Title 73, Professions and Vocations

Whenever any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the court shall be disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in another jurisdiction, such disbarment or suspension shall be grounds for disciplinary action in this state, and certification of such disbarment…

All disciplinary agencies of the court, all court reporters, clerks, witnesses and parties are strictly enjoined to keep and maintain confidential all things concerning the matters under investigation and the proceedings thereon; provided, however, all proceedings before any comp…

All complaints filed pursuant hereto shall be absolutely privileged, and no lawsuit predicated thereon may be instituted, and each person, firm, association or legal entity filing such a complaint shall be immune from any civil suit predicated thereon. The board of commissioners,…

For the purposes of Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365, the term “personally incapable” to practice law shall include: (a) suffering from mental or physical illness of such character as to render the person afflicted incapable of managing himself, his affairs or the affairs of ot…

Whenever it has been determined that any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the court is personally incapable to practice law, he shall be suspended from the practice of law until reinstated by order of the court.

Proceedings to determine whether an attorney is personally incapable to practice law shall be instituted and conducted in the same manner and upon the same procedure as disciplinary proceedings, except as otherwise set out in Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365. In addition to, an…

In proceedings under Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365, the attorney shall be entitled to representation by counsel. An attorney who has been declared mentally incompetent, judicially, or who has been committed, judicially, to an institution for the treatment of the mentally ill…

Service of process or notice to an attorney who has been committed or declared incompetent shall be accomplished in the same manner as that for process of incompetents in proceedings in the chancery courts of Mississippi. After the appointment of a guardian ad litem, notices shal…

A certified copy of the court order declaring an attorney mentally incompetent, or an order of commitment if he has been committed to an institution for the mentally incompetent, shall constitute sufficient evidence that said attorney is personally incapable to practice law, if s…

In any proceeding where mental incompetency is an issue, the attorney may be required to submit to a mental examination by one or more practicing psychiatrists selected by the board of commissioners or by the complaint tribunal after its designation. Reports of physicians regardi…

If, after a full hearing, the complaint tribunal finds the attorney personally incapable to practice law, the complaint tribunal shall enter a judgment formally suspending said attorney from the practice of law until the further order of the court.

Procedures for the filing of the record and appeal from the judgment of the complaint tribunal shall be the same as the appeal procedures from a judgment of suspension or disbarment upon disciplinary grounds.

Procedures for reinstatement of an attorney suspended because of personal incapacity to practice law shall be, insofar as is applicable, the same as the procedure for reinstatement of an attorney following suspension upon disciplinary grounds. The petition for reinstatement shall…

All disciplinary agencies of the court are hereby authorized to incur reasonable and necessary expenses in connection with the investigation and disposition of charges and complaints.

The acceptance by a nonresident attorney of the rights and privileges of the practice of law within this state, as evidenced by his practice of law in this state, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident attorney of the Executive Director of the Mississipp…

At any stage of the disciplinary proceedings, the board of commissioners may, in the exercise of its sole discretion, accept a plea of nolo contendere from the accused attorney and agree to the entry by the court of a consent order of suspension or disbarment of the accused attor…

This article shall not be construed to modify or restrict the inherent right of the courts of record of the State of Mississippi to supervise the bar as an incident to their power to admit attorneys to practice and to the fulfillment of their responsibility for the proper adminis…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Auctioneers License Act.”

(1) At the meeting to be held each January, the commission shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman. Each officer shall serve a term of one (1) year and shall not vacate office until a successor is elected. (2) The chairman shall preside at all meetings of t…

(a) The commission is empowered to:(a) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.(b) Promulgate such rules and regulations and prescribe such forms as are necessary for the administration and the effective and efficient enforcement of this chapter.(c) Issue, suspend a…

All fees and other monies collected or received by the commission under this chapter shall be deposited into a special fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury, to be known as the “Mississippi Auctioneer Licensure Fund.” Unexpended amounts remaining in such special fund…

(a) There shall be two (2) classes of auctioneers’ licenses, which shall be auctioneer and auction firm. All applicants for a license under this chapter shall possess the following minimum qualifications:(a) Applicants shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years by the iss…

(1) The commission may, upon its own motion or upon the complaint in writing of any person, provided the complaint and any evidence presented with it establishes a prima facie case, hold a hearing and investigate the actions of any auctioneer or auction firm, or any person who ho…

(1) Any person who has practiced the auctioneering profession in this state and has been a resident of the State of Mississippi for at least two (2) years before July 1, 1995, may apply for an auctioneer’s license hereunder without taking the examination as set forth in Section 7…

Any auctioneer who is licensed in a state that (a) has requirements equal to the requirements of this chapter, (b) has requirements that have been approved by the commission, after a review of such state’s licensing law, and (c) has entered into a reciprocal licensing agreement w…

(1) The commission may refuse to issue or renew a license, place a licensee on probation or administrative supervision, suspend or revoke any license, or may reprimand or take any other action in relation to a license, including the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Thousan…

(1) No person or party who is not otherwise exempt from licensure under Section 73-34-5 shall sell, or offer to sell, goods or real estate at auction in this state or perform any act for which an auction firm license is required, unless the person or party holds a currently valid…

(1) Every person who applies for an auctioneer’s license, as a condition to the granting and the retention thereof, shall file or have on file with the commission, a bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). (2) Every person or persons who apply for an auction firm…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Auction” means a sale transaction conducted by means of oral or written exchanges between an auctioneer and the members of his…

(1) The State of Mississippi shall be the obligee under any bond under this chapter. (2) Such bond shall be:(a) Executed by the person seeking the license as principal and by a corporate surety, licensed to do business in this state as a surety;(b) In such form and containing suc…

(1) If any licensee fails, or is alleged to have failed, to meet the obligations under this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, the commission shall hold a hearing and determine whether there has been such a failure, determine those persons who are proven…

(1) In performing the duties of an auctioneer, every auctioneer shall follow all reasonable requests of the owner or consignor of the goods being sold at the auction. Every auctioneer shall perform such auctioneer’s duties so that the highest or most favorable offer made by a mem…

Each licensee shall keep and maintain in a safe place for a period of not less than two (2) years complete and correct records and accounts pertaining to such licensee’s licensed activity, including the name and address of the owner or consignor of all goods involved in such acti…

Except with respect to goods sold through an auction firm, no licensee shall sell goods at an auction until the auctioneer or auction firm involved has first entered into a written contract with the owner or consignor of such goods, which contract sets forth the terms and conditi…

(a) All advertisements of auctions shall disclose:(a) The auctioneer’s name and the name of the auction firm involved; and(b) Whether the auction is to be absolute or with reserve; and(c) The auctioneer’s or auction firm’s auction license number. (a) The auctioneer’s name and the…

(1) An individual may not act as an auctioneer without first having obtained and having in effect the license required under this chapter. (2) Any person, except a licensed auctioneer who shall have become exempt by reason of compliance with the applicable provisions of this chap…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not provided, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

The commission may maintain an action in the name of the State of Mississippi to enjoin any person from engaging, without a license issued under this chapter or pursuant to an exemption defined in this chapter, in any activity for which a license is required under this chapter.

In charging any person in an affidavit, information, or indictment with a violation of conducting, without a license or pursuant to an exemption of this chapter, any activity for which a license or an exemption therefor is required, it shall be sufficient to charge that the perso…

(1) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity to conduct an auction, provide an auction service, hold himself out as an auctioneer, or advertise his services as an auctioneer in the State of Mississippi without a license is…

All new programs authorized in this chapter are subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated therefor by the Legislature.

(1) The Mississippi Auctioneer Commission is created, and it shall have the authority to make such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary for the orderly regulation of the auctioneering profession and the protection of the public, which rules and regulations are no…

The commission shall meet each January at a time and place established by the chairman to conduct an election of officers and such other business as may be appropriate. The commission shall also meet upon the call of the chairman or upon the request of any two (2) members of the …

Sections 73-5-1 through 73-5-43, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the State Board of Barber Examiners and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed as of July 1, 2025.

(1) The practice of chiropractic involves the analysis of any interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, and the procedure preparatory to and complementary to the correction thereof, by adjustment and/or manipulation of the articulations of the vertebral column a…

The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall adopt an official seal and shall keep a record of its proceedings, persons licensed as chiropractors, and a record of licenses which have been revoked or suspended. The board shall keep on file all examination papers for a period of…