Mississippi Code — 69
Browse 751 sections in division 69 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 69-1-1. Department of Agriculture and Commerce created.
- § 69-1-3. Term of office of commissioner.
- § 69-1-5. Oath and bond of commissioner.
- § 69-1-7. Place of office.
- § 69-1-9. Appointment of clerk; oath and term of office.
- § 69-1-11. Duties and salary of clerk.
- § 69-1-13. Duties of commissioner.
- § 69-1-14. Employment of counsel by commissioner; compensation and expenses.
- § 69-1-15. Commissioner to make report.
- § 69-1-17. State institutions to aid in furnishing data; free transportation.
- § 69-1-18. Definitions; authority of commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations and to conduct sanitation inspections in retail food stores; licensing; penalties.
- § 69-1-19. Commissioner to establish grades and standards of farm products.
- § 69-1-21. Certifying grade and condition of farm products.
- § 69-1-23. Inspection of grain crops; definitions; licensing of inspectors; grading samples.
- § 69-1-25. Commissioner, Governor and Attorney General to enforce regulations as to products coming in.
- § 69-1-27. Commissioner to co-operate with U. S. Department.
- § 69-1-28. State regulations governing free-range poultry shall be no more stringent than federal regulations on free-range chickens.
- § 69-1-29. Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government.
- § 69-1-30. Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
- § 69-1-31. Repealed.
- § 69-1-32. “Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum” designated.
- § 69-1-33-69-1-39. Repealed.
- § 69-1-40. Warehouses for storage of lime.
- § 69-1-45. Construction and purpose of chapter.
- § 69-1-47. Funding for repairs and renovations at farmers’ market.
- § 69-1-48. Authorization to accept, budget, receive and expend funds for improvements to department property and for marketing and promotion programs; funding improvements to Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
- § 69-1-49. Studies concerning commodity exchange entity, Farm Assistance in Rural Mississippi (FARM) Program, and marketing outlets; federal assistance; reports.
- § 69-1-51. Repealed.
- § 69-1-53. Studies concerning the market feasibility of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie.
- § 69-1-55. Prohibition against misrepresentation of country of origin of shrimp and crawfish by restaurant that sells imported crawfish or shrimp; penalties for violation.
- § 69-1-56. Produce Safety Rule Program; cooperation with the FDA in developing and administering program; conditional repeal of section; penalty for violation of section.
- § 69-1-61. Repealed.
- § 69-1-81-69-1-95. Repealed.
- § 69-1-96-69-1-98. Repealed.
- § 69-1-101. Short title.
- § 69-1-103. Creation of “Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program” and “Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council”; purpose.
- § 69-1-105. Membership of council; cooperative agreement between agencies represented on council; authority to enter into agreements and contracts; annual report; agricultural marketing director; expenses of council.
- § 69-1-107. Duties and responsibilities of the council.
- § 69-1-109. Rules and regulations.
- § 69-1-111. Authorization to accept contributions, gifts and grants; agricultural marketing fund.
- § 69-1-113. Repealed.
- § 69-1-115. Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions.
- § 69-1-117. Liberal construction; savings clause.
- § 69-1-201. Short title.
- § 69-1-203. Functions of department; organization of department into offices; duties of offices.
- § 69-1-251. Legislative findings.
- § 69-1-253. Definitions.
- § 69-1-255. Cause of action for damages and appropriate relief.
- § 69-1-257. Limitations of action.
- § 69-1-301. Short title.
- § 69-1-303. Definitions.
- § 69-1-305. Requirements imposed upon retailers and suppliers of covered commodities; means of providing information.
- § 69-1-307. Designation of country of origin of beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat; contents of notice for ground beef, pork, lamb, chicken or goat.
- § 69-1-309. Designation of country of origin of farm-raised fish or wild fish; notice to distinguish between wild fish and farm-raised fish.
- § 69-1-311. Designation of country of origin of perishable agricultural products, ginseng, peanuts, pecans or macadamia nuts.
- § 69-1-313. Promulgation of rules and regulations; authority to enter certain premises to conduct label reviews.
- § 69-1-315. Authority to enter into cooperative agreements with federal government.
- § 69-1-317. Authority to conduct audit of retailer
- § 69-1-319. Written notification to retailer or supplier of violations; opportunity to correct violations; penalties; appeals.
- § 69-1-351. Repealed.
- § 69-1-353. Definitions.
- § 69-1-371. Purpose.
- § 69-1-373. Definitions.
- § 69-1-375. Certificates of free trade for agricultural products grown or manufactured in, or distributed and sold from Mississippi; contents of request for certificate.
- § 69-2-1. Short title.
- § 69-2-3. Legislative intent.
- § 69-2-5. Information regarding programs and services; assistance provided by and donations to clearinghouse; report to Governor [Repealed effective July 1, 2023].
- § 69-2-7. Encouragement of new crops and more profitable enterprises.
- § 69-2-9. Definitions.
- § 69-2-11. Emerging crop designations.
- § 69-2-13. Emerging Crops Fund; loans for agribusinesses and small business concerns; loans for planning and development districts; program to assist minority business enterprises; loans for regional crafts projects; financing agribusiness programs; funds for rehabilitation, maintenance and advertising of Mississippi Farmers Central Market; program of loan guaranties on behalf of qualified nonprofit entities designated as community development financial institutions to encourage financing for loans in low-income communities; grants to certain agribusiness enterprises processing, drying, storing or shipping peanuts; program of loan guaranties on behalf of certain sweet potato growing and farming agribusinesses.
- § 69-2-15. Interest loans from Emerging Crops Fund.
- § 69-2-17. Repayment of interest loans from Emerging Crops Fund.
- § 69-2-19. Issuance of general obligation bonds for Emerging Crops Fund; limit on amount of bonds issued.
- § 69-2-21. Full faith, credit, and taxing power of state pledged to payment of bonds.
- § 69-2-23. Execution, delivery, conversion, redemption, and sale of general obligation bonds.
- § 69-2-25. Interest and interest rates on bonds.
- § 69-2-27. Notice of bond sales.
- § 69-2-29. Execution procedures for bonds and coupons.
- § 69-2-30. Borrowing funds for Emerging Crops Fund in lieu of issuing bonds.
- § 69-2-31. Transfer and disbursement of proceeds of sale of bonds and notes.
- § 69-2-33. Duties of Attorney General with respect to bonds and notes; costs of issuing bonds and notes.
- § 69-2-35. Bonds and notes as legal investments for banks and other entities.
- § 69-2-37. Tax treatment of bonds and notes, and income therefrom.
- § 69-2-39. Empowering clause; exemption from limitations generally imposed on state obligations.
- § 69-2-40. Limits on attorney fees; government officials and associates not to derive income from issuance of bonds or disposition of property.
- § 69-2-41. Savings clause.
- § 69-2-43-69-2-49. Repealed.
- § 69-2-51. Prospective repeal of voluntary mediation provisions.
- § 69-3-1. Definitions.
- § 69-3-3. Seedsman permits.
- § 69-3-4. Transfers of Bermuda grass; permit required; fee; misrepresentation and infringement of brand prohibited; penalties; rules and regulations.
- § 69-3-5. Labeling requirements.
- § 69-3-6. Seed inspection fees.
- § 69-3-7. Records.
- § 69-3-9. Prohibitions.
- § 69-3-11. Exemptions.
- § 69-3-13. Disclaimers, nonwarranties and limited warranties.
- § 69-3-15. Withdrawal of seed.
- § 69-3-17. Enforcing agency; state preemption of conflicting local ordinances or regulations.
- § 69-3-19. Duties of enforcing agency.
- § 69-3-20. Appointment of arbitration council.
- § 69-3-21. Seizures.
- § 69-3-22. Procedure for complaint before council.
- § 69-3-23. Repealed.
- § 69-3-25. Penalties.
- § 69-3-27. Disposition of fees.
- § 69-3-29. Administrative procedures; applicability.
- § 69-3-101. Designation of state seed certifying agency.
- § 69-3-103. Designation of state seed board.
- § 69-3-105. State seed board; financial responsibility.
- § 69-3-107. Certification to be self-supporting.
- § 69-3-109. Advertising; tags.
- § 69-3-111. Prohibiting the state seed certifying agency from selling or processing certified seed.
- § 69-3-113. Rules and regulations.
- § 69-3-115. Appeals.
- § 69-3-117. Approval required for issuance, use, or circulation of certification.
- § 69-3-119. Enforcement of this article.
- § 69-3-121. Penalties.
- § 69-5-1. Mississippi Fair Commission created.
- § 69-5-3. Powers and duties of Mississippi Fair Commission.
- § 69-5-5. Executive secretary of Mississippi Fair Commission.
- § 69-5-7. Headquarters of Mississippi Fair Commission.
- § 69-5-8. “Kirk Fordice Equine Center” designated.
- § 69-5-9. Effect of Sections 69-5-1 through 69-5-9 on livestock shows.
- § 69-5-11. Admission charges to State Fair.
- § 69-5-13. Requests for improvement of State Fair grounds.
- § 69-5-15. Revenue bonds; issuance for improvement on state fair grounds.
- § 69-5-17. Revenue bonds; sale, payment and redemption.
- § 69-5-19. Revenue bonds; disposition of proceeds; additional bonds in case of deficit.
- § 69-5-21. Revenue bonds; state not obligated by issuance.
- § 69-5-23. Revenue bonds; negotiability.
- § 69-5-25. Revenue bonds; sections constitute full authority for issuance; validation.
- § 69-5-27. Mississippi Fair Commission authorized to borrow.
- § 69-5-29. Free passes prohibited.
- § 69-5-31. Mississippi Fair Commission authorized to hire certain law enforcement officers to provide security on state fairgrounds; powers, duties and responsibilities of officers.
- § 69-5-101. Mississippi Livestock Show; creation; directors.
- § 69-5-103. Livestock show districts.
- § 69-5-105. Holding of livestock shows.
- § 69-5-107. Dairy shows.
- § 69-5-109. Roundup shows.
- § 69-5-111. Prizes or awards.
- § 69-5-113. Supervisors may appropriate money in aid of livestock shows.
- § 69-5-114. Certain livestock shows to be held at no charge for use of facilities
- § 69-5-115. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; creation; holding of livestock shows; prizes and awards.
- § 69-5-117. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; appropriations by supervisors.
- § 69-5-119. Mississippi Delta Livestock Fair Association; supervisors may levy tax.
- § 69-5-121. Bulls for breeding; maintenance by certain counties; defrayal of expenses.
- § 69-7-1-69-7-29. Repealed.
- § 69-7-101. Central Market Board created.
- § 69-7-103. Members; appointment and term of office.
- § 69-7-105. Meetings of the board; compensation of members.
- § 69-7-107. Headquarters; organization.
- § 69-7-109. Powers and duties of the board.
- § 69-7-111. State market manager; bond, duties, compensation.
- § 69-7-113. State market manager to keep records and make reports.
- § 69-7-115. Acquisition of facilities, equipment, etc.
- § 69-7-117. Management and disposition of property.
- § 69-7-119. Limitation on powers of board.
- § 69-7-121. Central market fund.
- § 69-7-201. What constitutes “doing business”; resident agent; service of process.
- § 69-7-203. License required; fees; renewals.
- § 69-7-205. Issuance and renewal or refusal of license.
- § 69-7-207. Application for license.
- § 69-7-209. Appeal from refusal to grant license.
- § 69-7-211. Injunctions.
- § 69-7-213. Penalties.
- § 69-7-251. Definitions.
- § 69-7-253. Board continued; membership; terms; vacancies.
- § 69-7-255. Quorum; oath; compensation; board a body corporate; powers.
- § 69-7-257. Administration of article; rules and regulations.
- § 69-7-259. General powers and duties of board.
- § 69-7-261. Commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion.
- § 69-7-263. Assessment on eggs; costs of inspections; utilization of proceeds of assessment.
- § 69-7-265. Records and reports of dealers and handlers.
- § 69-7-267. Licenses.
- § 69-7-269. Producers prohibited from distributing eggs on which assessment not paid; payment of assessment by dealer.
- § 69-7-271. Civil penalties.
- § 69-7-273. Criminal penalties.
- § 69-7-275. Application.
- § 69-7-277. Repealed.
- § 69-7-301-69-7-319. Repealed.
- § 69-7-321. Producers selling own production exempt from article; exemptions under federal “Eggs Products Inspection Act”.
- § 69-7-323. Minimum requirements for eggs offered for sale.
- § 69-7-325. Weight and size requirements of eggs.
- § 69-7-327. Egg marketing containers to describe contents.
- § 69-7-329. Marketing agents; maintenance of egg handling facilities.
- § 69-7-331. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his agents authorized to enter premises where eggs are sold.
- § 69-7-333. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce article.
- § 69-7-335. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate regulations.
- § 69-7-337. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may issue “stop sale order.”
- § 69-7-339. Penalties for violations.
- § 69-7-401. Marketing committee and districts.
- § 69-7-403. Additional districts and committee.
- § 69-7-405. Regulation of marketing.
- § 69-7-407. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce regulations.
- § 69-7-409. Penalties.
- § 69-7-501. Definitions.
- § 69-7-503. Construction of article.
- § 69-7-601. Short title.
- § 69-7-602. Legislative findings.
- § 69-7-603. Administration.
- § 69-7-605. Definitions.
- § 69-7-607. Labeling of catfish and fish products; notice of country of origin; method of notification; record-keeping audit trail; commissioner authorized to inspect businesses for compliance; exceptions.
- § 69-7-608. Misrepresentation in use of term “catfish”; regulation and inspection of retail and food service establishments; notice of violation; penalties.
- § 69-7-609. Information as to origin of catfish products.
- § 69-7-610. Identification by distributors, processors and wholesalers of catfish types upon request of commissioner; public disclosure of purchasers of catfish from distributors, processors and wholesalers.
- § 69-7-611. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 69-7-612. Commissioner authorized to enter premises to take samples for testing to determine compliance.
- § 69-7-613. Penalties; injunctive relief.
- § 69-7-614. Repealed.
- § 69-7-615. Cooperation.
- § 69-7-616. Administrative proceedings; sanctions; appeals; danger to public health.
- § 69-7-617. Information concerning production and sales of catfish products.
- § 69-7-619. Repealed.
- § 69-7-651. Short title.
- § 69-7-653. Administration of article.
- § 69-7-655. Legislative findings and purpose.
- § 69-7-657. Definitions.
- § 69-7-659. Methods of purchasing catfish products; bonds and other security requirements; unfair practices.
- § 69-7-661. Registration of processors; orders with respect to insolvent registrants.
- § 69-7-663. Unlawful practices.
- § 69-7-665. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 69-7-667. Injunctions against violations; judicial review.
- § 69-7-669. Liability of violators; enforcement.
- § 69-7-701. Use of weighing device by catfish processors.
- § 69-7-751. Legislative declaration and intent.
- § 69-7-753. Food Products Certification Office; creation; establishment; and responsibilities.
- § 69-7-755. Hiring of marketing managers; qualifications and salaries; Producer Advisory Board.
- § 69-8-1. Purpose.
- § 69-8-3. Definitions.
- § 69-8-5. Mississippi Beef Industry Council created; membership; organization; rules and regulations; certain officers to be bonded.
- § 69-8-7. Referendum on assessments.
- § 69-8-9. Collection and remittance of assessments.
- § 69-8-11. Council permitted to accept gifts, donations and grants; submission of annual report of revenues and expenditures to commissioner; administrative costs.
- § 69-8-13. Refund of assessments.
- § 69-8-15. Penalties for violations.
- § 69-9-1. Purpose of chapter.
- § 69-9-3. Creation, membership and organization of board.
- § 69-9-5. Levy of assessment; collection; enforcement; refund.
- § 69-9-6. Collection of assessment under Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act; disposition of funds collected.
- § 69-9-7. Failure to file report or pay assessment; penalty.
- § 69-9-9. Use of funds; annual report; penalty for failure to report.
- § 69-9-11. Controlling effect of chapter.
- § 69-9-13. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments.
- § 69-9-15. Commissioner authorized to audit Soybean Promotion Board; information to be included in audit; injunction for violations of chapter.
- § 69-10-1. Purpose.
- § 69-10-2. Mississippi Rice Promotion Board; membership; organization and administration.
- § 69-10-3. Repealed.
- § 69-10-5. Assessment on rice grown in state; rice promotion fund; records and reports.
- § 69-10-7. Penalties; exemption.
- § 69-10-9. Expenditure of funds; report of expenditures; penalty for failure to report.
- § 69-10-11. Provisions to be controlling.
- § 69-10-13. State Tax Commission to assist department in collecting assessments.
- § 69-10-15. Commissioner authorized to audit Rice Promotion Board; information to be included in audit; injunction for violations of chapter.
- § 69-11-1. Declaration of purpose.
- § 69-11-3. Definition of terms.
- § 69-11-5. Feeding garbage to swine.
- § 69-11-7. Authority of commissioner and state veterinarian.
- § 69-11-9. Rules and regulations.
- § 69-11-11. Inspection and investigation.
- § 69-11-13. Quarantine powers.
- § 69-11-15. Penalty.
- § 69-13-1. General stock law.
- § 69-13-3. Election; ballots.
- § 69-13-5. Counties; excepted.
- § 69-13-7. Fences.
- § 69-13-9. Lawful fence in open range counties defined.
- § 69-13-11. Stock law districts in counties with sea walls.
- § 69-13-13. Tick reinfestation.
- § 69-13-15. Stock taken up; what done.
- § 69-13-17. Any person may take up stock.
- § 69-13-19. Owner liable for damages.
- § 69-13-21. How lien enforced.
- § 69-13-23. Appeal to circuit court.
- § 69-13-25. Case brought in circuit court to enforce lien where over two hundred dollars claimed.
- § 69-13-27. Owner may replevy animal.
- § 69-13-101. Unlawful for livestock to roam at large on federal or state designated highways.
- § 69-13-103. Responsibility of commissioner of public safety for impounding of livestock; authority of supervisors.
- § 69-13-105. Charges against impounded livestock.
- § 69-13-107. Highway safety patrol to provide equipment or contract with private individuals to remove livestock.
- § 69-13-109. Description of impounded livestock to be published; form; notice of sale.
- § 69-13-111. Owners of livestock roaming at large liable for damages.
- § 69-13-113. State or county not liable for injury to impounded livestock.
- § 69-13-115. Penalty for removal of impounded livestock without paying fees.
- § 69-13-117. Nature and construction of article.
- § 69-13-201. Title of article.
- § 69-13-203. Intent of article.
- § 69-13-205. Authority and duty of supervisors.
- § 69-13-207. Tax; authority of supervisors to levy.
- § 69-13-209. Tax; election; use of proceeds; authority of supervisors where tax not authorized.
- § 69-13-211. No reimbursement under Homestead Exemption Law.
- § 69-13-301. Estrays to be taken up, posted, and ranger notified.
- § 69-13-303. Appraisement and description of estrays.
- § 69-13-305. Registering and advertising estrays.
- § 69-13-307. Estray may be used by taker up.
- § 69-13-309. Estray suitable for food slaughtered.
- § 69-13-311. Death or escape of estrays reported.
- § 69-13-313. Estrays to be sold if not claimed.
- § 69-13-315. How owner may prove and reclaim.