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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-49 - Appropriation of funds or conveyance of buildings and property to school districts by local governments; contracts for provision of additional police protection for schools; off-duty law enforcement officers authorized to use public uniforms and equipment for school security purposes; municipalities authorized to donate to public school districts for certain purposes

(1)
The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate money or dedicate and convey municipally-owned buildings and property or county-owned buildings and property, as the case may be, to the school district or districts situated within that municipality or county for the purpose of erecting, purchasing or otherwise providing the school building or a site for such school building of such school district, in cases where the governing authority or board of supervisors are of the opinion that the location of such school building within the corporate limits of the municipality or the county, or in close proximity thereto, will be of special benefit to the inhabitants of the municipality or county.
(2)
Municipalities, municipal police departments and the sheriffs' departments may contract with the school board of any school district to provide additional Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy-certified police protection to said school district on such terms and for such reimbursement as the school district and the entity may agree in their discretion.
(3)
(a)
The governing authority of any municipality or the board of supervisors of any county may allow off-duty municipal or county law enforcement officers who are hired individually for security purposes by the school district or districts within that municipality or county to use municipal or county law enforcement uniforms and equipment, which includes vehicles, during such off-duty employment.
(b)
If the person or entity, and the person's or entity's insurer, fails or refuses to endorse, indemnify and hold harmless the employing jurisdiction, the employing jurisdiction shall not approve the use of the official vehicle of the employing jurisdiction for private security services.
(4)
The governing authority of any municipality, in its discretion, may donate funds, equipment or in-kind services to any school district located within the boundaries of the municipality to assist the voluntary character development or public service programs of that school district.
Codes, 1930, § 2553; 1942, § 3374-156; Laws, 1928, Ex. ch. 39; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 156; Laws, 1996, ch. 520, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 359, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 379, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 473, HB 631,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-51 - Donating to fair associations

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to contribute, appropriate or donate to fair associations, domiciled in their respective county, a sum of money not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per annum for the purpose of advertising, displaying, exhibiting or promoting the agricultural or industrial resources of such municipality or its respective county. The expenditure of such money, when contributed, appropriated or donated, shall be under the control of the municipality, and such governing authorities are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint one or as many as three individuals, in their discretion, to represent the municipal authorities in the proper expenditure of such money for said purpose in conjunction with the fair association. Before contributing, appropriating or donating any money to any fair association, such governing authorities shall publish notice of their intention to contribute, appropriate or donate money to said fair association, giving the amount of, and the date of making said contribution, appropriation or donation, in some newspaper published in the municipality, or having a general circulation therein if none be there published, for three weeks ending not less than ten days prior to the making of any contribution, appropriation or donation. If, before the making of said contribution, appropriation or donation, twenty per centum of the adult taxpayers of the municipality shall petition against such contribution, appropriation or donation, then the said contribution, appropriation or donation shall not be made, unless authorized by a majority of the electors voting in an election to be ordered for that purpose. All of the expenses of publishing the notice herein provided for and of holding any election hereunder shall be paid out of the municipal treasury.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6069e; 1930, § 2460; 1942, § 3374-157; Laws, 1918, ch. 200; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 157, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-53 - Donating to support historical museums by certain municipalities

The mayor and board of aldermen of any municipality wherein there is located an historic museum operated by an historical society on a nonprofit basis and which municipality is situated in a county bordered by the Mississippi River and having therein a national military park and a national military cemetery are hereby authorized and empowered to donate a sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per annum to such historic museum.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-157.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 355.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-55 - Donating to patriotic organizations

The council or board of aldermen of any municipality in the state is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to donate a sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to build or aid any post of the American Legion or the chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, any chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, or any post, unit or chapter of any patriotic organization within the county in building a memorial to the veterans of World Wars I and II, and a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to aid in defraying the cost of the erection of suitable memorials to deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late world wars. Such appropriation may be made even though no provision has been made therefor in the municipal budget.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3798, 3810, 3811; Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3811c; 1930, § 290; 1942, § 2998; Laws, 1908, ch. 134; Laws, 1916, chs. 143, 235; Laws, 1918, ch. 205; Laws, 1920, ch. 289; Laws, 1922, ch. 302; Laws, 1924, chs. 217, 222; Laws, 1926, chs. 204, 212, 305, 306; Laws, 1928, chs. 233, 236; Laws, 1930, chs. 33, 56, 185; Laws, 1938, chs. 299, 326; Laws, 1956, ch. 181; Laws, 1958, ch. 212; Laws, 1962, ch. 251, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-57 - Donating to American Red Cross

Any mayor and board of commissioners of any city and/or any mayor and board of aldermen of any municipality in this state, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to donate annually, out of any moneys in the municipal treasury, to be drawn by warrant thereon, a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per million of assessed valuation to the support of a local chapter of the American Red Cross, in said municipality.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3798, 3810, 3811; Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3811c; 1930, § 290; 1942, § 2998; Laws, 1908, ch. 134; Laws, 1916, chs. 143, 235; Laws, 1918, ch. 205; Laws, 1920, ch. 289; Laws, 1922, ch. 302; Laws, 1924, chs. 217, 222; Laws, 1926, chs. 204, 212, 305, 306; Laws, 1928, chs. 233, 236; Laws, 1930, chs. 33, 56, 185; Laws, 1938, chs. 299, 326; Laws, 1956, ch. 181; Laws, 1958, ch. 212; Laws, 1962, ch. 251, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-58 - Donating to Mississippi Burn Care Fund

The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any municipality in the state, are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to make contributions to the Mississippi Department of Health, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the Mississippi Burn Center is operational, for deposit to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund from the general fund or federal revenue sharing funds of such county or municipality wherein such funds may be available.
Laws, 1979, ch. 450; Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 47, § 2; Laws, 2007, ch. 569, § 3, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-59 - Donating to state colleges or universities for support of airport by certain municipalities

Every municipality of this state, in or near which a state university or other state-supported four-year college is now or hereafter may be located, in which there has been constructed or is contemplated, an airport for use by said university or college, as the case may be, may, in the discretion of its governing authorities, contribute funds and aid and assist by the donation of lands, furnishing of materials and labor, use of general municipal operating funds, or otherwise, in acquiring a site, erecting suitable buildings, and constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating an airport for use by the university or college, as the case may be, and for use by the general public in said municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2923; 1906, § 3314; Hemingway's 1917, § 5811; 1930, § 2391; 1942, § 3374-112; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 112; Laws, 1957, Ex. ch. 13, § 4; Laws, 1960, ch. 425; Laws, 1966, ch. 592, § 1, eff. 6/15/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-61 - Advertising of municipal activities by certain municipalities

Any municipality in this state which has a population in excess of one hundred thousand people may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys for the purpose of advertising and bringing to the attention of the citizens of such municipality the reasons for and status of any municipal activity, litigation, franchise, proposed bond issue, and any other municipal matter about which it is for the best interest of the people that they be fully informed.
Such advertising and publicizing may be done by newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or by any combination of same, which in the judgment of the governing body of such municipality will be helpful toward advancing the moral, financial and other interests of such municipality.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-125.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 540, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-63 - Requiring maps of subdivisions to be furnished and approved; effect of dedication; easement declared abandoned

The governing authorities of municipalities may provide that any person desiring to subdivide a tract of land within the corporate limits shall submit a map and plat of such subdivision, and a correct abstract of title of the land platted, to said governing authorities, to be approved by them before the same shall be filed for record in the land records of the county. Where the municipality has adopted an ordinance so providing, no such map or plat of any such subdivision shall be recorded by the chancery clerk unless same has been approved by said governing authorities. In all cases where a map or plat of the subdivision is submitted to the governing authorities of a municipality, and is by them approved, all streets, roads, alleys and other public ways set forth and shown on said map or plat shall be thereby dedicated to the public use, and shall not be used otherwise unless and until said map or plat is vacated in the manner provided by law, notwithstanding that said streets, roads, alleys or other public ways have not been actually opened for the use of the public. If any easement dedicated pursuant to the provisions of this section for a street, road, alley or other public purpose is determined to be not needed for the public purpose, the easement may be declared abandoned, and ownership of the fee underlying the easement shall revert, regardless of the date of dedication, to the adjoining property owner or owners at the time of abandonment. Ownership of the easement shall extend to the centerline of said abandoned street, road or public way. Such abandonment and reversion shall not affect any private easements which might exist.
Codes, 1892, § 2937; 1906, § 3328; Hemingway's 1917, § 5825; 1930, § 2405; 1942, § 3374-123; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 123; Laws, 2008, ch. 339, § 2; Laws, 2009, ch. 531, § 2, eff. 4/14/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-65 - Matching funds for social and community service programs

The governing authorities of any municipality shall have the power to expend monies from the municipal general fund to match any other funds for the purpose of supporting social and community service programs including, but not limited to, juvenile residential treatment centers; juvenile and half-way houses; prenatal care facilities; child day care facilities; mentally ill and alcoholics half-way houses; child and adult emergency shelters; elderly home health aides programs.
Codes, 1942, § 7185-31; Laws, 1972, ch. 514, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 367, eff. 3/20/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-67 - Annual donations to chartered chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

The governing authority of any municipality in the state, in its discretion, is authorized to donate annually, out of any funds in the municipal treasury, to:
(a)
Boys and Girls Club. -
Any chartered chapter of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America located within the municipality, provided that the cumulative sum of donations to all chapters within the municipality does not exceed the amount generated in the municipality by one-fourth (1/4) mill on all of the taxable property within the municipality, during the fiscal year in which the donations are made. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes the imposition of additional tax.
(b)
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). -
Any chartered chapter of the YMCA located within the municipality, out of any funds in the treasury of the municipality, provided that the cumulative sum of donations to all chapters within the municipality does not exceed the amount generated in the municipality by one-fourth (1/4) mill on all of the taxable property within the municipality, during the fiscal year in which the donations are made. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes the imposition of additional tax.
(c)
Farmers' markets. -
Any farmers' market that is certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and operating within the municipality, not to exceed the amount that would be generated from the levy of a one-fourth (1/4) mill ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the municipality.
Laws, 2009, ch. 415, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. TBD, HB 1515,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 19 - HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE (§§ 21-19-1 — 21-19-69) › Section 21-19-69 - Donating to support certified farmers' market

The governing authorities of any municipality of this state, in their discretion, may donate annually out of any money in the municipal treasury, such sums as deemed advisable to support any farmers' market that is certified by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and operating within the municipality, not to exceed the amount that would be generated from the levy of a one-fourth (1/4) mill ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the municipality.
Laws, 2012, ch. 467, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2013, ch. TBD, HB 1515,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-1 - Marshal or chief of police; duties; bond

The marshal or chief of police shall be the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality and shall have control and supervision of all police officers employed by said municipality. The marshal or chief of police shall be an ex officio constable within the boundaries of the municipality, and he shall perform such other duties as shall be required of him by proper ordinance. Before performing any of the duties of his office, the marshal or chief of police shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the municipal governing authority (which shall be not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)). The premium upon said bond shall be paid from the municipal treasury. If any marshal or chief of police shall fail to perform any of the duties of his office, it shall be the duty of the district attorney or county attorney upon receiving notice thereof to immediately file quo warranto proceedings against such official.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state, whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of this section and the provisions of the special charter of a municipality, or the law governing the commission form of government, in which case of conflict the provisions of the special charter or the statutes relative to the commission form of government shall control.
Codes, 1892, § 2997; 1906, § 3394; Hemingway's 1917, § 5922; 1930, § 2531; 1942, §§ 3374-100, 3374-111; Laws, 1950, chs. 505, 491, §§ 100, 111; Laws, 1952, ch. 364, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 31; Laws, 1988, ch. 488, § 9, eff. 4/30/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-3 - Police and night marshals

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority to employ, regulate and support a sufficient police force or night marshals, to define the duties thereof, and to furnish and supply all suitable and necessary equipment therefor.
Codes, 1892, § 2963; 1906, § 3359; Hemingway's 1917, § 5856; 1930, § 2436; 1942, § 3374-145; Laws, 1950, ch 491, § 145, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-5 - Purchasing dogs for use of police department

The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to purchase by negotiation or otherwise, any breed of dogs suitable for law enforcement purposes, and pay for same out of the proceeds derived from tax levies made for their support and maintenance. Said dogs may be furnished to the police or police department of said municipality to be used by them in the enforcement of the laws of said municipality and the State of Mississippi. The governing authorities may also appropriate and pay monthly such amounts as may be necessary to maintain and care for said law enforcement dogs.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-145.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 542, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-7 - Peace officers attending training schools; expenses

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power and authority, in their discretion, to pay the expenses of any municipal peace or police officer which said officer incurs in attending any recognized training school for peace and law enforcement officers. Such governing authorities are further authorized and empowered to pay the salaries of such municipal peace and police officers during the time when such officers are attending such training schools. This section shall also apply to any other municipal officer or employee attending any recognized training school beneficial to his particular employment.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-167; Laws, 1948, ch 387; Laws, 1950, ch 491, § 167, eff. 7/1/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-9 - Medical and hospital care for injured policemen

In all municipalities of this state maintaining a police department, the personnel of which department is actively and exclusively engaged in police duty, the governing authorities of such municipality may pay out of the general fund of said municipality reasonable hospital and medical expenses for any member of said police department on account of any occupational disease contracted or for any accident sustained by said member by reason of his service or discharge of his duty in said department. The governing authorities of such city shall be the sole judge as to whether such illness or such injury was contracted or sustained in the line of duty of any such employee, and the reasonableness of said expenses.
Codes, 1942, § 3494.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 420; Laws, 1956, ch 396.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-11 - Purchase of certain insurance for police; payment of premiums

The governing authorities of any municipality having a population in excess of 140,000 people by virtue of the 1960 census are hereby authorized to purchase insurance coverage to protect members of the police force working under the direction of the municipal authorities, against any suit or claims growing out of any action of such policemen guilty of false arrest, false imprisonment, false or improper service of process, malicious prosecution or any other claim resulting from such officers' performance of official duties.
Such municipal authorities shall have the right to pay, out of the general fund of such municipality any premiums which may become due on the aforesaid insurance policies.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-151.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 376, § 1, eff. 3/16/1971.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 546, HB 1020, 10, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-13) › Section 21-21-13 - Staffing of City of Jackson police department

The City of Jackson, at all times, shall adequately staff its police department with the necessary number of law enforcement officers. The Jackson Police Department shall continue to enforce all ordinances of the City of Jackson.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 546, HB 1020, 10, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-31 - Declaration of legislative findings

The legislature finds that the availability of law enforcement officers to a municipality in a state of civil emergency is of a statewide concern, and that it is in the public interest that municipalities needing additional law enforcement officers in a state of civil emergency be able to procure such additional law enforcement officers through reciprocal assistance from other municipalities.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-231; Laws, 1971, ch 345, § 1, eff. 7/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-33 - Definitions

"Municipality" as used in Sections
21-21-31
through
21-21-41
means any city, town, or village as defined in Section
21-1-1
. "Law enforcement officer" as used herein means any policeman.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-232; Laws, 1971, ch. 345, § 2, eff. 7/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-35 - Powers of municipality to provide assistance

Any municipality shall have the power by resolution or order of its governing body to make provision for or to authorize its mayor or chief administrative officer or chief of police to make provision for its regularly employed law enforcement officers to assist any other municipality, when in the opinion of the mayor or other officer authorized to declare a state of civil emergency in such other municipality, there exists in such other municipality a need for the services of additional law enforcement officers to protect the health, life and property of such other municipality, its inhabitants, and the visitors thereto, by reason of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force and violence, or threat thereof by three (3) or more persons acting together or without lawful authority, or during time of natural disaster or man-made calamity.
Any municipality shall have the power to send law enforcement officers of its municipality on loan to assist other municipalities in the state in undercover work or as a special agent to combat crime. The chief administrative officer or chief of police of a municipality shall have the power to assist other chief administrative officers or chiefs of police upon a written or oral request from such municipalities; provided, however, that an oral request must be followed by a written authorization. In addition, any municipality may loan any law enforcement officer to any other law enforcement agency of the state or of any political subdivision of the state for drug enforcement purposes, the expense of the officer to be paid by the agency to which the officer is assigned.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-233; Laws, 1971, ch. 345, § 3; Laws, 1979, ch. 358; Laws, 1998, ch. 494, § 1, eff. 3/26/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-37 - Powers of law enforcement officer while in another municipality

While any law enforcement officer regularly employed as such in one municipality is in the service of another municipality pursuant to Sections
21-21-31
through
21-21-41
, he shall be a peace officer of such other municipality and be under the command of the law enforcement officer therein who is in charge in that municipality, with all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer in such other municipality, as fully as though he were within the municipality where regularly employed and his qualification, respectively, for office where regularly employed shall constitute his qualification for office in such other municipality, and no other oath, bond, or compensation need be made.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-234; Laws, 1971, ch. 345, § 4, eff. 7/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-39 - Rights of law enforcement officer while in another municipality

Any law enforcement officer who is ordered by the official designated by the governing body of any municipality to perform police or peace duties outside the territorial limits of the municipality where he is regularly employed as such officer, shall be entitled to the same wage, salary, pension, and all other compensation and all other rights for such service, including injury or death benefits, as though the service had been rendered within the limits of the municipality where he is regularly employed. He shall also be paid for any reasonable expenses of travel, food, or lodging that he may incur while on duty outside such limits.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-235; Laws, 1971, ch. 345, § 5, eff. 7/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 21 - POLICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (§§ 21-21-1 — 21-21-41) › RECIPROCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES DURING CIVIL EMERGENCIES (§§ 21-21-31 — 21-21-41) › Section 21-21-41 - Payments to law enforcement officer; reimbursement to the regularly employing municipality

All wage and disability payments, pension payments, damage to equipment and clothing, medical expense, and expenses of travel, food, and lodging shall be paid by the municipality regularly employing such law enforcement officer. Upon making such payments, the municipality that furnished the services shall, when it so requests, be reimbursed by the municipality whose authorized official requested the services out of which the payments arose. Each such municipality is hereby expressly authorized to make such payments and reimbursements notwithstanding any provision in its charter or ordinances to the contrary.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-236; Laws, 1971, ch 345, § 6, eff. 7/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-1 - Municipal courts established

There shall be a municipal court in all municipalities of this state. Wherever the words "police court" or "police justice" appear in the laws of this state, they shall mean municipal court or municipal judge, respectively.
Codes, 1892, § 3001; 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5926-5929; 1930, §§ 2535-2537; 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch 517, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 424; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 1, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-3 - Appointment of municipal judge and prosecuting attorney in certain municipalities

In all municipalities having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or more, according to the latest available federal census, there shall be a municipal judge and a prosecuting attorney, who shall be appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality at the time provided for the appointment of other officers. The municipal governing authorities may appoint one (1) additional municipal judge, who shall exercise the same authority and prerogatives of the office, regardless of the presence or absence of the other municipal judge. Except as otherwise provided in Section
21-23-5
, a municipal judge shall be a qualified elector of the county in which the municipality is located and shall be an attorney at law. Such municipal judges and prosecuting attorney shall receive a salary, to be paid by the municipality, and to be fixed by the governing authorities of the municipality.
In any proceeding in which a conflict of interest arises for the prosecuting attorney, or any other reason dictates that he recuse himself, the mayor of the municipality may appoint a special prosecuting attorney for that particular proceeding. Such special prosecuting attorney shall be compensated for his services in the same manner and amount as allowed under Section
21-23-7
for appointed counsel for indigent persons.
Provided, however, the governing authorities of any municipality having a population in excess of ten thousand (10,000) persons according to the latest available federal census and situated in a county having an area in excess of nine hundred thirty-five (935) square miles and having a county court may, in their discretion, follow the provisions as set out in Section
21-23-5
for municipalities having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000).
Provided, further, the governing authorities of any municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand (50,000) according to the latest federal decennial census may, in their discretion, provide for the appointment of not more than ten (10) municipal judges for said municipality, each of whom shall exercise the same authority and prerogatives of their office, regardless of the presence or absence of the other municipal judges.
Codes, 1892, § 3001; 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5926-5929; 1930, §§ 2535-2537; 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch. 517, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 424; Laws, 1974, ch. 353; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 2; Laws, 1989, ch. 571, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 530, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 415, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 406, § 1, eff. 3/17/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 353, HB 1185, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-5 - Appointment of municipal judge in certain municipalities; qualifications

In any municipality having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000) according to the latest available federal census, it shall be discretionary with the governing authorities of the municipality as to whether or not a municipal judge or a prosecuting attorney, or both, shall be appointed. If the authorities of any municipality having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the latest available federal census appoint a municipal judge, he shall be an attorney licensed in the State of Mississippi or a justice court judge of the county in which the municipality is located. The mayor or mayor pro tempore shall not serve as a municipal judge.
Codes, 1892, § 3001; 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5926-5929; 1930, §§ 2535-2537; 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch. 517, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 424; Laws, 1976, ch. 379; Laws, 1977, ch. 314; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 3; Laws, 1981, chs. 471, § 44, 496, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 25; Laws, 1989, ch. 571, § 2; Laws, 2010, ch. 406, § 2, eff. 3/17/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 386, HB 222, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-9 - Municipal judge pro tempore

In any municipality where a municipal judge is appointed or elected, the governing authorities shall have the power and authority to appoint a municipal judge pro tempore who shall have the same powers and qualifications for office as the municipal judge and shall perform all duties of the municipal judge in the absence of such municipal judge or if such municipal judge is unable to serve for any reason. In the event a municipal judge pro tempore is not appointed or is absent or unable for any reason to serve, any justice court judge of the county or municipal judge of another municipality may serve in his place with the same power and authority upon designation by the municipal judge. Any municipality that appoints a municipal judge pro tempore in the absence of a municipal judge or has a justice court judge serve in the absence of a municipal court judge, as provided in this section, is authorized to compensate that municipal judge pro tempore or justice court judge in the same manner and amount as the municipality provides for the appointed or elected municipal judge who is absent.
Codes, 1892, § 3001; 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5926-5929; 1930, §§ 2535-2537; 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch. 517, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 424; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 6; Laws, 1997, ch. 437, § 1, eff. 3/25/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-12 - Training and education program for municipal court clerks; instruction by Mississippi Judicial College; certificate of completion; compliance with Section 9-1-46

(1)
Every person appointed as clerk of the municipal court shall be required annually to attend and complete a comprehensive course of training and education conducted or approved by the Mississippi Judicial College of the University of Mississippi Law Center. Attendance shall be required beginning with the first training seminar conducted after said clerk is appointed.
(2)
The Mississippi Judicial College of the University of Mississippi Law Center shall prepare and conduct a course of training and education for municipal court clerks of the state. The course shall consist of at least twelve (12) hours of training per year. After completion of the first year's requirement, a maximum of six (6) hours training, over and above the required twelve (12) hours, may be carried forward from the previous year. The content of the course of training and when and where it is to be conducted shall be determined by the judicial college. A certificate of completion shall be furnished to those municipal court clerks who complete such course, and each certificate shall be made a permanent record of the minutes of the board of aldermen or city council in the municipality from which the municipal clerk is appointed.
(3)
Upon the failure of any person appointed as clerk of the municipal court to file the certificate of completion as provided in subsection (2) of this section, within the first year of appointment, such person shall then not be allowed to carry out any of the duties of the office of clerk of the municipal court and shall not be entitled to compensation for the period of time during which such certificate remains unfiled.
(4)
After August 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, the Administrative Office of Courts shall notify the judicial college of the name of any municipal court clerk who has not complied with the requirements of Section
9-1-46
. The Mississippi Judicial College shall not provide such clerk with a certificate of completion of course work until such time that the Administrative Office of Courts has reported that the clerk is in compliance with the requirements of Section
9-1-46
. Further, the Administrative Office of Courts shall report the names of all noncompliant clerks to the State Auditor and to the mayor of the municipality that employs the clerk.
Laws, 1992, ch. 423, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 309, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 71, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-13 - Executive officer of the court

The marshal or chief of police of the municipality shall be the executive officer of the municipal court. He shall attend the sittings of the court in person or by duly appointed deputies, and he shall be under the direction of the municipal judge. Any police officer of the municipality may be an ex officio deputy marshal. The marshal or chief of police shall execute all process by himself or deputy and do whatever else may be required of him by the court in the line of his duty.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5930; 1930, § 2538; 1942, § 3374-105; Laws, 1910, ch. 202; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 105; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 8, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-15 - Court officers shall not receive fees or costs

Neither the municipal judge, the marshal or chief of police, any police officer, or any other officer, shall receive any fees or costs in any case in the municipal court.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 5930; 1930, § 2538; 1942, § 3374-105; Laws, 1910, ch. 202; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 105; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 9, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-17 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2002, ch. 320, § 3, eff. 7/1/2002.
Codes, 1892, § 3001; Laws, 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5926-5929; Laws, 1930, §§ 2535-2537; Laws, 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch. 517, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 424; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 10; Laws, 1985, ch. 363, § 2; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 7, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-19 - Disposition of parking violations

In enforcing the penalty prescribed for violation of all laws and ordinances in regard to parking of vehicles, it shall not be necessary to name any person in a traffic ticket issued for such violation. A traffic ticket attached to the unlawfully parked vehicle shall be sufficient to require the appearance of the operator unlawfully parking such vehicle in the municipal court at the time stated in such traffic ticket. In cases where the name of the operator of an unlawfully parked vehicle is unknown, the owner of record of the unlawfully parked vehicle shall, as a matter of law, be presumed to be the operator of such vehicle and may be charged with such violation. No arrest shall be made for failure of the operator or owner to appear in response to said traffic ticket, except on affidavit and issuance of an arrest warrant. Except in cases where an arrest warrant is issued, it shall not be necessary to enter such cases on the municipal court docket nor to enter final judgment thereon in the minute book of said court. Except as otherwise provided in Section
27-19-56
, Mississippi Code of 1972, in enforcing the penalty prescribed for violation of all laws and ordinances in regard to parking of vehicles, no person's driver's license shall be suspended or revoked.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-170; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 170; Laws, 1956, ch. 400; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 11; Laws, 1988, ch. 563, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 447, § 8, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-20 - Intermittent sentences for misdemeanor convictions

Upon conviction of any person of a misdemeanor in a municipal court of this state, the municipal court judge shall be authorized, in his discretion, to sentence such person to:
(a)
A period of time in jail to be served either on weekends only;
(b)
Other periods of time during the week wherein such offender may not be engaged in gainful employment; or
(c)
A specified number of days in jail with a provision for the release of such offender for the purpose of engaging in gainful employment at such times as the offender is actually gainfully employed, whether self-employed or otherwise.
In addition, the court may, in its discretion, sentence any convicted person to split periods of incarceration; and the court shall not be required to order such offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment all in one period but may suspend the sentence from time to time.
Laws, 1985, ch. 387, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-21 - Applicability of chapter

The provisions of Sections
21-23-1
through
21-23-19
shall be applicable to all municipalities of this state whether operating under a code charter, special charter, or the commission form of government, except in cases of conflict between the provisions of said sections and the provisions of the special charter of a municipality, or the law governing the commission form of government, in which cases of conflict the provisions of the special charter or the statutes relative to the commission form of government shall control. The provisions of this chapter are cumulative to other applicable laws of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 3374-111; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 111; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 12, eff. 7/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 23 - MUNICIPAL COURTS (§§ 21-23-1 — 21-23-23) › Section 21-23-23 - Municipal Court Collections Payment Program; purpose; funding of program

(1)
The Department of Revenue shall administer the Municipal Court Collections Payment Program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide support for salaries of municipal court personnel, for the purchase, operation and maintenance of software and equipment, for facility planning and improvement, and for other expenses incurred for the purpose of collecting fines and assessments within the municipal court system. Monies appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Revenue for the purposes of funding the Municipal Court Collections Payment Program shall be expended by the department to each participating municipality based upon that municipality's deposits in the Treasury of the monies received under the provisions of Section
99-19-73
.
(2)
The Department of Revenue shall promulgate rules and procedures relating to the disbursement of monies to participating municipalities. The department shall promulgate rules and procedures to ensure that the municipal court system of a participating municipality practices proper and effective collection procedures for the collection of fines and other assessments. If a municipality uses its own employees to collect delinquent fines and other assessments owed to the municipality, then it may use monies from the fund to defray the costs associated with these collection actions. In addition, the governing authority of a participating municipality shall contract with a private attorney or private collection agent or agency to collect delinquent criminal fines and other assessments as provided in Section
21-17-1(6)
in order to qualify.
Amended by Laws, 2017EX1, ch. 7, SB 2001,§ 9, eff. 6/23/2017.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 512, HB 579, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 21 - MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 21-1-1 — 21-47-5) › Chapter 25 - FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DISTRICTS (§§ 21-25-1 — 21-25-59) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 21-25-1 — 21-25-11) › Section 21-25-1 - Fire marshal

The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to appoint a fire marshal, who may be the mayor, or any member of the governing authority of the municipality, or the city or town marshal. The fire marshal shall have the power to remove and keep away from the vicinity of any fire all idle and suspicious persons lurking near the same. He shall have the power to compel any person present to aid in the extinguishment of such fire or the preservation of property exposed to the danger of such fire and to aid in preventing goods from being purloined thereat. He shall also have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Codes, 1892, § 2967; 1906, § 3352; Hemingway's 1917, § 5849; 1930, § 2428; 1942, § 3374-140; Laws, 1938, ch. 331; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 140, eff. 7/1/1950.