Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 13 - Mississippi Agritourism Registration Guidelines › Section 2-1-2-13-102 - Eligibility

Current through June 25, 2024
To become registered with the Mississippi Department of
					 Agriculture and Commerce, an agritourism professional must meet and adhere to
					 the following criteria:
1. Every
				  agritourism professional must post and maintain signs that contain the warning
				  notice specified below. The sign must be placed in a clearly visible location
				  at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism
				  activity. The warning notice must consist of a sign in black letters, with each
				  letter to be a minimum of one (1) inch in height. Every written contract
				  entered into by an agritourism professional for the providing of professional
				  services, instruction or the rental of equipment to a participant, whether or
				  not the contract involves agritourism activities on or off the location or at
				  the site of the agritourism activity, must contain in clearly readable print
				  the warning notice specified below.
The signs and contracts must contain the following notice
					 of warning:
"Warning:
Under Mississippi law, there is no liability for an injury
					 to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this
					 agritourism location if the injury or death results from the inherent risks of
					 the agritourism activity. Inherent risk of agritourism activities include,
					 among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment and animals, as well
					 as the potential for you or another participant to act in a negligent manner
					 that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of
					 participating in this agritourism activity."
Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning
					 signs and notices provided in this section will prevent an agritourism
					 professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this
					 act.
2. An agritourism
				  professional must register with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and
				  Commerce on an annual basis. The registration shall contain information
				  describing the agritourism activity that the agritourism professional conducts
				  or intends to conduct and the location where the person conducts or intends to
				  conduct such agritourism activity. Additionally, the agritourism professional
				  must pay an annual fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the
				  Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce at the time of
				  registration.
3. All agritourism
				  professionals must complete and submit the Mississippi Agritourism Application.
				  The application includes, but is not limited to:
a. The name, physical address, mailing
				  address, and telephone number of the agritourism operation.
b. The name, physical address, mailing
				  address, and telephone number of the agritourism professional.
c. The business structure of the agritourism
				  operation (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, Limited Liability
				  Company, joint venture, or other).
d. Number of years that the operation has
				  been in business.
e. A description
				  of the agritourism activities at the location.
f. Description of placement of warning
				  signs.
g. Directions to agritourism
				  operation, from closest major highway.