Title 45, Public Safety and Good Order

(1) Every law enforcement agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof shall maintain a docket which shall contain a record of all deadly weapons that are seized by employees of such law enforcement agency. Such docket shall include the name of the arresting office…

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Church Protection Act.” (2) (a) The governing body of any church or place of worship may establish a security program by which designated members are authorized to carry firearms for the protection of the congre…

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act.” (2) For purposes of this section:(a) “Department” means the Department of Public Safety.(b) “Governing body” means with respect to any public school district or public charter school…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act.”

(a) The Legislature finds that:(a) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the people the right to keep and bear arms;(b) Article III, Section 12, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, provides that “The right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defens…

(a) As used in Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209, the following words shall have the meanings as defined in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Customer” means any resident of Mississippi engaged in a payment card transaction that a financial instit…

(1) Except for those records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation and prosecution or as otherwise required by law, a state governmental agency or local government, special district, or other political subdivision or official, agent, or employee of the state …

(1) The Attorney General may investigate alleged violations of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209 and, upon finding a violation, shall provide written notice to any individual or entity, public or private, believed to be in violation of Sections 45-9-201 through 45-9-209. Written…

Any physician, surgeon, dentist, veterinarian, paramedical employee, or nurse, or any employee of a hospital, clinic, or any other medical institution or office where patients regularly receive care, who treats, at any location, any human being suffering from a wound or injury an…

(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 45-9-53, no county or municipality may adopt any ordinance that restricts the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, transfer or ownership of firearms or ammunition or their components. (2) No public housing authority operating in thi…

(1) This section and Section 45-9-51 do not affect the authority that a county or municipality may have under another law:(a) To require citizens or public employees to be armed for personal or national defense, law enforcement, or another lawful purpose;(b) To regulate the disch…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a public or private employer may not establish, maintain, or enforce any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting a person from transporting or storing a firearm in a locked vehicle in any parking lot, p…

A county may regulate the discharge of any firearm or weapon, other than a BB gun, within any platted subdivision. However, no county may prohibit the discharge of any firearm or weapon on land, if such firearm or weapon is discharged in a manner not reasonably expected to cause …

(1) As used in this section, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this subsection unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Firearm” means any device designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated b…

(1) This section applies to:(a) The State of Mississippi, including an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office, council, court or other entity that is in any branch of state government and which is created by the constitution or a statute of this state;(b) The gover…

An alleged offense under Section 97-37-1, as it existed on June 30, 2023, of concealed carrying of a muffler or silencer for any firearm, or under Section 97-37-31, as it existed on June 30, 2023, of possession of a device that is used to muffle a firearm, may not be prosecuted o…