Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (2026)
Noncomplying officers and officers with certificates revoked or suspended not to exercise powers; salary not to be paid
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) Any full- or part-time law enforcement officer who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, or whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers generally, and particularly shall not be authorized to exercise the power of arrest.
- (2) Any state agency or political subdivision that employs a person as a full- or part-time law enforcement officer who does not meet the requirements of this chapter, or who employs a person whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, is prohibited from paying the salary of such person, or providing any public monies for the equipment or support of the law enforcement activities of such person and any person violating this subsection shall be personally liable for making such payment.
Laws, 1981, ch. 474, § 9; Laws, 1992, ch. 415, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 394, § 5, eff. 7/1/1998.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2023 · leading case: Bd. on Law Enf't v. Voyles, 732 So. 2d 216 (Miss. 1999).
Bd. on Law Enf't v. Voyles, 732 So. 2d 216 (Miss. 1999). “Miss.Code Ann. § 45-6-17(2) (Supp.1997). ¶ 21.”
Hooper v. State, 295 F. Supp. 3d 726 (S.D. Miss. 2017). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (1) (parenthetical added).”
White v. Taylor, 677 F. Supp. 882 (S.D. Miss. 1988). “§ 45-6-17 (1981). As of November 6, 1986, Taylor had not obtained his certificate and therefore after that date did not have the authority to exercise the power of a law enforcement officer.”
Matthew Wallace v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2023). “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (1) (Rev. 2015) (emphasis added).”
Law Enf't Officer Standards & Training v. Roger Voyles (Miss. 1997). “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (2) (Supp. 1997).”
Bd. of Aldermen of The Town of Tutwiler, Mississippi v. State of Mississippi, Off. of the State Auditor (Miss. Ct. App. 2023). “8 8 OSA cites, inter alia, Mississippi Code Annotated section 45-6-17(2) (Rev. 2015), which provides: 8 ¶12.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17(1) — 1 case
Matthew Wallace v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2023). “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (1) (Rev. 2015) (emphasis added).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17(2) — 4 cases
Bd. on Law Enf't v. Voyles, 732 So. 2d 216 (Miss. 1999). “Miss.Code Ann. § 45-6-17(2) (Supp.1997). ¶ 21.”
Hooper v. State, 295 F. Supp. 3d 726 (S.D. Miss. 2017). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (1) (parenthetical added).”
Bd. of Aldermen of The Town of Tutwiler, Mississippi v. State of Mississippi, Off. of the State Auditor (Miss. Ct. App. 2023). “8 8 OSA cites, inter alia, Mississippi Code Annotated section 45-6-17(2) (Rev. 2015), which provides: 8 ¶12.”
Law Enf't Officer Standards & Training v. Roger Voyles (Miss. 1997). “Miss. Code Ann. § 45-6-17 (2) (Supp. 1997).”
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