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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 1-1-109 - Authority of committee relating to preparation of legislative acts for publication

In preparing the acts of the Legislature for publication in the Mississippi Code of 1972 after the adjournment of each session and without altering the sense, meaning or effect of the acts, the joint committee is authorized to:
(a)
Correct the spelling of words;
(b)
Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(c)
Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors;
(d)
Substitute the proper code section number, chapter number, or other number or designation for the terms "this act," and similar words or phrases;
(e)
Change cross-reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters, code sections or portions of the Code;
(f)
Substitute the proper calendar date for "the effective date of this chapter" and other phrases of similar import;
(g)
Correct manifest errors in references to laws;
(h)
Correct inaccurate references to the titles of officers, the names of departments or other agencies of the state, local governments, or the federal government, and such other name changes as are necessary to be consistent with the laws of the state;
(i)
Insert or delete hyphens in words so as to follow correct grammatical usage;
(j)
Change nouns from the singular to the plural or vice versa for purposes of style and grammar;
(k)
Change punctuation for purposes of uniformity and consistency of style; and
(l)
Integrate the amendments that may have been made in more than one (1) act of the Legislature in a single session to the same code section or provisions of law, so that all versions of the same code section or law that were enacted during a single session may become effective, if effectuating all such amendments is consistent with the intent of the Legislature.
Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 5; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 21, 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 1-1-111 - Approval by committee of manuscript of supplements and replacement volumes prepared by publishing company

From and after July 1, 1998, the manuscript of acts of the Mississippi Legislature that have been edited, compiled, annotated and indexed by the publishing company holding the contract with the Joint Committee on Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation shall be submitted to the joint committee for its approval and acceptance after each regular session of the Legislature. Upon the approval and acceptance of the manuscript by the joint committee, the same shall be printed in insertable pocket supplement form or replacement bound volume or volumes where necessary, containing appropriate chapters, titles and subdivisions of titles.
Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 6, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-1 - Application of chapter

This chapter is applicable to every statute unless its general object, or the context of language construed, or other provisions of law indicate that a different meaning or application was intended from that required by this chapter.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-3 - Bond

The term "bond," when used in any statute, shall embrace every written undertaking for the payment of money or acknowledgment of being bound for money, conditioned to be void on the performance of any duty or the occurrence of any thing therein expressed and subscribed, and delivered by the party making it, to take effect as his obligation, whether it be sealed or unsealed.
Codes, 1880, § 19; 1892, § 1501; 1906, § 1575; Hemingway's 1917, § 1342; 1930, § 1365; 1942, § 673.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-4 - Capital case, capital offense, capital crime, and capital murder

The terms "capital case," "capital cases," "capital offense," "capital offenses," and "capital crime" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. The term "capital murder" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death, or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
Laws, 1974, ch. 576, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 6, eff. 4/13/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-5 - Crime

The term "crime," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (26); 1857, ch. 64, art. 349; 1871, § 2856; 1880, § 3105; 1892, § 1502; 1906, § 1576; Hemingway's 1917, § 1343; 1930, § 1366; 1942, § 674.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-7 - Drugs

The term "drugs," when used in any statute, shall embrace all medicines for internal or external use for man or beast.
Codes, 1906, § 1577; Hemingway's 1917, § 1344; 1930, § 1367; 1942, § 675.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-9 - Established

The term "established" or "hereafter established" when used in any legislative act or municipal ordinance or resolution shall mean with reference to time the date at which the plant, building or structure referred to has progressed to that degree of completion as to be ready for the use intended.
Codes, 1930, § 1368; 1942, § 676.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-11 - Felony

The term "felony," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, § 2855; 1880, § 3104; 1892, § 1503; 1906, § 1578; Hemingway's 1917, § 1345; 1930, § 1369; 1942, § 677.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-13 - Fertilizers

All substances, chemicals and compounds commonly known as commercial fertilizers, and all manures, whether natural or artificial products, except animal excrement, cotton seed, and unmixed cotton seed products.
Codes, 1906, § 1579; Hemingway's 1917, § 1346; 1930, § 1370; 1942, § 678.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-15 - Food

The term "food," when used in any statute, shall embrace every article used as food or drink by man.
Codes, 1906, § 1580; Hemingway's 1917, § 1347; 1930, § 1371; 1942, § 679.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-17 - Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine

Words in the masculine gender shall embrace a female as well as a male, unless a contrary intention may be manifest.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 7; 1871, § 2936; 1880, § 16; 1892, § 1524; 1906, § 1605; Hemingway's 1917, § 1372; 1930, § 1396; 1942, § 704.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-19 - Infamous crime

The term "infamous crime," when used in any statute, shall mean offenses punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (25); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, § 2855; 1880, § 3104; 1892, § 1504; 1906, § 1581; Hemingway's 1917, § 1348; 1930, § 1372; 1942, § 680.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-21 - Infant

The term "infant," when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.
Codes, 1892, § 1505; 1906, § 1582; Hemingway's 1917, § 1349; 1930, § 1373; 1942, § 681.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-23 - Insurrection

The term "insurrection," when used in any statute, means an armed assembly of persons having intent to resist or subvert lawful authority.
Codes, 1892, § 1506; 1906, § 1583; Hemingway's 1917, § 1350; 1930, § 1374; 1942, § 682.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-24 - Intellectual disability

The term "intellectual disability," when used in any statute, means a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, originates before the age of eighteen (18) years, and refers to persons who were, are and continue to be diagnosed with mental retardation.
Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 1, eff. 4/1, 2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-25 - Land

The term "land," when used in any statute, shall include all corporeal hereditaments whatever, and any interest therein, whether an estate for years or a different estate.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 6; 1871, § 2935; 1880, § 15; 1892, § 1507; 1906, § 1584; Hemingway's 1917, § 1351; 1930, § 1375; 1942, § 683.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-26 - Minimum education program, minimum program, minimum foundation program

Wherever the phrase "minimum education program," "minimum program," "minimum foundation program," "Mississippi Adequate Education Program," "adequate education program," or "MAEP" shall appear in the laws of this state, it shall be construed to mean the "total funding formula" created under Chapter 151, Title 37, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1997, ch. 612, § 29, eff. 7/1/2002.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 484, HB 4130,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-27 - Minor

The term "minor," when used in statute, except as otherwise provided by law, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one (21) years of age. If a statute refers to the ability to enter into a contract affecting personal property or real property, "minor" shall mean any person, male or female, under eighteen (18) years of age.
Codes, 1892, § 1508; 1906, § 1585; Hemingway's 1917, § 1352; 1930, § 1376; 1942, § 684.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 507, SB 2073,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Brought forward by Laws, 2021, ch. 338, HB 429,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-29 - Month

The term "month," when used in any statute, means a calendar month, unless a contrary intention be expressed.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 3; 1871, § 2932; 1880, § 12; 1892, § 1509; 1906, § 1586; Hemingway's 1917, § 1353; 1930, § 1377; 1942, § 685.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-31 - Navigable waters

Except as otherwise provided in Section
27-109-1
, all rivers, creeks and bayous in this state, twenty-five (25) miles in length, and having sufficient depth and width of water for thirty (30) consecutive days in the year to float a steamboat with carrying capacity of two hundred (200) bales of cotton, are navigable waters of this state and public highways.
Codes, 1906, § 1587; Hemingway's 1917, § 1354; 1930, § 1378; 1942, § 686; Laws, 1990 Ex Sess, ch. 45, § 141, eff. 6/29/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-33 - Number, singular and plural

Words used in the singular number only, either as descriptive of persons or things, shall extend to and embrace the plural number; and words used in the plural number shall extend to and embrace the singular number, except where a contrary intention is manifest.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 2; 1871, § 2931; 1880, § 11; 1892, § 1523; 1906, § 1604; Hemingway's 1917, § 1371; 1930, § 1395; 1942, § 703.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-35 - Oath

The term "oath," when used in any statute, shall include the word "affirmation," in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
Codes, 1892, § 1510; 1906, § 1588; Hemingway's 1917, § 1355; 1930, § 1379; 1942, § 687.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-37 - Offense

The term "offense," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.
Codes, 1892, § 1511; 1906, § 1589; Hemingway's 1917, § 1356; 1930, § 1380; 1942, § 688.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-39 - Person

The term "person," when used in any statute, shall apply to artificial as well as natural persons; and when used to designate the party whose property may be the subject of offense, shall include the United States, this state, or any other state, territory, or country, and any county, city, town or village which may lawfully own property in this state; also all public and private corporations, as well as individuals.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (29); 1857, ch. 64, art. 350, ch. 66, art. 4; 1871, §§ 2857, 2933; 1880, §§ 13, 3106; 1892, § 1512; 1906, § 1590; Hemingway's 1917, § 1357; 1930, § 1381; 1942, § 689.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-41 - Personal property

The term "personal property," when used in any statute, means all tangible and intangible personal property and shall include cash, goods, deposit accounts, chattels, effects, evidences of rights of action, and all written instruments, including promissory notes, by which any pecuniary obligation, or any right, title, or interest in any real or personal estate, shall be created, acknowledged, transferred, incurred, defeated, discharged, or diminished.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (27); 1857, ch. 64, art. 351; 1871, § 2858; 1880, § 3107; 1892, § 1513; 1906, § 1591; Hemingway's 1917, § 1358; 1930, § 1382; 1942, § 690.
Brought forward by Laws, 2021, ch. 338, HB 429,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 380, SB 2508,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-42 - Valid photo identification documents

The terms "photo identification," "photographic identification," "valid identification," "valid identification card" or any similar term when used with reference to a personally identifying document required as legal documentation or required to be presented as part of a transaction includes all of the following:
(a)
A current and valid Mississippi driver's license;
(b)
A current and valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency or entity of the State of Mississippi;
(c)
A current and valid United States passport;
(d)
A current and valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the employee and issued by any branch, department, agency or entity of the United States government, the State of Mississippi, or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity of this state;
(e)
A current and valid Mississippi license to carry a pistol or revolver;
(f)
A valid tribal identification card containing a photograph of the holder;
(g)
A current and valid United States military identification card;
(h)
A current and valid student identification card, containing a photograph of the student, issued by any accredited college, university or community or junior college in the State of Mississippi;
(i)
An official Mississippi voter identification card containing a photograph of the elector; or
(j)
Any other valid and unexpired government-issued identification card that contains a color photograph of the card holder and the card holder's legal name, residence address and date of birth.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 378, HB 277,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-43 - Promissory note

Every promise in writing whereby any person, firm or body politic or corporate promises or agrees to pay a sum of money or acknowledges the same to be due.
Codes, 1906, § 1592; Hemingway's 1917, § 1359; 1930, § 1383; 1942, § 691.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-45 - Property

The term "property," when used in any statute, includes personal property as defined in Section
1-3-41
and also every estate, interest, and right, in lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (28); 1857, ch. 64, art. 352; 1871, § 2859; 1880, § 3108; 1892, § 1514; 1906, § 1593; Hemingway's 1917, § 1360; 1930, § 1384; 1942, § 692.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-47 - Railroad

Every person, firm, association of persons or company, whether incorporated or not, who shall own or operate a railroad as a common carrier.
Codes, 1906, § 1594; Hemingway's 1917, § 1361; 1930, § 1385; 1942, § 693.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-49 - State

The term "state," when applied to different parts of the United States, shall, when used in any statute, extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories created or recognized by congress.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 5; 1871, § 2934; 1880, § 14; 1892, § 1515; 1906, § 1595; Hemingway's 1917, § 1362; 1930, § 1386; 1942, § 694.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-51 - Stationery

The term "stationery," as applied to purchases for the state, includes everything properly so called.
Codes, 1906, § 1596; Hemingway's 1917, § 1363; 1930, § 1387; 1942, § 695.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-53 - Sworn

The term "sworn," when used in any statute, shall include the word "affirmed," in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
Codes, 1892, § 1516; Laws, 1906, § 1597; Hemingway's 1917, § 1364; 1930, § 1388; 1942, § 696.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-55 - United States

The term "United States," when used in any statute, shall include the District of Columbia and the territories, as well as the states of the union.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 5; 1871, § 2934; 1880, § 14; 1892, § 1517; 1906, § 1598; Hemingway's 1917, § 1365; 1930, § 1389; 1942, § 697.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-57 - Unsound mind

The term "unsound mind," when used in any statute in reference to persons, shall include persons with an intellectual disability, persons with mental illness, and persons non compos mentis.
Codes, 1892, § 1518; 1906, § 1599; Hemingway's 1917, § 1366; 1930, § 1390; 1942, § 698; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 2, eff. 4/1, 2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-58 - Ward

Whenever the term "ward" is used, it shall be liberally construed and held to include any and all persons under every form of legal disability, including, but not limited to, the disabilities of minority, intellectual disability, mental illness, unsound mind, alcoholism, addiction to drugs, and convicted felons.
Codes, 1942, § 398.5; Laws, 1972, ch. 408, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 2; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 3, eff. 4/1, 2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-59 - Will

The term "will," when used in any statute, shall include codicils.
Codes, 1892, § 1519; 1906, § 1600; Hemingway's 1917, § 1367; 1930, § 1391; 1942, § 699.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-61 - Written

The term "written," when used in any statute, may include, but is not limited to, printing, engraving, and lithographing. In all cases where the signature of any person is required by law, it shall always be the proper handwriting of such person, or, in case he be unable to write, his proper mark, unless a different form of legal signature is specified in another statute.
Codes, 1892, § 1520; 1906, § 1601; Hemingway's 1917, § 1368; 1930, § 1392; 1942, § 700; Laws, 2012, ch. 374, § 1, eff. 4/17/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-63 - Year

The term "year," when used in any statute, means a calendar year, unless a contrary intention be expressed.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 3; 1871, § 2932; 1880, § 12; 1892, § 1521; 1906, § 1602; Hemingway's 1917, § 1369; 1930, § 1393; 1942, § 701.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-65 - Construction of terms generally

All words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning; but technical words and phrases according to their technical meaning.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 1; 1871, § 2930; 1880, § 10; 1892, § 1522; 1906, § 1603; Hemingway's 1917, § 1370; 1930, § 1394; 1942, § 702.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-67 - How time computed when a number of days is prescribed

When process shall be required to be served or notice given any number of days, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday, or any other day when the courthouse or the clerk's office is in fact closed, whether with or without legal authority, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday, or any other day when the courthouse or the clerk's office is closed. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven (7) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 8; 1871, § 2931; 1880, § 17; 1892, § 1525; 1906, § 1606; Hemingway's 1917, § 1373; 1930, § 1397; 1942, § 705; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 1, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-69 - When a number of weeks is prescribed

When publication shall be required to be made in some newspaper "for three (3) weeks," such publication shall be made once each week for three (3) successive weeks, and the time within which the noticed party is required to act or within which the noticing party may proceed shall be computed from the first date of publication. This rule shall furnish a guide for any similar case, whether the time required be more or less than three (3) weeks.
Codes, 1880, § 18; 1892, § 1526; 1906, § 1607; Hemingway's 1917, § 1374; 1930, § 1398; 1942, § 706; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 2, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-71 - Civil law to control computation of relationship unless otherwise provided

In each and every statute of this state heretofore enacted, and now in effect, in which the phrase "kindred within the third degree" or "relationship within the third degree" is used, and in which no other rule is applied or indicated, the civil law rule in computing relationship shall govern.
Codes, 1930, § 1399; 1942, § 707; Laws, 1924, ch. 156.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-73 - Civil law to apply in construing

The civil law rule of computing kinship or relationship is hereby adopted and shall hereafter control in this state where the computation of relationship or kinship, either by blood or marriage, is brought in question in construing any legislative enactment or statutory law in the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1930, § 1400; 1942, § 708; Laws, 1924, ch. 156.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-75 - Petitions must be signed personally by petitioners

All petitions presented to any governing body of the State of Mississippi, or any of its subdivisions, or municipalities thereof, must be signed personally by each petitioner; otherwise, said signature shall not be counted as a valid signature of such petition.
Codes, 1942, § 707.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 559, § 1, eff. 3/17/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-76 - Procedures for contesting disqualification of signatures on petition requesting vote on matter affecting county or municipality

When any petition is filed by qualified electors of a county or municipality requesting a vote on matters affecting all or any portion of a county or municipality, the certifying official shall post a list of all names disqualified from the petition and the reason for disqualification at the courthouse or city hall, as the case may be. A person whose signature has been disqualified by the certifying official may, within ten (10) days after said notice has been posted, appear before such certifying official and present evidence of his qualification accompanied by a notarized affidavit stating the reason that his signature is qualified for the petition. Based upon such information, the certifying official shall reconsider his disqualification and may allow the signature to be counted if such action appears justified.
Laws, 1987, ch. 441, eff. 11/9/1987 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-77 - General severability provision

If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or any part of any act passed hereafter is declared to be unconstitutional or void, or if for any reason is declared to be invalid or of no effect, the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or parts thereof shall be in no manner affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.
Unless the contrary intent shall clearly appear in the particular act in question, each and every act passed hereafter shall be read and construed as though the provisions of the first paragraph of this section form an integral part thereof, whether expressly set out therein or not.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-79 - Treatment of amendments to same section by different bills during single legislative session; effective dates

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in Section
1-1-109
, whenever the same section of law is amended by different bills during the same session of the Legislature and the effective dates of the amendments to that section of law as specified in the bills are on different dates, the version of that section in each bill shall take effect on the effective date of the amendments to that section as specified in the bill, regardless of the dates on which the bills are approved by the Governor, become law without the Governor's signature, or are approved by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, and at the time that each version of that section takes effect, the version taking effect shall supercede all other versions of that section that took effect earlier, unless specifically provided otherwise in any of the bills amending that section.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in Section
1-1-109
, whenever the same section of law is amended by different bills during the same session of the Legislature and the effective dates of the amendments to that section of law as specified in the bills are on the same date, the version of that section in the bill that is approved by the Governor, becomes law without the Governor's signature, or is approved by the Legislature subsequent to a veto on the latest date shall supercede all other versions of that section, unless specifically provided otherwise in any of the bills amending that section.
(3)
As used in this section, "section of law" or "section" means a section of the Mississippi Code of 1972, any other valid code of statutory laws of the State of Mississippi or the session laws of the Legislature.
Laws, 1993, ch. 421, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 14, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-81 - Captions of title, chapter, article, subarticle, part or section of Mississippi Code of 1972

(1)
"Caption" means the words used to describe the substance of a title, chapter, article, subarticle, part or section of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
(2)
Captions shall not constitute a part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 unless specifically so provided by law.
(3)
The wording of captions that are not specifically provided to constitute law shall be editorial in nature and may be revised by a publisher of the code as the publisher deems appropriate. There shall be no exclusive right in any publisher of the code to the use of a caption that has appeared in any bill that is approved by the Governor, has become law without the Governor's signature, or is approved by the Legislature subsequent to a veto; captions that have appeared in such a bill shall be subject to editorial revision without legislative action.
Laws, 2010, ch. 506, § 43, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 3 - CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES (§§ 1-3-1 — 1-3-83) › Section 1-3-83 - Female, male, sex of natural persons

(1)
"Female" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces eggs.
(2)
"Male" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm.
(3)
"Sex," when used to classify a natural person, means the biological indication of male and female as observed or clinically verified at birth, without regard to a person's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience, feelings, actions, or sense of self.
(4)
The following additional provisions apply to the use of "sex" and related terms:
(a)
There are only two (2) sexes, and every individual is either male or female.
(b)
"Sex" is objective and fixed.
(c)
Persons with "DSD conditions" (sometimes referred to as "differences in sex development", "disorders of sex development", or "intersex conditions") are not members of a third sex.
(d)
The foregoing definition of "sex," for purposes of state law, neither requires nor precludes the accommodation of persons with a congenital and physically verifiable diagnosis of "DSD condition" (sometimes referred to as "differences in sex development", "disorders of sex development", or "intersex conditions"); however, such accommodation may be required by federal law.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 512, SB 2753,§ 11, eff. 5/13/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-1 - Printing of general, local and private laws

The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide for and may enter into contracts for the complete, accurate and timely printing of the general laws and the local and private laws passed at each session of the Legislature.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 19, art. 5(3); 1857, ch. 6, art. 13; 1871, § 119; 1880, § 205; 1892, § 4087; Laws, 1906, § 4639; Hemingway's 1917, § 7477; Laws, 1930, § 6937; Laws, 1942, § 4197; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 15; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 9, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-3 - Disposition of general, local and private laws and journals of legislature; responsibility

The Office of the Secretary of State shall be responsible for the disposition of the general laws, local and private laws and journals of the Legislature as provided for by law.
Codes, 1892, § 4088; 1906, § 4640; Hemingway's 1917, § 7478; 1930, § 6938; 1942, § 4198; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 16; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 10, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-5 - General laws and journals, local and private laws deposited in state law library

The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide five (5) volumes of the general laws and journals and five (5) volumes of the local and private laws of each session of the Legislature to the State Law Library.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art. 17; 1871, § 122; 1880, § 208; 1892, § 4089; 1906, § 4641; Hemingway's 1917, § 7479; 1930, § 6939; 1942, § 4199; Laws, 1989, ch. 321, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 3, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-9 - Distribution of general laws of Legislature to judges of United States

The Secretary of State shall, in the same manner, further distribute one (1) copy of the general laws of the Legislature alone to each of the judges of the United States courts in this state.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 19, art. 5 (6); 1857, ch. 6, art. 18; 1871, § 123; 1880, § 209; 1892, § 4091; 1906, § 4643; Hemingway's 1917, § 7481; 1930, § 6941; 1942, § 4201; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 21; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 5, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-11 - Publication of volumes of general, local and private laws and journals for sale; disposition of proceeds

The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide for the publication of sufficient additional volumes of the general laws, local and private laws and journals not otherwise provided for by law, to be made available for sale at a reasonable cost, including preparation, printing, shipping and handling. The Office of the Secretary of State shall pay the proceeds of such sales into the State General Fund in the manner prescribed by law.
Codes, 1892, § 4095; 1906, § 4647; Hemingway's 1917, § 7485; 1930, § 6945; 1942, § 4205; Laws, 1989, ch. 321, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 6; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 5; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 17; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 11, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 22, eff.7/1/1998.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7498; 1930, § 6953; 1942, § 4213; Laws, 1914, ch. 204; 1948, ch. 424; 1992, ch. 543, § 7; 1993, ch. 430, § 6; 1996, ch. 502, § 18, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 15, eff.7/1/1992.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7499; 1930, § 6954; 1942, § 4214; Laws, 1914, ch. 204.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-17 - University law school to have books for exchange

The dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi may make requisitions to the Secretary of State for the general session laws and journals of the Legislature 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 Secretary of State may furnish these publications upon requisition from the dean of the law school of the University of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 4217; Laws, 1938, Ex. ch. 29; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 8; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 12, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-19 - Publication and distribution of journals and laws

The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide for the publication of sufficient volumes of the House journal, Senate journal, general laws and local and private laws necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4219; Laws, 1936, ch. 211; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 9; Laws, 1993, ch. 430, § 7; Laws, 1996, ch. 502, § 19; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 13, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-21 - Sale of excess volumes

The Secretary of State may sell the volumes of the House journal, Senate journal, general laws, local and private laws and the Southern Reporter-Mississippi Cases in excess of the number thereof necessary for distribution or retention, the sale price for each volume to be the cost price of printing, binding and mailing. The funds realized by the Secretary of State from the sale of those excess volumes shall be paid by him into the State General Fund in the manner prescribed by law.
Codes, 1942, § 4220; Laws, 1936, ch. 211; Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 10; Laws, 1998, ch. 546, § 14, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-23 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 543, § 15, eff.7/1/1992.
Codes, 1942, § 4221; Laws, 1936, ch. 211.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 1 - LAWS AND STATUTES (§§ 1-1-1 — 1-5-25) › Chapter 5 - SESSION LAWS AND JOURNALS (§§ 1-5-1 — 1-5-25) › Section 1-5-25 - To receive certain books from the sheriffs and distribute them

The Secretary of State shall receive from the several sheriffs all extra copies of the acts of the Legislature, which the sheriffs are required to return to him, and he shall see that the several sheriffs perform the duty required of them in this behalf. If there be less than ten copies of any of the acts, in the State Library, he shall supply the deficiency from the acts so returned to him, and out of the residue of the acts so returned, he shall, as far as can be, supply each county with the books needed to complete the set belonging to each respectively, and shall take the receipt of the sheriff therefor; and any books not thus disposed of shall be preserved in his office, and sold as other like books.
Codes, 1892, § 4100; 1906 § 4652; Hemingway's 1917, § 7490; 1930, § 6950; 1942, § 4210.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 1 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY COMMISSION [Repealed] (§ 3-1-1) › Section 3-1-1 - through 3-1-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1977, ch. 320, § 1, eff.3/4/1977.
§§ 3-1-3 through § 3-1-35. [Codes, 1942, §§ 9028-31 thru 9028-47; Laws, 1956, ch. 365, §§ 1-17]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-1 - Limits and boundaries of the territorial waters of the State of Mississippi

The limits and boundaries of the territorial waters of the State of Mississippi shall consist of all territory included within the boundaries described in the act of Congress of March 1, 1817, together with all territory ceded to the State of Mississippi by later acts of Congress or by compacts or agreements with other states, as such territory and boundaries may have been or may be modified by the United States Supreme Court which extends three (3) miles of Cat Island, Ship Island, Horn Island and Petit Bois Island off shore to three (3) Marine Leagues.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art. 1; 1871, § 18; 1880, § 21; 1892, § 345; 1906, § 403; Hemingway's 1917, § 3817; 1930, § 3885; 1942, § 3020.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 398, HB 1072, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-3 - How state divided into counties

The State of Mississippi is divided into the following counties, to wit: Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, De Soto, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo, which are bounded as described in Chapter 1 of Title 19 of this Code.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art. 3; 1871, § 19; 1880, § 22; 1892, § 346; 1906, § 404; Hemingway's 1917, § 3818; 1930, § 3886; 1942, § 3021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-5 - How far counties on Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico extend

The counties lying immediately on the Mississippi River shall, respectively, have and possess jurisdiction and extend to the western boundary of the state, within the space embraced, by extending their boundary lines which strike the river, on a continuous direct course to the extreme boundary of the state, including all islands that may be within the limits just defined; and the counties bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, to wit: Jackson, Harrison and Hancock, shall, respectively, have and possess jurisdiction and extend to the southern boundary of the state within the space embraced by extending their boundary lines which strike the Gulf of Mexico, or the inlets thereto, on a continuous direct course to the southern boundary of the state, including all islands that may lie within the limits thus defined.
Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art. 2; 1880, § 23; 1892, § 347; 1906, § 405; Hemingway's 1917, § 3819; 1930, § 3887; 1942, § 3022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-8 - Designation of first week in May as Hernando de Soto Week

The first week in May of each year is declared to be Hernando de Soto Week in Mississippi in recognition, observation and commemoration of Hernando de Soto who led the first and most imposing expedition ever made by Europeans into the wilds of North America and the State of Mississippi, and in further recognition of the Spanish explorer's 187-day journey from the Tombigbee River basin on our state's eastern boundary, westward to the place of discovery of the Mississippi River on May 8, 1541.
This week shall be a week of recognition, observation and commemoration of Hernando de Soto and European exploration and no day of this week shall be recognized as a legal holiday.
Laws, 1988, ch. 567, eff. 5/21/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-9 - State tree

The magnolia or evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) is herewith designated as the state tree of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6192; Laws, 1938, ch. 366.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-11 - State bird

The bird commonly called the mocking bird is hereby designated the state bird of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6192-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 326, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-13 - State flower

The flower or bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) is hereby designated as the state flower of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6192-02; Laws, 1952, ch. 340.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 3 - STATE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND HOLIDAYS (§§ 3-1-1 — 3-7-1) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOUNDARIES, HOLIDAYS, AND STATE EMBLEMS (§§ 3-3-1 — 3-3-NEW-002) › Section 3-3-14 - State wildflower

The Coreopsis sp. is hereby designated as the state wildflower of Mississippi.
Laws, 1991, ch. 339, § 1, eff. 7/1/1991.