All offenses under the penal laws of this state which are misdemeanors, together with the penalty provided for violation thereof, are hereby made, without further action of the municipal authorities, criminal offenses against the municipality in whose corporate limits the offenses may have been committed to the same effect as though such offenses were made offenses against the municipality by separate ordinance in each case. However, for such misdemeanor, any penalty of incarceration is hereby limited to no more than six (6) months in jail, and any fine is hereby limited to a maximum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such violation in any case tried without a jury. Judgments for fines, costs, forfeitures and other penalties imposed by municipal courts may be enrolled by filing a certified copy of the record with the clerk of any circuit court and execution may be had thereon as provided by law for other judgments.
Codes, 1906, § 3410; Hemingway's 1917, § 5940; 1930, § 2549; 1942, § 3374-78; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 78; Laws, 1979, ch. 401, § 13; Laws, 1984, ch. 353, § 2, eff. 7/1/1984.
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2021 · leading case:
Fisher v. City of Eupora, 587 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 1991).
Fisher v. City of Eupora, 587 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 1991).
· cites it 10× “They contend that they should have been tried and sentenced under Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (Supp. 1988). Section 21-13-19 deals with the power of a municipality to punish misdemeanors.”
Collins v. State, 594 So. 2d 29 (Miss. 1992).
· cites it 7× “Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (1972). This statute gives a municipal court the authority to try misdemeanors.”
Tracy Woods v. State of Mississippi, 175 So. 3d 579 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (Rev.2007). So the city prosecutor represented the City of Ridgeland in municipal, county, and circuit court.”
Sartain v. City of Water Valley, 528 So. 2d 1125 (Miss. 1988).
· cites it 4× “Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (1972). Pursuant to this latter statute, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Water Valley on August 2, 1966, enacted an ordinance with the following effect: All offenses which are misdemeanors against the laws of the State of Mississippi are…”
Boatner v. State, 754 So. 2d 1184 (Miss. 2000).
· cites it 2× “First of all, Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (1990) provides that all violations of state penal laws which are misdemeanors are also *1193 criminal offenses against the municipality in whose corporate limits the offenses may have been committed to the same effect as though such…”
Fernwood Books & Video v. City of Jackson, Miss., 601 F. Supp. 1093 (S.D. Miss. 1984).
· cites it 2× “4 Section 21-13-19, Miss. Code Ann., provides: “All offenses under the penal laws of this state which are misdemeanors are hereby made, without further action of the municipal authorities, criminal offenses against the municipality in whose corporate limits the offenses may have…”
Charles Webber v. State of Mississippi, 197 So. 3d 926 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 4× “The panel also ordered the Attorney General’s Office to appear and to discuss that Office’s role and responsibility in this matter under Article 6, Section 169, of the Mississippi Constitution and section 21-13-19 of the Mississippi Code Annotated.”
Cager v. Lee Cnty. Det. Ctr. (N.D. Miss. 2021).
· cites it 4× “Cager, through counsel, further contended that: Under the auspices of Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 , and Fisher v.”
Murrell v. City of Indianola, 858 So. 2d 183 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 4× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (Rev.2001). We fail to see how this statute supports Murrell’s argument concerning the jurisdiction of the municipal judge.”
Bonnette Beard Boatner v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1998).
· cites it 2× “First of all, Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-19 (1990) provides that all violations of state penal laws which are misdemeanors are also criminal offenses against the municipality in whose corporate limits the offenses may have been committed to the same effect as though such offenses…”
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