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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-9 (2026)

Administration of blood test under section 63-11-7

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Under Section 63-11-7, any qualified person acting at the request of a law enforcement officer may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content therein. This limitation shall not apply to the taking of breath or urine specimens.

Codes, 1942, § 8175-17; Laws, 1971, ch. 515, § 17; Laws, 1996, ch. 527, § 6, eff. 7/2/1996.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1975–2014 · leading case: Deeds v. State, 27 So. 3d 1135 (Miss. 2009).
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Deeds v. State, 27 So. 3d 1135 (Miss. 2009). · cites it 20× “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-11-9 (Rev.2004) (emphasis added).”
Whitaker v. State, 146 So. 3d 333 (Miss. 2014). · cites it 4× “aim that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the blood evidence into court: (1) that the State failed to adhere to the appropriate chain of custody; (2) that the State failed to appropriately authenticate and identify the blood sample pursuant to Mississippi Rule…”
Stong v. Freeman Truck Line, Inc., 456 So. 2d 698 (Miss. 1984). “Section 9 [§ 63-11-9] says who may perform the test.”
Cutchens v. State, 310 So. 2d 273 (Miss. 1975). · cites it 2× “Cutchens also argues that a sample of his blood was not taken by a person authorized under Mississippi Code Annotated section 63-11-9 (1972). This argument is not well taken because the limitation in 63-11-9 of persons who may take blood samples refers to samples taken under…”
McNamee v. State, 313 So. 2d 392 (Miss. 1975). · cites it 2× “Blood may only be withdrawn under the provisions of section 63-11-9. It is the intent of this chapter that blood samples taken under this section shall be used exclusively for statistical evaluation of accident causes with safeguards established to protect the identity of such…”
John Deeds v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2007). · cites it 10× “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-9 (Rev. 2004) (emphasis added).”
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