Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Any carnival, circus, fair, minstrel, or other like concern or organization not permanently domiciled within the state, which shall enter the state for the purpose of doing business herein, shall, before beginning operations, make a full disclosure under oath to the secretary of …

It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county to require every such concern or organization doing business in his county to submit to him for inspection a valid certificate of compliance issued by the secretary of state as provided by Section 75-75-17. It shall be unlawful fo…

Service of process under this article shall be made pursuant to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.

(1) Boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions for percentage of gate receipts where an admission fee is charged are hereby allowed. All boxing, sparring and wrestling matches and exhibitions authorized herein shall be held under the supervision of and subject to the …

There is hereby created the Mississippi Athletic Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. The commission shall consist of three (3) members, each of whom shall be a qualified voter and at least thirty (30) years of age. The membership of the commission shall consist…

The commission shall have a seal and shall have and is hereby vested with the sole direction, management, control and jurisdiction over all boxing, sparring and wrestling matches or exhibitions to be conducted, held or given within the State of Mississippi. The commission has ful…

Each member of the commission shall receive per diem in accordance with Section 25-3-69 and shall be paid traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of his official duties in accordance with Section 25-3-41, including traveling expenses for attending the National Boxing …

The commission may appoint and remove at pleasure, such number of inspectors of athletics as in its judgment is necessary to aid in the proper discharge of its duties. Compensation may be paid an inspector as the commission may determine, but he shall be paid, when ordered to att…

The commission shall maintain a general office for the transaction of its business at a place to be designated by the chairman. It may fix the salary of its secretary, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board, which salary shall be paid by the recorder of permits and …

The recorder of permits and licenses shall give a bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) with a surety company authorized to do business in Mississippi, payable to the State of Mississippi, conditioned that he will faithfully account for and pay over to the State Tr…

All funds received by the Mississippi Athletic Commission, as established by Sections 75-75-103 et seq., from any source authorized by statute shall be paid to the State Treasurer, who shall issue receipts therefor and who shall deposit such funds in the State Treasury in a speci…

All contracts relating to the holding or staging of any boxing, wrestling, or sparring match or exhibition in Mississippi, or relating to any participation therein, shall contain a provision to the effect that all rules passed or adopted by the commission, either before or after …

Any person who shall voluntarily engage in a pugilistic encounter, wrestling match or exhibition, for money or any other things of value, or for which an admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, or any person who shall be concerned directly or indirectly in the pr…

(a) Any person who shall willfully violate any rule or regulation passed or adopted by the Mississippi Athletic Commission shall be fined by the commission as follows:(a) For boxer or wrestler, up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or up to twenty-five percent (25%) of contracted …

All licenses and permits issued by the commission shall be on forms prescribed by the commission, which shall be furnished to the commission on its order at the expense of the state. All stamps, books and other incidentals used by the commission shall be paid for on order of the …

Boxing, sparring and wrestling matches in colleges, universities or high schools shall be exempted from the jurisdiction of the commission herein created and shall be permitted and supervised by the governing body of such high school, college or university.