Mississippi § 77-9-261 - Failure to submit to inspection; penalties.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-261 — Failure to submit to inspection; penalties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-9-261. Failure to submit to inspection; penalties.
If any officer or other employee of a railroad company shall fail to submit to the inspection of its engines or cars, or any trestle, bridge, roadbed, tracks, or any other equipment or facility owned or used by said railroad company, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and jail sentence.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-261 cover?
Section 77-9-261 ("Failure to submit to inspection; penalties.") 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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