpwood receiving facilities and equipment

 Every pulpwood receiving facility and all such devices as are used there for the weighing or measuring of pulpwood shall be inspected periodically by the commissioner to insure compliance with this chapter. The commissioner may make such additional investigations and examinations of any licensee or other person as he deems necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. Such investigations and examinations may be made on the basis of a complaint filed with the commissioner or on his own initiative. For such purposes the commissioner may examine all scales tickets involving the buying and selling of pulpwood.
MS Code § 75-79-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-29. Subpoena powers; oaths and affirmations; enforcement; penalty

 The commissioner shall have power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before him in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision pertaining to this chapter.   The commissioner or any agent designated by him, may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of such evidence may be required from any place in the state at any designated place of hearing.   If any person refuses to obey any such subpoena, or to give testimony, or to produce evidence as required thereby, any judge or the chancellor of the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County may, upon application and proof of such refusal, make an order awarding process of subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum, out of the court, for the witness to appear before the commissioner and to give testimony, and to produce evidence as required thereby. Upon filing such order in the office of the clerk of the court or the office of the clerk of such chancery court, the clerk shall issue process of subpoena, as directed, under the seal of the court, requiring the person to whom it is directed, to appear at the time and place therein designated.   If any person served with any such subpoena shall refuse to obey the same, and to give testimony, and to produce evidence as required thereby, the commissioner may apply to any judge or the chancellor of the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for an attachment against such person, as for a contempt. The judge or chancellor, upon satisfactory proof of such refusal, shall issue an attachment, directed to any sheriff, constable or police officer, for the arrest of such person, and upon his being brought before such judge, proceed to a hearing of the case. The judge or chancellor shall have power to enforce obedience to such subpoena and the answering of any question, and the production of any evidence, that may be proper by imposition of a fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail, or by both imposition of a fine and imprisonment, and to compel such witness to pay the costs of such proceeding.
MS Code § 75-79-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 79 - Pulpwood Scaling and Practices|§ 75-79-31. Investigation of alleged violation

 If an investigation by the commissioner indicates probable cause for belief that a violation of law has occurred, the commissioner shall refer the complaint with any evidence gathered during the investigation to the agency or official charged with the administration of such law and to the district attorney having jurisdiction, with a recommendation that it be considered for presentation to the next grand jury, as well as any further recommendations for seeking civil remedies.
MS Code § 75-81-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term "contract for dance studio lessons and other services" means a contract for instruction in ballroom or other types of dancing, and includes lessons and other services, whether given to students individually or in groups.
MS Code § 75-81-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-103. Written contract; customer to receive copy

 Every contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall be in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. A copy of the written contract shall be given to the customer at the time the contract is signed.
MS Code § 75-81-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-105. Limitation on cost and term of contract

  No contract or series of contracts for dance studio lessons and other services shall require payment by the person receiving the lessons and other services or the use of the facilities exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).   No contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall require payments or financing by the buyer over a period in excess of twelve (12) months from the date the contract is entered into, nor shall the term of any such contract be measured by the life of the buyer.   All contracts for dance studio lessons and other services which may be in effect between the same seller and the same buyer, the terms of which overlap for any period, shall be considered as one (1) contract for the purposes of this chapter.
MS Code § 75-81-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-107. Time for commencing performance; consumer's right to rescind; disclosure of hourly rates; bonding

  Every contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall provide that performance of the agreed upon lessons will begin within twelve (12) months from the date the contract is entered into.   Every contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall further provide that such contract may be rescinded within five (5) business days after receipt of the contract by the customer by written notice to the other party at the address specified in the contract, and all monies paid pursuant to such contract shall be refunded within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice of rescission, subject to payment by the customer for dance studio lessons or other services received prior to rescission.   Every contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall contain a written statement of the hourly rate charged for each type of lessons for which the student has contracted. If the contract includes dance studio lessons which are sold at different per-hour rates, the contract shall contain separate hourly rates for each different type of lessons sold. All other services for which the student has contracted which are not capable of a per-hour charge shall be set forth in writing in specific terms. Such statement shall be contained in the dance studio contract before the contract is signed by the buyer.   Every dance studio subject to the provisions of this chapter shall include in every contract for dance studio lessons or other services a statement that the studio is bonded and that information concerning the bond may be obtained by writing to the office of the State Treasurer. If the studio has elected to make a cash deposit in lieu of procuring a bond, the contract shall contain a description of the cash deposit.
MS Code § 75-81-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-109. Assignment of contract; consumer's notes not to cut off consumer's defenses as to third party

 No contract for dance studio lessons and other services shall require or entail the execution of any note or series of notes by the buyer which, when separately negotiated, will cut off as to third parties any right of action or defense which the buyer may have against the seller. The contract shall not be assigned except with the written consent of the customer.
MS Code § 75-81-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 81 - Dance Studio Lessons|§ 75-81-111. Registration with Division of Consumer Protection

 Any person, corporation, partnership, association or group intending to open or operate a dance studio shall file a registration statement with the Attorney General's Division of Consumer Protection prior to the sale of any contracts for dance studio lessons. Such a registration statement shall contain the name and address of the dance studio; the names and addresses of the officers, directors and stockholders of the dance studio and its parent corporation, if such an entity exists; the types of available facilities; the approximate size of the facility measured in square feet; the types of contracts and lessons to be offered and their cost; and a full and complete disclosure of any completed or pending litigation initiated against the dance studio and any of its officers and directors within the last three (3) years.