Mississippi § 27-17-463 - License may be taken for part of year, when.
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§ 27-17-463. License may be taken for part of year, when.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, all privilege licenses issued pursuant to this chapter from and after July 1, 1988, shall expire on September 30 of each year; the privilege tax for a license which is issued for a period of less than one (1) year shall be prorated according to the length of time intervening between the date of its issuance and the following September 30. A municipality or county may, by ordinance, determine to issue privilege licenses which shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-17-463 ("License may be taken for part of year, when.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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