Mississippi § 27-35-525 - Railroads to file reports.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 27-35-525 — Railroads to file reports., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-35-525. Railroads to file reports.
It shall be the duty of all railroads operating in the State of Mississippi to furnish to the Mississippi state tax commission, on blanks to be furnished by the said commission to the railroad companies operating in the State of Mississippi, a true and accurate record of the car mileage made by the cars of the said companies, as defined above, over their rails within the State of Mississippi during the preceding calendar year. Said reports shall be duly attested by the proper officers of said railroad companies and shall be filed in the office of the Mississippi Tax Commission on or before the first day of May of each calendar year, or as soon thereafter as they can practically be compiled. Said reports shall become delinquent on and after the first day of June of the year in which they are due, and the officers of any railroad company failing to make the reports hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or in default of payment thereof imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-35-525 ("Railroads to file reports.") 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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