Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 shall be administered by the secretary of state, who may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, and shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary to ensure that the application and…

The secretary of state shall charge a filing fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each disclosure statement filed under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121.

(1) Whenever it appears to the secretary of state that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121 or any regulation adopted under Sections 75-72-101 through 75-72-121, the s…

(1) Any person who makes a tender offer involving a subject company without filing a disclosure statement required under Section 75-72-105 may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or fined an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per day, while …

A copy of Sections 75-73-3 and 75-73-5 shall be posted and kept posted in a conspicuous place in the general office or lobby, provided for the use of guests and patrons of every public inn and hotel.

Proof that lodging, food, money, property, or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, that the person refused or neglected to pay for such food, lodging or other accommodations, or that he a…

(1) If any person be guilty of disorderly conduct or other conduct prohibited by law, or intoxication or any breach of the peace, or of the use of obscene or profane language on the premises of any hotel, or if any person register at said hotel under an assumed name, then the man…

Keepers of hotels, inns, boarding houses and restaurants shall have a lien on the goods and personal baggage of their guests and boarders to secure the payment of any money due from them for board and lodging and hotel accommodations; and may enforce the same by a seizure and sal…

If the charges when due are not paid within ten (10) days after demand therefor, such hotel, inn, boarding house, or restaurant keeper, may, on giving ten (10) days’ notice of the time and place of such sale by posting notice in two public places, one of which shall be in a publi…

Any innkeeper or hotel keeper or manager who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with Section 75-73-1 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars. Each day’s fai…

No innkeeper, whether individual, partnership or corporation, who constantly has in his inn an iron safe or suitable vault in good order and fit for the safe custody of money, bank notes, jewelry, articles of gold and silver manufacture, precious stones, personal ornaments, railr…

The liability of the innkeeper of any inn, whether individual, partnership or corporation, for the loss of or injury to personal property placed by his guests under his care other than that described in Section 75-73-5 shall be that of a depository for hire. Provided, however, th…

(1) Any person who shall, for himself or as the agent or representative of another or as an officer of a corporation, obtain food, lodging, money, property or other accommodations of a value less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) at any hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn…

This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Youth Camp Safety and Health Law.”

No person or organization may operate or sponsor a youth camp in Mississippi without first holding a valid license under this chapter and without complying with the provisions of this chapter and with any rule, regulation or order of the State Board of Health. Each application fo…

Nothing in this chapter shall authorize any state agency or any official acting under this chapter to restrict, determine or influence the curriculum, program or ministry of any youth camp.

(1) No person may operate a youth camp in Mississippi without complying with all provisions of this chapter, and any rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health. (2) Any person operating a youth camp in Mississippi without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor…

All fees collected by the State Board of Health under this chapter and any penalties collected by the board for violations of this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the state treasury and shall be used for the implementation and administration of this…

(a) In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:(a) “Board” shall mean the State Board of Health.(b) “Camper” shall mean any child six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age who is attending a youth camp.(c) “Health officer” shall mean the state health officer,…

Each youth camp operator shall provide each camper with safe and healthful conditions, facilities and equipment, free from recognized hazards which cause or may tend to cause death, serious illness or bodily harm.

The State Board of Health is the principal authority in the state on matters relating to the condition of safety and health at youth camps in Mississippi. The board has the powers and duties set out in this chapter and all other powers necessary and convenient to carry out its re…

(1) Any nonresident physician who is not licensed to practice medicine in this state and any resident physician who is retired from the active practice of medicine in this state may be issued a temporary license by the state board of medical licensure to practice medicine at a yo…

(1) The State Board of Health shall have the authority and the duty to make and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the policy and purpose of this chapter, and to amend any rule or regulation it makes. In developing such rules and regulations, the board shall consult…

(a) The entrance into this state for the purpose of doing business herein by any carnival, circus, fair, or any other like concern or organization, not permanently domiciled within the state, shall be deemed:(a) An agreement by it that it will be subject to the jurisdiction of th…

Any suit under the provisions of this article shall be filed in the county in which the cause of action accrues.

The court in which such action is pending shall grant such continuance to a nonresident defendant as may be proper to afford him reasonable opportunity to defend such action.

It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to keep a record of all process served upon him under the provisions of this article, which record will show the day and hour of service of every such process. The fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) paid by plaintiff to the s…

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.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Gaming Control Act.”

(1) All gaming must be conducted with chips, tokens or other instrumentalities approved by the executive director or with the legal tender of the United States. (2) No licensee shall permit participation by a person in a game conducted in the licensed gaming establishment if such…

(1) The executive director shall make appropriate investigations:(a) To determine whether there has been any violation of this chapter or of any regulations adopted thereunder.(b) To determine any facts, conditions, practices or matters which it may deem necessary or proper to ai…