Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-53 (2026)
Content of financial reports
✓ current as of July 2026
A financial report of a political committee, or an individual person, as required by Section 23-17-51, shall contain the following information:
- (a) The name, address and telephone number of the committee or individual person filing the statement.
- (b) For a political committee:
- (i) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report;
- (ii) The total amount of expenditures made during the period covered by the financial report;
- (iii) The cumulative amount of those totals for each measure;
- (iv) The balance of cash and cash equivalents on hand at the beginning and the end of the period covered by the financial report;
- (v) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or less, and the cumulative amount of that total for each measure;
- (vi) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or more, and the cumulative amount of that total for each measure; and
- (vii) The name and street address of each person from whom a contribution(s) exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) was received during the period covered by the financial report, together with the amount contributed, the date of receipt, and the cumulative amount contributed by that person for each measure.
- (c) For an individual person:
- (i) The total amount of expenditures made during the period covered by the financial report;
- (ii) The cumulative amount of that total for each measure; and
- (iii) The name and street address of each person to whom expenditures totaling Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or more were made, together with the amount of each separate expenditure to each person during the period covered by the financial report and the purpose of the expenditure.
- (iv) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report, the cumulative amount of that total for each measure, and the name and street address of each person who contributed more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and the amount contributed.
Laws, 1993, ch. 514, § 27, eff. 8/3/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objections under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: Gordon Just., Jr. v. Delbert Hosemann, et, 771 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. 2014).
Gordon Just., Jr. v. Delbert Hosemann, et, 771 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. 2014). “Miss.Code Ann. § 23-17-53(b)(vii). These are common reporting requirements, with Mississippi’s $200 threshold on the high end of state disclosure laws.”
Just. v. Hosemann, 829 F. Supp. 2d 504 (N.D. Miss. 2011). “§ 23-17-53. Any person who violates this section is subject to fines as provided by § 23-15-813 (discussed above).”
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-53(b)(vii): 1 case
Gordon Just., Jr. v. Delbert Hosemann, et, 771 F.3d 285 (5th Cir. 2014). “Miss.Code Ann. § 23-17-53(b)(vii). These are common reporting requirements, with Mississippi’s $200 threshold on the high end of state disclosure laws.”
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