Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 27-5-75 (2026)

Duties of employees; uniforms; bearing of arms; mandatory retirement

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All employees upon duty at any such inspection station shall have the authority, and it shall be their duty, to enforce the provisions of all laws mentioned in Section 27-5-71, and in the performance of their duties such employees shall have the right to bear arms, and shall have the authority to make arrests and hold and impound any vehicle which is being operated in violation of any of the truck weight and/or privilege tax laws administered by the State Tax Commission specified in Section 27-5-71.

The field inspectors shall also have the right to bear arms while in the performance of their official duties.

All inspection station employees and all field inspectors employed by the State Tax Commission shall wear uniforms furnished by the State Tax Commission while in performance of their official duties.

From and after July 1, 1985, all inspection station employees and all field inspectors who attain the age of sixty-two (62) years on or before June 30, 1986, and those who attain the age of sixty (60) years thereafter shall be retired forthwith.

Codes, 1942, § 10008-15; Laws, 1946, ch. 372, § 3; Laws, 1948, ch. 325, § 8; Laws, 1952, ch. 344, § 15; Laws, 1974, ch. 376; Laws, 1984, ch. 518, § 1; Laws, 1984, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 28, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 504, § 5, eff. 7/1/1985.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2001 · leading case: Edwards v. State, 795 So. 2d 554 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001).

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Edwards v. State, 795 So. 2d 554 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “" Miss.Code Ann. § 27-5-75 (Rev.1999). [2] MDOT enforcement officers have long had the authority to search for contraband during an inspection, authority that appears in a statutory chapter entitled "Size, Weight and Load Regulations.”

Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 693 F. Supp. 516 (S.D. Miss. 1987). · cites it 5× “These mandatory retirement ages (challenged as violative of ADEA by EEOC) are set forth at Miss.Code Ann. § 27-5-75 (Supp.1986). Both MSTC and the State of Mississippi are employers as provided under 29 U.”

Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, Defendant-appellee, 873 F.2d 97 (5th Cir. 1989). “Miss.Code Ann. § 27-5-75 (Supp.1988). . 29 U.”

Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, Defendant-appellee, 848 F.2d 526 (5th Cir. 1988). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 27-5-75 (Supp.1987). . See generally Miss.”

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