Mississippi § 45-1-71 - Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 45-1-71 — Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-1-71. Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement.
Each full-time fire fighter, employed in accordance with Section 45-11-203, policeman, sheriff, deputy sheriff or other local law enforcement officer, who retires under Section 21-29-139 or the Public Employees’ Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability, or any other local government retirement system shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, the one (1) badge which is issued to him by the local government fire fighting unit or law enforcement unit.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-1-71 ("Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement.") 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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