Title 63, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations

The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a Director of the Driver Services Division who is a qualified elector of the State of Mississippi and who meets the qualifications set by the State Personnel Board for the position. Such director shall execute and fur…

The Commissioner of Public Safety shall be authorized to designate persons who may act as examiners for license or instruction permits. It shall be the duty of the license examiners to forward to the commissioner all applications rejected or approved in accordance with such rules…

(1) The Department of Public Safety shall, upon request of the board of supervisors, furnish a Driver Service Bureau public access computer at a location in each county seat to access the Driver Service Bureau website. The county shall furnish the Internet connectivity at the loc…

As the license examiners file statements showing the serial numbers of licenses and temporary driving permits issued pursuant to this article during the preceding month, the commissioner shall keep a record of all licenses and permits issued pursuant to this article by such exami…

(1) (a) Every applicant for a license or permit issued pursuant to this article, or for renewal of such license or permit, shall file an application for such license, permit or renewal, on a form provided by the Department of Public Safety, with the commissioner or an official li…

(1) To obtain a new or original Class R or Class D license, every applicant other than a person holding a valid out-of-state license shall first obtain a learner’s permit, successfully complete the examination provided for in Section 63-1-33, and pay the learner’s permit fee and …

The application of any person under the age of seventeen (17) years for a temporary driving permit or license issued pursuant to this article shall be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by both the father and mother of the applicant, if both are li…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 63-1-27, any negligence or wilful misconduct of a minor under the age of seventeen years when driving a motor vehicle upon a highway shall be imputed to the person who has signed the application of such minor for a permit or license, which …

Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a license may thereafter file with the commissioner a verified written request that the license of said minor so granted be canceled. Thereupon the commissioner shall cancel the license of said minor and the person who sign…

(a) The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purpose of such law, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:(a) The term “commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety of this state;(b) The term “highway” means every w…

When a person is denied a license or any temporary driving permit after filing the proper application, he shall have the right within sixty (60) days thereafter to file a petition, in the county or circuit court in the county wherein the application was filed, praying for a heari…

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsections (6) and (7) of this section, it shall be the duty of the license examiner, when application is made for an operator’s license or learner’s permit, to test the applicant’s ability to read and understand road signs and to give the …

(1) The Commissioner of Public Safety may issue a limited driver’s license for persons using bioptic telescopic lenses. The license shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance. The commissioner may require the reevaluation of a licensee before the reissuance of a li…

(1) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall prescribe the form of license issued pursuant to this article which shall, among other features, include a driver’s license number assigned by the Department of Public Safety. A licensee shall list his social security number with the de…

If a license or learner’s permit issued under the provisions of this article is lost or destroyed, the licensee may obtain a duplicate copy by paying the fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43. The license or permit shall be marked “Duplicate.”

No license issued pursuant to this article shall be valid under the provisions of this article until it has been signed by the applicant.

Every licensee shall have the required license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the same by handing the license to a law enforcement officer for inspection, upon demand of a justice court judge, a peace officer or li…

(1) The commissioner shall charge and collect the following fees:(a) Fees to which the card stock fee authorized in Section 45-1-21 shall be added:Class R original or renewal four-year license authorized in Section 63-1-5$18.00Class R original or renewal eight-year license author…

(1) License examiners shall keep a complete record of all funds received from applicants upon forms to be prescribed and furnished by the department out of the operating funds of the department. Application forms shall be printed in book form and serially numbered and in such for…

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for the reinstatement of a license issued under this article to every person whose license has been validly suspended, revoked or cancelled.(b) The funds received under t…

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each applicant for an original or renewal Class R or Class D license issued pursuant to this article, who is entitled to issuance of same, shall be issued a four-year license or an eight-year license, at the option of the appl…

(1) An expired license issued pursuant to this article may be renewed at any time within sixty (60) months after the expiration date of the license upon application and payment of the required fee, and the payment of a delinquent fee prescribed in Section 63-1-43, in lieu of a dr…

(1) (a) No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle or an autocycle as defined in Section 63-3-103 upon the highways of the State of Mississippi without first securing an operator’s license to drive on the highways of the state, unless specifically exempted by Section 63-1-7…

(1) It shall be the duty of the court clerk, upon conviction of any person holding a license issued pursuant to this article where the penalty for a traffic violation is as much as Ten Dollars ($10.00), to mail a copy of abstract of the court record or provide an electronically o…

(1) Whenever the Commissioner of Public Safety suspends, cancels or revokes the driver’s license or driving privileges of any person, notice of the suspension, cancellation or revocation shall be given to such person by the commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, in the manne…

(1) Upon failure of any person to pay timely any fine, fee or assessment levied as a result of any violation of this title, the clerk of the court shall give written notice to such person by United States first-class mail at his last known address advising such person that, if wi…

A trial judge, in his discretion, if the person so convicted or who has entered a plea of guilty for any traffic violation, except the offenses enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (1) of Section 63-1-51 and violations of the Implied Consent Law and the Uniform …

Any person whose license issued pursuant to this article or driving privilege as a nonresident has been canceled, suspended or revoked as provided in this title or in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of this st…

Suspension or restriction of driving privileges for any person convicted of or nonadjudicated for violations of the Implied Consent Law or any administrative suspension imposed under this chapter shall run consecutively and not concurrently.

Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this article to be sworn to or affirmed, is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment as other persons committi…

(1) Unless exempted under Section 63-1-7 or Section 63-1-6.1, no person shall drive or operate a motorcycle, except for an autocycle as defined in Section 63-3-103, upon the highways of the State of Mississippi without first securing an operator’s license with a motorcycle endors…

(1) No person shall be required to secure a driver’s license with a motorcycle endorsement upon it while operating a motor scooter as defined in Section 63-3-103 provided that:(a) The person is not the owner of the motor scooter and is only renting the scooter for a period of tim…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person:(a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained driver’s license;(b) To display or represent any driver’s license not issued to him as being his own d…

No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of sixteen (16) years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway if such minor is not authorized under the provisions of this article or is in violation of any of the provisions of this article. Any penalty …

No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized under the provisions of this article or in violation of any of the provisions of this article.

It shall be unlawful for any person to lend or borrow any temporary driving permit or license issued pursuant to this article, or to display or represent a license or temporary permit not issued to himself. Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than Five Dolla…

(1) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed under the provisions of this article, or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of his residence except a nonresident whos…

Any person convicted of a violation of this article or any provisions of said article for which no other penalty is provided shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) and costs and not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and costs, or by imprison…

(a) No license issued pursuant to this article shall be required of:(a) Any person while operating a motor vehicle for military purposes, if the person is a member of the United States Armed Forces or Reserves on active duty, a member of the National Guard on active duty or full-…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63-11-30(3) and in addition to any penalty authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substances Law or any other statute indicating the dispositions that can be ordered for an adjudication of delinquency, every person convicted of driving …

The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to negotiate a mutual agreement between the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the Republic of China (Taiwan), through the Ministry of Transportation and Communications represented by the Director General of the Taipei Econ…

(1) No driver’s license or learner’s permit shall be issued pursuant to this article:(a) To any person under the age of eighteen (18) years except as provided in this article.(b) To any person whose license to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of Mississippi has been previo…

This article may be cited as the Mississippi Driver License Compact Law.

The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Findings and Declaration of Policy Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party states find that:(1) The safety of…

As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term “executive head” shall mean the governor.

As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority” with reference to this state, shall mean the department of public safety. The commissioner of public safety shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or documents reasonably necessa…