Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (2026)

Enacting police regulations

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(1) The governing authorities of municipalities shall have power to make all needful police regulations necessary for the preservation of good order and peace of the municipality and to prevent injury to, destruction of, or interference with public or private property.

(2) The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power to regulate or prohibit any mill, laundry or manufacturing plant from operating whereby the soot, cinders or smoke therefrom, or the unnecessary noises thereof, may do damage to or interfere with the use or occupation of public or private property.

(3) The governing authority of a municipality shall have the power to prohibit or regulate the sale or use of firecrackers, roman candles, torpedoes, sky rockets, and any and all explosives commonly known and referred to as fireworks; the term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, other devices in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing and shipping of toy paper caps are used, or toy pistol paper caps manufactured as provided herein, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.

(4) The governing authority of a municipality may enact an ordinance specifying the manner and means by which a motor vehicle may be immobilized due to failure of the record title owner of the motor vehicle to pay traffic or parking fines totaling over Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).

(5) The governing authority of a municipality may enforce an ordinance regulating or restricting parking on any public street or roadway. However, signage that adequately describes the parking regulation or restriction must be posted.

Codes, 1892, § 2938; 1906, § 3329; Hemingway's 1917, § 5826; 1930, § 2406; 1942, § 3374-124; Laws, 1926, ch. 274; Laws, 1950, chs. 517, 491, § 124; Laws, 1952, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 473, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.

Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 399, HB 51, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.

Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 347, SB 2519, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2023 · leading case: Riggins v. City of Indianola, 196 F. Supp. 3d 681 (N.D. Miss. 2016).

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Riggins v. City of Indianola, 196 F. Supp. 3d 681 (N.D. Miss. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (1). However, “[a] city’s governing body may delegate policymaking authority (1) by express statement or formal action or (2) it may, by its conduct or practice, encourage or acknowledge the agent in a policymaking role.”

C-1 v. City of Horn Lake, 775 F. Supp. 940 (N.D. Miss. 1990). · cites it 5× “Miss.Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (1972). . The allegation of assault should be dismissed against both Chief Philley and Mayor Dye for different reasons.”

Lester v. City of Rosedale, Miss., 757 F. Supp. 741 (N.D. Miss. 1991). · cites it 4× “" Miss.Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (1990). 12 . Defendants have not offered information that might suggest that some authority other than Chief Arbuckle exercised control over courtroom maintenance.”

Pearson's Fireworks, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg, 66 So. 3d 1276 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “It then granted Hattiesburg summary judgment based on “the court[’s] finding that the ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks is a legitimate exercise of the municipality’s police powers” under Mississippi Code Annotated section 21-19-15(3) (Rev.2007). The court reasoned…”

Moore v. City of Louisville, 716 So. 2d 1136 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (Rev.1990). Neither can there be any dispute over a municipality’s authority to enforce its ordinances.”

Pearson's Fireworks, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 212 So. 3d 778 (Miss. 2014). · cites it 10× “Miss.Code Ann. § 21-19-15 (Rev. 2007). ¶ 28.”

Harris v. Dobbins (S.D. Miss. 2023). “§ 21-19-15 (1). However, “‘[a] city's governing body may delegate policymaking authority (1) by express statement or formal action or (2) it may, by its conduct or practice, encourage or acknowledge the agent in a policymaking role.”

Delmer L. Larson, Jr. v. City of Canton, Mississippi (Miss. 1995). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-15 gives municipalities the authority to enact police regulations to preserve good order and peace of the municipality and to prevent injury to, destruction of, or interference with public or private property.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 21-19-15(3) — 1 case

Pearson's Fireworks, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg, 66 So. 3d 1276 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “It then granted Hattiesburg summary judgment based on “the court[’s] finding that the ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks is a legitimate exercise of the municipality’s police powers” under Mississippi Code Annotated section 21-19-15(3) (Rev.2007). The court reasoned…”

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