Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) › Chapter 5 - BARBERS (§§ 73-5-1 — 73-5-45) › Section 73-5-33 - [Repealed Effective 1/1/2025] Issuance of licenses for barber shops; fees; enforcement of licensing requirements; notification of board of locations of licensees

(1)
The board shall issue a license for each barbershop in operation in the State of Mississippi, and the board shall prescribe the rules and regulations and circulate the information necessary to obtain a license for the barbershop. A fee of not more than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for each chair manned by a registered barber located in the shop shall be required for the issuance of the license, and the same fee shall be required for a renewal of the license to the shop, the renewal due on the anniversary date of each year. A fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to the regular renewal fee shall be required for restoration of any license that has expired for more than thirty (30) days. Any barbershop license having passed the second year anniversary date, in delinquency, shall be required to have a new shop inspection and shall hereafter pay an initial fee of not more than Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) in addition to all other fees required for restoration.
(2)
All barbershop owners shall be responsible for employing only licensed barbers in the shop. Any barbershop owner found by the Board of Barber Examiners to employ an unlicensed barber or barbers shall be fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) payable into the State General Fund, and shall be subject to closure until those violations are corrected. For any later violation, the fine shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Any barbershop operating within the State of Mississippi without a license after July 1, 1968, shall be subjected to closing by a proper order of a court of competent jurisdiction upon a proper showing that it has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
(3)
The board may assess against any barbershop owner found to employ an unlicensed barber or barbers any of the following costs that are expended by the board in the conduct of a proceeding for violation of subsection (2): court filing fees, court costs and the cost of serving process. Any monies collected by the board under this subsection (3) shall be deposited into the special fund operating account of the board.
(4)
All new barbershops or change of ownership or location of barbershops shall hereafter pay an initial fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to all other fees required before beginning business. The fee shall not be transferable upon change of ownership or location.
(5)
All licensees shall notify the State Board of Barber Examiners of the location of the barbershop at which they are employed.
Codes, 1942, § 8739.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 378, § 5; Laws, 1968, ch. 444, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 540, § 3; Laws, 1981, ch. 427, § 4; Laws, 1983, ch. 489, § 17; Laws, 1990, ch. 521, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 508, § 18; Laws, 1995, ch. 359, § 5; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1997, ch. 511, § 18; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2002, ch. 558, § 17; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 309, § 18; reenacted without change, Laws, 2008, ch. 303, § 18; Laws, 2010, ch. 477, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 322, § 19, eff. 7/1/2011.
Repealed by Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 46, eff. 1/1/2025.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 409, SB 2307,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2020.
Repeal date:
Miss. Code § 73-5-45 provides that this chapter is repealed effective 7/1/2025. Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 46 provides that this section is repealed effective 1/1/2025.