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Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (2026)

Minor

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The term "minor," when used in statute, except as otherwise provided by law, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one (21) years of age. If a statute refers to the ability to enter into a contract affecting personal property or real property, "minor" shall mean any person, male or female, under eighteen (18) years of age.

Codes, 1892, § 1508; 1906, § 1585; Hemingway's 1917, § 1352; 1930, § 1376; 1942, § 684.

Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 507, SB 2073,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.

Brought forward by Laws, 2021, ch. 338, HB 429,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: Hurdle v. Holloway, 848 So. 2d 183 (Miss. 2003).

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Hurdle v. Holloway, 848 So. 2d 183 (Miss. 2003). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev.1998); Miss.”

Miller v. State, 740 So. 2d 858 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (defining minor); § 1-3-21 (defining infant).”

Marcum v. Hancock Cnty. Sch. Dist., 741 So. 2d 234 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (1998), "[t]he term `minor,' when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.”

McGilberry v. State, 741 So. 2d 894 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (defining minor); § 1-3-21 (defining infant).”

Hays v. Alexander, 114 So. 3d 704 (Miss. 2013). · cites it 2× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev.2005). In the absence of a determination of emancipation in a child-support judgment, a child is freed for all the period of his minority from the care, custody, control, and service of his parents (ie.”

James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). · cites it 2× “452 (2018); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-27 , 93-19-13 (2018); Mo.”

Hays v. Lafayette Cnty. Sch. Dist., 759 So. 2d 1144 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “[2] Pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 the term "minor," when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.”

Mississippi Dep't of Human Servs. v. Ben Porter, 237 So. 3d 799 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “" Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev. 2014). At the time of this action, S.”

In re Filiation of M.D.B., 914 So. 2d 316 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev.1998). T.B. argues that the parties’ status as minors should have compelled the chancellor to have carefully considered V.”

In The Matter of The Petition of S.M.-B., A Minor for Change of Name By & Through Monica Lee McKay, Nat. Mother & Next Friend of Minor v. Mississippi State Bd. of Health (Miss. 2025). · cites it 6× “,7 cannot purchase alcohol or nicotine products,8 cannot buy a car,9 cannot drive late at night,10 cannot lease or buy a house,11 cannot trade on the stock market,12 cannot sue or be sued in their own name,13 cannot legally consent to sexual intercourse with anyone more than…”

Watercolor Salon, LLC v. Nealie Hixon (Miss. 2022). · cites it 4× “Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev. 2019). Further, the agreement did not fall under the statutory exception allowing minors to enter enforceable contracts affecting personal property.”

In Re Mdb, 914 So. 2d 316 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-27 (Rev.1998). T.B. argues that the parties' status as minors should have compelled the chancellor to have carefully considered V.”

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