Mississippi Code — 39
Browse 194 sections in division 39 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 39-1-1. State law library.
- § 39-1-3-39-1-33. Repealed.
- § 39-1-35. Legislative reference bureau.
- § 39-3-1. Establishment of libraries by counties and municipalities.
- § 39-3-3. Funds for establishment and operation of libraries.
- § 39-3-5. County library tax; additional funds for support, upkeep and maintenance.
- § 39-3-7. Municipal library tax; additional funds for support, upkeep and maintenance.
- § 39-3-8. Joint city-county public library systems.
- § 39-3-9. Regional public library systems.
- § 39-3-11. Participation by municipalities in county libraries, county regional library systems or city-county library systems.
- § 39-3-13. Contracts by counties or municipalities for library services.
- § 39-3-15. Library boards of trustees; qualifications, appointment, terms of office and compensation of members.
- § 39-3-17. Library boards of trustees; organization; general powers and duties.
- § 39-3-19. Library boards of trustees; annual reports.
- § 39-3-20. Sabbatical leave for professional library staff.
- § 39-3-21. Free use of libraries; reimbursements for services.
- § 39-3-23. Construction of article.
- § 39-3-101. Creation; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members.
- § 39-3-103. Organizational meeting; officers.
- § 39-3-105. Director.
- § 39-3-107. General powers and duties of commission.
- § 39-3-109. How funds drawn.
- § 39-3-111. Acceptance of gifts and federal funds.
- § 39-3-201. Enactment and terms of compact.
- § 39-3-203. Agreements for construction or maintenance of interstate libraries; compliance with other governing laws.
- § 39-3-205. State library agency defined.
- § 39-3-207. Eligibility for aid of district partly within state.
- § 39-3-209. Compact administrator and deputy administrators.
- § 39-3-211. Notices in event of withdrawal from compact.
- § 39-3-301. Short title.
- § 39-3-303. Unauthorized removal or wilful mutilation of library materials.
- § 39-3-305. Definitions.
- § 39-3-307. Applicability of article.
- § 39-3-309. Penalties for violations of § 39-3-303.
- § 39-3-311. Construction of article; effect of acquittal or conviction upon subsequent proceedings.
- § 39-3-313. Detention and questioning of suspects.
- § 39-3-351. Short title.
- § 39-3-353. Definitions.
- § 39-3-355. Committee to develop system of public service incentives within public library accreditation program.
- § 39-3-357. State aid to accredited public library systems.
- § 39-3-359. Library commission as primary resource library; commission to provide services to libraries.
- § 39-3-361. Authorization to employ consultants and other staff.
- § 39-3-363. Development of statewide master plan for public libraries.
- § 39-3-365. Confidentiality of library user records.
- § 39-3-367. Release and use of aggregate statistics.
- § 39-3-369. Use of records for purpose of collecting overdue materials and fines.
- § 39-5-1. Department of archives and history created; objects and purposes.
- § 39-5-3. Department board of trustees generally.
- § 39-5-5. General powers and duties of board of trustees.
- § 39-5-6. Powers and duties of board of trustees with respect to governor’s mansion; employment of and powers and duties of curator of New Capitol Building.
- § 39-5-7. Director of department.
- § 39-5-9. Local Government Records Office.
- § 39-5-11. Surrender of official books, records, etc., to department.
- § 39-5-13. Surrender of historical portraits to department.
- § 39-5-15. Official and statistical register.
- § 39-5-17. Acquisition of historic or prehistoric ruins, etc.
- § 39-5-19. Restoration and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.
- § 39-5-21. Unauthorized removal of property from governor’s mansion.
- § 39-5-23. Historic Properties Trust Fund.
- § 39-5-24. Mississippi History Trust Fund.
- § 39-5-25. Construction of parking areas at official state historical markers.
- § 39-5-27. Archives Trust Fund.
- § 39-5-29. Museum Trust Fund.
- § 39-5-31. William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
- § 39-5-33. Authorization to extinguish, abandon and nullify certain conservation easements.
- § 39-5-41. Transfer of title to property to Department of Archives and History.
- § 39-5-43. Repealed.
- § 39-5-51. Establishment of Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- § 39-5-53. Transfer of Beauvoir Veterans Home to United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
- § 39-5-55. Control and management of Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- § 39-5-57. Deposit of objects, documents, etc., in museum at Jefferson Davis Shrine.
- § 39-5-61. Files and equipment of state sovereignty commission placed in custody of department; when files become public records.
- § 39-5-63. Willful tampering with files.
- § 39-5-65. Display of penalties for tampering with files.
- § 39-5-71. Construction of monument.
- § 39-5-81. Purchase and restoration.
- § 39-5-91. Creation of Civil War Battlefield Commission; duties and responsibilities of commission.
- § 39-5-101. Short title.
- § 39-5-103. Definitions.
- § 39-5-105. Creation of De Soto Trail Commission; composition; appointment of members.
- § 39-5-107. Terms of office and compensation of members of commission; acceptance of gifts, donation, etc.; deposit of funds.
- § 39-5-109. Election of officers and adoption of rules and regulations; use of existing research.
- § 39-5-111. Erection of markers.
- § 39-5-113. Duties and responsibilities of commission.
- § 39-5-115. Acquisition and restoration.
- § 39-5-117. Operation of restored hall.
- § 39-5-121. Restoration and operation of Shaifer House and accompanying land on Port Gibson Battlefield.
- § 39-5-123. Cooperative agreements authorized.
- § 39-5-131. Restoration and operation of Coker House and accompanying land on Champion Hill Battlefield.
- § 39-5-133. Cooperative agreements authorized.
- § 39-5-141. Legislative findings.
- § 39-5-143. Definitions.
- § 39-5-145. Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
- § 39-5-151. Recovery and restoration of historic shipwreck at state site 22Ja542; historic shipwreck project fund.
- § 39-7-1. Short title.
- § 39-7-3. Declaration of public policy.
- § 39-7-4. Definitions.
- § 39-7-5. Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings.
- § 39-7-7. General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history.
- § 39-7-9. Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state.
- § 39-7-11. Designation of sites, objects, etc., upon lands belonging to state or political subdivision as Mississippi landmarks; recording; alteration, excavation, etc., of sites.
- § 39-7-13. Designation of sites located upon private lands as Mississippi landmarks; recordation; marking.
- § 39-7-15. Removal from designation.
- § 39-7-17. Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation.
- § 39-7-19. Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks.
- § 39-7-21. Supervision of salvage or recovery operations; custody of antiquities; promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 39-7-22. Public construction or improvement affecting potential Mississippi landmarks.
- § 39-7-23. Expenditures for acquisition of items; gifts and bequests; contracts for temporary possession of items by others.
- § 39-7-25. Restoration of antiquities for private parties.
- § 39-7-27. Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive.
- § 39-7-29. Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings.
- § 39-7-31. Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites.
- § 39-7-33. Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact.
- § 39-7-35. Penalties for violations of chapter; finder’s fee for arrest and conviction of violator.
- § 39-7-37. Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue.
- § 39-7-39. Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter.
- § 39-7-41. Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access.
- § 39-9-1. Creation of trusts; purposes.
- § 39-9-3. Designations by grantor of trust.
- § 39-9-5. Founding of institution for profit prohibited; payment of dividends; compensation of trustees; charging of fees by institutions.
- § 39-9-7. Exemption from taxation of institutions.
- § 39-9-9. Receipt of gifts and bequests by institutions.
- § 39-9-11. Powers and duties of trustees.
- § 39-9-13. Execution, acknowledgement and recording of grants.
- § 39-11-1. Creation; composition; qualifications and appointment of members.
- § 39-11-3. Terms of office and compensation of members; officers.
- § 39-11-5. Executive director; staff; advisory panels.
- § 39-11-7. Duties and objectives of commission.
- § 39-11-9. General powers of commission; Mississippi Fund for the Arts.
- § 39-11-11. Receipt and disbursement of federal funds.
- § 39-11-13. Building Fund for the Arts.
- § 39-13-1. Short title.
- § 39-13-2. Definitions.
- § 39-13-3. Authority to create local historic preservation commissions; authority and procedure for establishment of districts and designation of landmarks.
- § 39-13-5. Historic preservation commissions; powers and duties; composition; terms of office; officers; minutes of meetings.
- § 39-13-7. Notification to Department of Archives and History of proposed designation of historic district or local historic preservation commission; comments by department concerning proposed district or commission.
- § 39-13-9. Appropriations; application by locality to participate in Certified Local Government Program of the National Park Service; eminent domain.
- § 39-13-11. Designation of historic districts, landmarks, and landmark sites; procedures; vote of historic preservation commission; public hearing; vote of local governing authority to adopt or reject designation.
- § 39-13-13. Issuance of certificates of appropriateness for certain construction, alteration, demolition or relocation of structures within a historic district or landmark property.
- § 39-13-15. Demolition by neglect; demolition of historic landmark or landmark site without review and approval by historic preservation commission.
- § 39-13-17. Penalties for violations; separate offense for each day violation exists.
- § 39-13-19. Appeal.
- § 39-13-21. In general.
- § 39-13-23. Effect on existing historic preservation commissions and historic district or landmark designations.
- § 39-15-1. Authority of municipal and county government to expend general fund monies in support of the arts.
- § 39-17-1. Recognition of need for Sports Hall of Fame.
- § 39-17-3. Site of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Dizzy Dean Museum.
- § 39-17-5. Funding of facility; special account.
- § 39-17-7. Construction, furnishing and equipping of facility.
- § 39-17-9. Lease of facility to nonprofit corporation [Repealed effective July 1, 2036].
- § 39-17-101. Department of Finance and Administration authorized to issue general obligation bonds for construction, repairing, remodeling, equipping, furnishing, adding to or improving the capital facility of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Dizzy Dean Museum.
- § 39-17-103. Form and terms of bonds.
- § 39-17-105. Execution of bonds and coupons.
- § 39-17-107. Negotiability of bonds and coupons; compliance with Uniform Commercial Code not required.
- § 39-17-109. State Bond Commission to issue bonds; sale and redemption of bonds.
- § 39-17-111. Bonds deemed general obligations of State; payment of principal and interest from State treasury.
- § 39-17-113. Certification of necessity for warrants; issuance of warrants to pay principal of and interest on bonds.
- § 39-17-115. Deposit of proceeds of bonds into “Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Fund”; use of funds.
- § 39-17-117. Proceedings, conditions, etc., for issuance of bonds; bond issue resolution.
- § 39-17-119. Validation of bonds.
- § 39-17-121. Enforcement of rights of bondholders.
- § 39-17-123. Bonds as legal investments and securities.
- § 39-17-125. Exemption from taxation of bonds and income.
- § 39-17-127. Construction of §§ 39-17-101 through 39-17-127.
- § 39-19-1. Short title.
- § 39-19-3. Definitions.
- § 39-19-5. Property loaned to museum; duties of museum.
- § 39-19-7. Property loaned to museum; duties of lender.
- § 39-19-9. Termination of loan for unclaimed property.
- § 39-19-11. Acquisition of title to unclaimed property.
- § 39-19-13. Escheat to state prohibited.
- § 39-19-15. Transfer of title by museum.
- § 39-19-17. Lien for expenses for care of unclaimed loaned property.
- § 39-19-19. Conservation measures to property on loan.
- § 39-19-21. Loan provisions by written contract.
- § 39-21-1. Legislative intent.
- § 39-21-3. Mississippi craft center; location; construction.
- § 39-21-4. “Mississippi Craft Center” renamed the “William Lowe (Bill) Waller, Sr. Craft Center.”
- § 39-21-5. Authority of Department of Finance and Administration to Construct Mississippi Craft Center.
- § 39-21-7. Lease or operating agreement with Mississippi Craftmen’s Guild.
- § 39-23-1. Recognition of need for Mississippi Children’s Museum.
- § 39-23-3. Location of Mississippi Children’s Museum.
- § 39-23-5. Repair, renovation, furnishing and equipping of facility.
- § 39-23-7. Lease of facility to nonprofit corporation.
- § 39-25-1. Establishment of Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center; purpose of center; duties and objectives of center; Department of Finance and Administration authorized to contract with nonprofit corporation for construction, operation, and administration of center.
- § 39-27-1. Mississippi Blues Commission created; “blues” defined; powers, functions and duties of commission; composition of membership; compensation; report; creation of special fund.
- § 39-27-3. Mississippi Blues Trail historical markers.
- § 39-29-1. Mississippi Commission on the Holocaust created; membership; rules and regulations; gifts, grants and donations; compensation.
- § 39-31-1. Repealed.
- § 39-32-1. Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission created; commission powers, functions and composition; report; disposition of funds received by commission.
- § 39-33-1. Division of Tourism of Mississippi Development Authority authorized to create statewide Mississippi Country Music Trail infrastructure; purpose; trail markers; coordination with other organizations to share resources and information; coordination of marketing plan with state historic preservation programs.
- § 39-35-1. Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission created; composition; terms of office; executive committee; advisory council; quorum; compensation; staff; funding; powers and duties.
- § 39-37-1. Division of Tourism of Mississippi Development Authority authorized to establish statewide Mississippi heritage, history and culture trail infrastructure; purpose; trail markers; coordination with other organizations to share resources and information.
- § 39-39-1. Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Advisory Commission created; composition; responsibilities.