Mississippi § 45-11-49 - Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 45-11-49 — Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-11-49. Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers.
Every owner, lessee, keeper, or proprietor of a hotel or a lodging house who shall, when the same is prescribed by law to be done, fail, neglect or refuse: To provide for each room a rope or rope ladder, or other like appliance; or To give notice calling attention to such rope or rope ladder or appliance, and giving directions for its use; or To provide iron balconies with iron stairs; or To provide a hand or side rail to each stairway; or To provide a Mississippi Fire Prevention Code-approved electric fire detector; or To give alarm and awaken all guests and inmates of his house in case of fire therein or in close proximity thereto; or To do everything in case of fire in his power to rescue the guests or inmates of his house; or To do anything required by law to be done under the provisions of Sections 45-11-21 through 45-11-55; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety (90) days nor more than six (6) months, or fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 45-11-49 ("Penalties on hotel and lodging house keepers.") 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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