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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.34 — Repeal Of Amendatory And Original Laws Subsequently Amended.

645.34 REPEAL OF AMENDATORY AND ORIGINAL LAWS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED.
The repeal of an amendatory law does not revive the corresponding provision or section of the original law or of any prior amendment. Except as otherwise provided in section 645.26, subdivision 3, the repeal of the original law, or section or provision of the original law, repeals all subsequent amendments to the original law, or to the original section or provision, as the case may be.
History:
1941 c 492 s 34
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.35 — Effect Of Repeal.

645.35 EFFECT OF REPEAL.
The repeal of any law shall not affect any right accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, or any proceeding commenced, under or by virtue of the law repealed. Any civil suit, action, or proceeding pending to enforce any right under the authority of the law repealed shall and may be proceeded with and concluded under the laws in existence when the suit, action, or proceeding was instituted, notwithstanding the repeal of such laws; or the same may be proceeded with and concluded under the provisions of the new law, if any, enacted.
History:
1941 c 492 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.36 — Effect Of Repeal Of Repealer.

645.36 EFFECT OF REPEAL OF REPEALER.
When a law is repealed which repealed a former law, the former law shall not thereby be revived, unless it is so specifically provided.
History:
1941 c 492 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.37 — Repeal And Reenactment.

645.37 REPEAL AND REENACTMENT.
When a law is repealed and its provisions are at the same time reenacted in the same or substantially the same terms by the repealing law, the earlier law shall be construed as continued in active operation. All rights and liabilities incurred under such earlier law are preserved and may be enforced.
History:
1941 c 492 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.38 — Effect Of Reenactment On Intervening Law.

645.38 EFFECT OF REENACTMENT ON INTERVENING LAW.
A law which reenacts the provisions of an earlier law shall not be construed to repeal an intermediate law which modified such earlier law. Such intermediate law shall be construed to remain in force and to modify the reenactment in the same manner as it modified the earlier law.
History:
1941 c 492 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.39 — Implied Repeal By Later Law.

645.39 IMPLIED REPEAL BY LATER LAW.
When a law purports to be a revision of all laws upon a particular subject, or sets up a general or exclusive system covering the entire subject matter of a former law and is intended as a substitute for such former law, such law shall be construed to repeal all former laws upon the same subject. When a general law purports to establish a uniform and mandatory system covering a class of subjects, such law shall be construed to repeal preexisting local or special laws on the same class of subjects. In all other cases, a later law shall not be construed to repeal an earlier law unless the two laws are irreconcilable.
History:
1941 c 492 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.40 — Nonexistence Of Reason For Law Does Not Repeal It.

645.40 NONEXISTENCE OF REASON FOR LAW DOES NOT REPEAL IT.
A law shall not be deemed repealed because the reason for its passage no longer exists.
History:
1941 c 492 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.41 — No Implied Repeal By Nonuser.

645.41 NO IMPLIED REPEAL BY NONUSER.
A law shall not be deemed repealed by the failure to use such law.
History:
1941 c 492 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.42 — Effect Of Separate Repeals On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.

645.42 EFFECT OF SEPARATE REPEALS ON CODE PROVISIONS ENACTED AT SAME SESSION.
When a law repeals any provision of a law incorporated into a code adopted at the same session of the legislature, the law repealing the provisions so incorporated into the code shall be construed to effect a repeal of the corresponding provision of the code.
History:
1941 c 492 s 42
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.43 — Effect Of Repeal On Limitations.

645.43 EFFECT OF REPEAL ON LIMITATIONS.
When a limitation or period of time, prescribed in any law for acquiring a right or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run before a law repealing such law takes effect, and the same or any other limitation is prescribed by any other law passed at the same session of the legislature, the time which has already run shall be deemed a part of the time prescribed as such limitation in such law passed at the same session of the legislature.
History:
1941 c 492 s 43
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.445 — Small Business; Definitions.

645.445 SMALL BUSINESS; DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
Wherever the term "small business" is used in Minnesota Statutes or in any rule or program established thereunder, the definitions contained in this section shall apply unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended or required.
Subd. 2.
Small business.
"Small business" means a business entity organized for profit, including but not limited to any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or cooperative, which entity:
(1) is not an affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation; and
(2) has 20 or fewer full-time employees; or
(3) in the preceding fiscal year has not had more than the equivalent of $1,000,000 in annual gross revenues; or
(4) if the business is a technical or professional service, shall not have had more than the equivalent of $2,500,000 in annual gross revenues in the preceding fiscal year.
Subd. 3.
Dominant in field of operation.
"Dominant in its field of operation" means having more than 20 full-time employees and more than $1,000,000 in annual gross revenues or $2,500,000 in annual gross revenues if a technical or professional service.
Subd. 4.
Affiliate or subsidiary of business dominant in field of operation.
"Affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation" means a business which is at least 20 percent owned by a business dominant in its field of operation, or by partners, officers, directors, majority stockholders, or their equivalent, of a business dominant in that field of operation.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1990 c 541 s 31]
History:
1980 c 361 s 3; 1984 c 544 s 87; 1985 c 296 s 8; 1987 c 365 s 21,22; 1987 c 401 s 31; 1988 c 644 s 2; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268; 1989 c 352 s 21,25; 1990 c 541 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.446 — Health Plan Companies.

645.446 HEALTH PLAN COMPANIES.
The term "health plan company" or "health plan companies," when used in Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules, does not apply to an entity that offers, sells, issues, or renews only products expressly excluded from the definition of a health plan under section 62A.011, subdivision 3, clauses (1), (4), (8), and (9), except in sections 3.7394; 62A.021; 62J.80; 72A.139; and 72A.20, or unless otherwise specified.
History:
2012 c 160 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.45 — Definitions, Continued.

645.45 DEFINITIONS, CONTINUED.
The following words and phrases, when used in any law enacted after the effective date of Laws 1941, chapter 492, section 45, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(1) "abode" means domicile;
(2) "action" means any proceeding in any court of this state;
(3) "adult" means an individual 18 years of age or over;
(4) "as now provided by law" means a reference to the laws in force at the time the law containing the phrase was finally enacted;
(5) "as provided by law" means a reference to the laws in force at the particular time the law containing the phrase is applied;
(6) "attorney at law" means an individual admitted to practice law by a court of record of this state;
(7) "attorney of record" means an attorney at law who is entered on the docket or record of a court as appearing for or representing a party in a legal proceeding;
(8) "child" or "children" includes children by birth or adoption;
(9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;
(10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;
(11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;
(13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;
(14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;
(15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;
(16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;
(17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;
(18) "notary" means a notary public;
(19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;
(20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation.
History:
1941 c 492 s 45; 1973 c 725 s 83
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.451 — Definitions, Continued.

645.451 DEFINITIONS, CONTINUED.
Subdivision 1.
Application and scope.
The terms defined in the following subdivisions shall have the meanings given them for the purpose of any statute or law of this state now in force, for the purposes of any statute or law hereinafter enacted unless a different meaning is specifically attached to the terms or the context clearly requires different meaning.
Subd. 2.
Minor.
"Minor" means an individual under the age of 18.
Subd. 3.
Adult.
"Adult" means an individual 18 years of age or older.
Subd. 4.
Minority.
"Minority" means with respect to an individual the period of time during which the individual is a minor.
Subd. 5.
Majority.
"Majority" means with respect to an individual the period of time after the individual reaches the age of 18.
Subd. 6.
Legal age or full age.
"Legal age" or "full age" means 18 years of age or older.
History:
1973 c 725 s 84
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.452 — Disabilities Of Minority; Termination At Age 18.

645.452 DISABILITIES OF MINORITY; TERMINATION AT AGE 18.
Except as otherwise provided by statutes, every disability of minority at common law shall cease when a person reaches 18 years of age.
History:
1973 c 725 s 85
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.46 — Reference To Subdivision.

645.46 REFERENCE TO SUBDIVISION.
Wherever in the Minnesota Statutes or any legislative act a reference is made to a subdivision without stating the section of which the subdivision referred to is a part, the reference is to the subdivision of the section in which the reference is made.
History:
1947 c 201 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.47 — Reference To Paragraph.

645.47 REFERENCE TO PARAGRAPH.
Wherever in the Minnesota Statutes or any legislative act a reference is made to a paragraph without stating the section and subdivision of which the paragraph referred to is a part, the reference is to the paragraph of the subdivision in which the reference is made.
History:
1947 c 201 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.48 — Reference To Section Series.

645.48 REFERENCE TO SECTION SERIES.
Wherever in the Minnesota Statutes or any legislative act a reference is made to several sections and the section numbers given in the reference are connected by the word "to," the reference includes both the sections whose numbers are given and all intervening sections.
History:
1947 c 201 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.49 — Headnotes.

645.49 HEADNOTES.
The headnotes printed in boldface type before sections and subdivisions in editions of Minnesota Statutes are mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section or subdivision and are not part of the statute.
History:
1984 c 480 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction › Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules › Section 645.51 — Gender Revision Of 1986.

645.51 GENDER REVISION OF 1986.
The amendments adopted by Laws 1986, chapter 444, section 1, do not change the substance of the statutes amended.
History:
1986 c 444 s 3
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-1 - through 1-1-6 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 21, eff.4/11/1996.
Codes, 1942, §§ 21-01 to 21-03, 21-10; Laws, 1970, ch. 465, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1970, ch. 394, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-7 - Contents

The Mississippi Code of 1972 shall cover all sections of and amendments to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Mississippi; all operative and effective sections of the Mississippi Code of 1930 and amendments thereto; all operative and effective sections of the Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled, and amendments thereto; and all operative and effective session laws of a general and permanent nature enacted since the publication of the Mississippi Code of 1930 down through the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature.
The Mississippi Code of 1972 shall contain, in addition to the material set out above, case notes or case statements covering pertinent court decisions construing or applying Mississippi statutes, volume and general indexes, and such other useful matters, tables, information, and ancillaries as the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation deems to be desirable and practicable to include. Opinions of the Attorney General also may be annotated.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 1; 1871, § 1; 1880, § 1; 1892, § 1; 1906, § 1; 1930, § 1; 1942, §§ 2, 4, 12, 21-04; Laws, 1942, ch. 318; Laws, 1970, ch. 465, § 4; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 7; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 18, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-8 - Official code; recognition as evidence of public statute laws; restrictions on use of certain words or names in title of codes other than official version

(1)
The Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, as amended, modified and revised from time to time, that is published by the company with which the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation has contracted under Section
1-1-107(a)
:
(a)
Is the official code of the public statute laws of the State of Mississippi that are enacted by the Legislature; and
(b)
Shall be used, received, recognized and referred to as the official code of the public statute laws of the State of Mississippi, and shall be considered as evidence of the public statute laws of the State of Mississippi, in all courts of the State and by all public officers, offices, departments and agencies of the state and its political subdivisions, and in all other places or instances where the public statute laws of the State may come into question. However, if there is any conflict between the language of any statute as it appears in the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated and in the General Laws of Mississippi, the language in the General Laws shall control; and if there is any conflict between the language of any statute as it appears in the General Laws of Mississippi and in the original enrolled bills enacted by the Legislature, the language in the enrolled bills shall control.
(2)
No publisher of a code of the public statute laws of the State of Mississippi, other than the publishing company with which the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation has contracted under Section
1-1-107(a)
, shall be authorized to use as the name, title or designation of the code that is published, the words "Mississippi Code of 1972," "Mississippi Code 1972," "Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated," "Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated," "Annotated Mississippi Code of 1972," "Annotated Mississippi Code 1972," or any other combination of words containing "Code of 1972," "Code 1972" or "1972 Code." The joint committee may seek injunctive relief, or authorize the publisher of the official code to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the joint committee, against any person or entity to enforce the provisions of this subsection.
Laws, 1999, ch. 310, § 2, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-9 - Copyright; use of code material

(1)
Copyrights of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and the notes, annotations, and indexes thereof, shall be taken by and in the name of the publishers of the compilation who shall thereafter promptly assign the same to the State of Mississippi and be owned by it.
(2)
All parts of any act passed by the Mississippi Legislature, or of any code published or authorized to be published by the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, including, without limitation, catchlines or frontal analyses; numbers assigned to sections, articles, chapters and titles; historical citations or source lines; editor's notes; amendment notes; cross references; annotations; and summaries of judicial decisions and Attorney General's opinions, shall become and remain the exclusive property of the State of Mississippi, to be used only as the joint committee may direct.
(3)
(a)
If any person or entity uses any part of any act passed by the Mississippi Legislature, or any part of any code published or authorized to be published by the joint committee, in any manner other than as authorized by the committee, the person or entity shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation, and each day upon which a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and additional violation.
(b)
If the joint committee suspects that any person or entity is violating or has violated this section, the Attorney General shall investigate the matter upon the request of the joint committee. If the Attorney General determines, after investigation, that the person or entity is violating or has violated this section, the Attorney General shall institute an action to impose a civil penalty against the person or entity, or seek injunctive relief against the person or entity to prevent further violations of this section, or both, as requested by the joint committee.
(c)
Civil penalties may be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, or in the chancery court of the county of residence of the person or entity against whom the penalty is sought. If the person or entity is a nonresident of the State of Mississippi, the action shall be brought in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi.
(d)
All civil penalties recovered shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
Codes, 1942, § 8; Laws, 1942, ch. 318; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 8; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 2, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-12 - Binding and identification of state-owned copies of Code of 1972

The sets of the Mississippi Code of 1972 purchased by the State to be distributed by the joint committee according to the designation in Section
1-1-11
shall be bound in a different color binding from that used in binding sets offered for sale to private purchasers. In addition to the distinctive color, the binding of each volume shall have stamped thereon in a contrasting color the words "Property of the State of Mississippi." Each of such sets of the Code as distributed shall be for use of the official in his official business and shall be returned to the state when the official vacates the office or when the office is abolished, as provided in Section
1-1-11
. However, none of the provisions of this section shall apply to those sets to be distributed to members of the Legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 7.5; Laws, 1972, ch. 412, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 425, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 19, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-13 - When Code of 1972 to take effect

The Mississippi Code of 1972, except as expressly provided, shall take effect on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, and from that day it shall be received in use, and shall supersede all prior statutes and clauses therein revised, and hereby repealed.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 2; 1871, § 8; 1880, § 2; 1892, § 2; 1906, § 2; 1930, § 2; 1942, § 13.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1999, ch. 310, § 3, eff.3/8/1999.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 13; 1871, § 12; 1880, § 9; 1892, § 9; Laws 1906, § 9; Laws 1930, § 9; Laws 1942, §§ 9, 20; Laws, 1942, ch. 318.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-17 - Appropriations

The cost of the recodification of the laws of Mississippi will be provided by appropriations to implement the purposes of Sections
1-1-1
,
1-1-3
and
1-1-5
.
Codes, 1942, § 21-04; Laws, 1970, ch. 465, § 4, eff. 4/6/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-19 - Repeal of former statutes - Effect of Code of 1972 upon laws enacted at same session or before Code takes effect

From and after the effective date of the Mississippi Code of 1972, subject to any express provisions relating thereto which may be found in the Mississippi Code of 1972, all acts or parts of acts, all sections or parts of sections of the Mississippi Code of 1930, and all sections or parts of sections of the Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled, the subjects whereof are revised, consolidated and re-enacted in the Mississippi Code of 1972, or repugnant to the provisions contained therein, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, but with respect to statutes brought forward in the Mississippi Code of 1972, that code shall be deemed to be a continuation and not a new enactment. It is especially provided, however, that no curative or validation statute, of any nature or kind whatsoever, shall be affected by the adoption of the Mississippi Code of 1972, in so far as the curative or validation provisions or portions of any such statute are concerned.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this section, no section or provision of the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall supersede or repeal by implication any law passed at the same session of the legislature at which the Mississippi Code of 1972 is adopted, or passed after the adoption of the Mississippi Code of 1972 but before it shall have taken effect; and an amendatory law passed at such session or at any subsequent session before the Mississippi Code of 1972 takes effect shall not be deemed repealed, unless the contrary intent clearly appears.
Any amendment to any section or sections of the Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled, or to any part or parts of acts, the subjects of which are revised, consolidated and enacted in the Mississippi Code of 1972, passed at the same session at which the Mississippi Code of 1972 is adopted, or passed after the adoption of the Mississippi Code of 1972 but before it shall take effect, shall be deemed to amend the corresponding section or sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 3; 1871, § 9; 1880, § 3; 1892, § 3; 1906, § 3; 1930, § 3; 1942, § 14.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-21 - Effect of repeals by Code of 1972 upon former rights

The repeal of any statutory provisions by the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall not affect any act done, or any cause of action, or any right accruing or accrued or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case, or any plea or defense or bar thereto, previous to the time when such repeal shall take place; but the proceedings in every such case shall be conformed, as far as practicable, to the provisions of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 5; 1871, § 13; 1880, § 4; 1892, § 4; 1906, § 4; 1930, § 4; 1942, § 15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-22 - Prior rights or actions involving taxes unaffected

Nothing in Section
1-1-35
shall affect or defeat any claim, assessment, suit, appeal right or cause of action for taxes due prior to April 26, 1972, whether such assessment, suit, appeal, or claim therefor shall have been begun before said date, or shall thereafter be begun; and the laws amended or repealed are expressly continued in full force, effect and operation for the purpose of the assessment and collection of any taxes due under any such laws prior to said date, and for the imposition of any penalty, forfeiture, or claim for a failure to comply therewith.
Codes, 1942, § 21-09; Laws, 1972, ch. 394, § 4, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-23 - Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon offenses committed prior to effective date of Code

An offense committed, and a penalty or forfeiture incurred, previous to the time when the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall take effect, and an indictment or prosecution for any offense, or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture, pending at the time when the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall take effect, shall not be affected by its adoption; but all such offenses, penalties, and forfeitures shall remain subject to the laws in force before the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall take effect, except that all the proceedings had thereafter shall be conducted according to the provisions thereof, and except that when any punishment, penalty, or forfeiture shall have been mitigated by the provisions of the Mississippi Code of 1972, such provisions may be applied to any judgment to be pronounced after the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall take effect.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 6; 1871, § 14; 1880, § 5; 1892, § 5; 1906, § 5; 1930, § 5; 1942, § 16.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-24 - Prior violations of law and civil causes of action unaffected

Nothing in Section
1-1-35
shall be construed to defeat or affect in any manner whatsoever the prosecution of any person, association, firm or corporation, for the violation of any law occurring prior to the first day of November, 1973 in any court of record, the trial therefor, or appeal therefrom, and nothing in Section
1-1-35
shall be construed to defeat or affect in any manner whatsoever any right of a civil cause of action in equity or law in any court of record, the trial thereof, or appeal therefrom occurring prior to the first day of November, 1973.
Codes, 1942, § 21-08; Laws, 1972, ch. 394, § 3, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-25 - No revival of repealed laws

All statutes and parts of statutes which are repealed or abrogated by, or are repugnant to any law repealed by the Mississippi Code of 1972, and which have not been re-enacted or consolidated therein, shall continue to be so repealed, and shall remain abrogated.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 7; 1871, § 15; 1880, § 6; 1892, § 6; 1906, § 6; 1930, § 6; 1942, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-27 - Vacation of offices by adoption of Code of 1972

The repeal of any statutory provision which is revised and consolidated in the Mississippi Code of 1972, by virtue of which any appointment shall have been made or any office is held, shall not be construed to vacate the office, or in any way to affect the appointment, except when otherwise expressly provided; but the appointment shall continue and the office shall be held subject to the provisions contained in the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 9; 1871, § 16; 1880, § 7; 1892, § 7; 1906, § 7; 1930, § 7; 1942, § 18.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-29 - Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon private and local laws

Private and local laws not revised and brought into the Mississippi Code of 1972 are not affected by its adoption unless it is expressly so provided therein.
Codes, 1857, ch. 1, art. 8; 1871, § 10; 1880, § 8; 1892, § 8; 1906, § 8; 1930, § 8; 1942, § 19.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-31 - Severability provision of Code of 1972

If any chapter, article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining chapters, articles, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases shall be in no manner affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
Codes, 1930, § 10; 1942, § 21.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-33 - Code of 1972 supplied to officers

Where any officer has received a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972 by virtue of his office and is required by law to deliver it to his successor in office, and the officer fails to deliver it to his successor, the successor may make application to the Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation, in writing, setting forth that fact, and the joint committee, if satisfied of the truthfulness of the application, may issue to the applicant a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972. The joint committee may consider any official application for a set of the Mississippi Code of 1972, and if the facts warrant furnishing a code or codes as applied for, it shall be furnished to the applicant.
Codes, 1942, § 4218; Laws, 1932, ch. 329; Laws, 1999, ch. 310, § 4, eff. 3/8/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-35 - Revised manuscript declared to be official Code of the state of Mississippi

The Legislature finds and so declares that the code committee, comprised of the Attorney General, Secretary of State, chairmen of the appropriations committees and judiciary "A" and "B" committees of the House of Representatives and Senate has, to date, fulfilled its obligations and responsibilities within its statutory powers as set forth in Senate Bill No. 1964 (Chapter 465), Laws of 1970, and that the entire manuscript for the Mississippi Code of 1972, emanating from the Mississippi Code of 1930, all enactments of a general and permanent nature subsequent to the regular session of 1930 and through the regular session of 1942 comprising the original Mississippi Code of 1942, and all such enactments from adjournment of the 1942 regular session through the regular session of 1971 and now a part of the Mississippi Code of 1942, has been thoroughly analyzed by experienced and trained lawyer-editors of the lawbook publishers and by the publishers' computer facilities, and the publishers' findings and recommendations to the Attorney General to date have been agreed upon by and between the publishers, the Attorney General, and the code committee, and that said proposed manuscript, as prepared by The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company and associates and approved by the attorney general, for the Mississippi Code of 1972, has been reported to the Legislature and revised, amended and adopted by the two houses of the Legislature, an enrolled draft of which has been prepared by the said code committee, said manuscript is hereby approved, adopted and declared to be the official code of the State of Mississippi on the first day of November, 1973.
Codes, 1942, § 21-06; Laws, 1972, ch. 394, § 1, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-37 - Enrollment of the Code of 1972

In the enrollment of the Code of 1972, it shall be sufficient and legal to enroll the code either by clipping the text from the original code or from other sources and attaching the same on paper approximately 81/2 X 11 inches, and/or by writing the same in longhand or typewriter, and/or by some method of photographic reproduction, and where necessary making corrections in the text before final approval and signature.
Codes, 1942, § 21-12; Laws, 1972, ch. 367, § 1, eff. 4/24/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › IN GENERAL (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-39) › Section 1-1-39 - Deposition and preservation of enrolled draft

The enrolled draft of the official Mississippi Code of 1972 shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, and shall be carefully preserved by that officer as the official code of the public statute laws of this state, adopted and declared to be such by Section
1-1-35
.
Codes, 1942, § 21-07; Laws, 1972, ch. 394, § 2, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-51 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 9, eff.7/1/1998.
Laws, 1973, ch, 366, § 1; 1996, ch. 502, § 9, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-53 - [Repealed]

Repealed eff.7/1/1998.
Laws, 1973, ch. 366, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 10, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-55 - [Repealed]

Repealed by eff.7/1/1998.
Laws, 1973, ch. 366, § 3; Laws, 1979, ch. 323, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 11, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-57 - Purchase and distribution of pocket part supplements and replacement bound volumes

The Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation shall purchase such numbers of sets of the pocket part supplements and the replacement volumes, including index replacement volumes, as may be required to maintain in a current status the sets of the Code of 1972 authorized to be furnished under the provisions of Section
1-1-11
, and shall distribute or provide for the distribution of the same to the proper parties. In furtherance of the State Library's reciprocal program of Code exchange with libraries of the several states, the joint committee shall, at the direction and only upon the written request of the State Librarian, distribute or provide for the distribution of those supplements and replacement volumes to such libraries.
Laws, 1973, ch. 366, § 4; Laws, 1979, ch. 323, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 12; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 4, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-58 - Advance sheets; contract for publication; distribution; provision of information to publisher

(1)
The Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation shall contract with a publishing company for the publication of the advance sheets of the general laws enacted at each session of the Legislature. This contract may be with the same publishing company contracted with under Section
1-1-107(a)
and may be included as a provision of that contract with the publishing company instead of being a separate contract.
(2)
The joint committee shall distribute or provide for the distribution of the advance sheets to the proper parties. One (1) volume of the advance sheets shall be provided free of cost to each state government agency, to each respective Legislative Services Office of the House of Representatives and the Senate, to the Legislative Reference Bureau, and to each sheriff, chancery clerk, circuit clerk, superintendent of education, tax assessor, county prosecuting attorney, justice court judge, attorney for each county's board of supervisors, each municipal clerk, district attorney, circuit judge, chancellor, county court judge and Supreme Court judge. The joint committee shall authorize the publishing company to make copies of the advance sheets available to each member of the Mississippi Bar Association in good standing, according to the records of the secretary of the Mississippi Bar Association, at a reasonable cost, including preparation, printing, shipping and handling.
(3)
The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide or make available to the publishing company such information regarding the general laws enacted by the Legislature as necessary for the publishing company to prepare and publish the advance sheets.
Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 5, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-59 - Provision and maintenance of Code in electronic form

The Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation may contract with a reputable and competent company to perform any services necessary to update any computer tape, disc or other technological medium furnished with the Mississippi Code of 1972, and to provide for and update a CD-ROM (compact disc, read-only memory) or other disc or technological medium containing the Mississippi Code of 1972 and its annotations, so that all laws of a general nature passed by the Legislature subsequent to the 1971 Session thereof will be incorporated therein in the same format as the pocket part supplements and supplemental material contained in replacement volumes to the Code of 1972. This contract may be made with the same publishing company contracted with under Section
1-1-107(a)
and may be included as a provision of that contract with the publishing company instead of being a separate contract.
If the same cannot be contracted for, at and for a consideration considered reasonable, the joint committee may request the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services to perform such services and pay over to the department such sums as may be appropriated for such purposes, and the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services may expend such sums as paid over for the employment of personnel and the purchase of such services, supplies, materials and equipment as may be required to perform the work.
Laws, 1973, ch. 366, § 5; Laws, 1979, ch. 323, § 3; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 13; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 6, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-60 - Requisitions from University of Mississippi law school; publication exchanges with other states

The dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi may make requisitions to the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation for the Mississippi Code and supplements thereto to exchange with other states for similar publications and make the same available in the University of Mississippi law school library for the purpose of increasing the facilities of the library. The joint committee may furnish or provide for the furnishing of these publications upon requisition from the dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi.
Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 7, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-61 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 21, eff.4/11/1996.
Laws, 1973, ch. 366, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › SUPPLEMENTATION OF CODE OF 1972 AND UPDATE OF COMPUTER TAPES (§§ 1-1-51 — 1-1-62) › Section 1-1-62 - Number of volumes, supplements, and advance sheets required

The Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation shall provide for the publication of sufficient volumes of the Mississippi Code and supplements thereto and advance sheets as necessary to meet the requirements of Sections
1-1-11
,
1-1-57
,
1-1-58
and
1-1-60
.
Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 8, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON COMPILATION, REVISION AND PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-1-111) › Section 1-1-101 - Legislative findings

The Legislature finds that the compilation, revision and publication of legislation enacted by the Legislature is a legislative function.
Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 1, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON COMPILATION, REVISION AND PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-1-111) › Section 1-1-105 - Committee staff

The Director of the House Legislative Services Office and the Director of the Senate Legislative Services Office shall assist the joint committee with regard to staffing the committee to the extent feasible. The joint committee shall appoint one (1) attorney employed by the House Legislative Services Office and one (1) attorney employed by the Senate Legislative Services Office to serve as co-counsel for the committee and as liaisons to the publishing company or companies with which the joint committee has contracted.
Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 3, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 1 - CODE OF 1972 (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-1-111) › JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON COMPILATION, REVISION AND PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATION (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-1-111) › Section 1-1-107 - General powers and duties of committee

The joint committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
To select and contract with a reputable and competent publishing company on such terms and conditions and at such prices as it may deem proper for the editing, printing, indexing, annotating, binding and publishing of all the acts of the Legislature passed since adjournment of the 1998 Session of the Mississippi Legislature and annually thereafter, provided that the expenditure of state funds shall be contingent upon the Legislature appropriating the necessary funds therefor. Nothing in Chapter 546, Laws of 1998 or in Chapter 502, Laws of 1996, shall be construed to render invalid or impair the obligations of any contract entered into on behalf of the State of Mississippi on or before September 30, 1988, and any revisions or modifications to such contract other than extending the contract beyond September 30, 1998, for any of the purposes set forth in Chapter 546, Laws of 1998 or in Chapter 502, Laws of 1996.
(b)
To undertake such substantive revisions, recodifications and compilations of the Mississippi Code of 1972, and subsequent amendments thereto, as may be necessary or as may be directed by the Legislature.
(c)
To formulate with the publishing company all the details associated with the codification of the laws enacted by the Mississippi Legislature.
(d)
To review, approve or disapprove the work of the publishing company in preparing, supplementing, indexing or revising the Mississippi Code of 1972, or any volume, pocket part or portion thereof.
(e)
To grant exclusive or nonexclusive publication and sales rights to the Mississippi Code of 1972, and subsequent amendments thereto, or portions thereof to the publishing company.
(f)
In its discretion, to seek the advice and assistance of members and committees of the Mississippi Bar Association.
(g)
To provide for the preparation and introduction of legislation containing its recommendations for the revisions in substance and form or both, or the repeal or amendment of statutes or portions thereof.
(h)
To provide for procedures for the implementation or execution of its powers and duties.
(i)
To take such other action or exercise such additional powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 4; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 20, eff. 7/1/1998.