Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-13-9 (2026)
Ordinances shall not contain more than one subject; amendments
✓ current as of July 2026
An ordinance shall not contain more than one (1) subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. An ordinance shall be amended by section or sections, and the original section or sections shall thereby be repealed. Each amendment to a section or sections of an ordinance shall have a title which clearly indicates the subject matter or matters of the amendment.
Codes, 1892, § 3008; 1906, § 3406; Hemingway's 1917, § 5936; 1930, § 2544; 1942, § 3374-74; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 74; Laws, 1982, ch. 372, § 1, eff. 3/22/1982.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1994–2003 · leading case: Steverson v. City of Vicksburg, Miss., 900 F. Supp. 1 (S.D. Miss. 1994).
Steverson v. City of Vicksburg, Miss., 900 F. Supp. 1 (S.D. Miss. 1994). “Pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 21-13-9 (1972), an ordinance cannot contain more than one subject, and such subject must be clearly expressed in its title.”
Murrell v. City of Indianola, 858 So. 2d 183 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003). “Murrell also cites Mississippi Code Annotated Section 21-13-9 as authority for his contention that the municipal court had a maximum statutory jurisdiction.”
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