Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37 (2026)
Methods of giving proof of financial responsibility generally
✓ current as of July 2026
Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:
- 1. A certificate of insurance as provided in Section 63-15-39 or Section 63-15-41; or
- 2. A bond as provided in Section 63-15-49; or
- 3. A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 63-15-51; or
- 4. A certificate of self-insurance as provided in Section 63-15-53, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to said self-insurer.
Codes, 1942, § 8285-18; Laws, 1952, ch. 359, § 18, eff. 1/1/1953.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 24, eff. 7/1/2023.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1994–2009 · leading case: Enter. Leasing Co.-South Cent., Inc. v. Bardin, 8 So. 3d 866 (Miss. 2009).
Enter. Leasing Co.-South Cent., Inc. v. Bardin, 8 So. 3d 866 (Miss. 2009). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-15-37(1), (4) (Rev.2004).”
Mccoy v. South Cent. Bell Tel. Co., 688 So. 2d 214 (Miss. 1996). “SCB operates as a self-insurer pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-53 and complies with the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Law by maintaining a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to Miss.”
Coleman v. Am. Mfrs. Mut. Ins., 930 F. Supp. 255 (N.D. Miss. 1996). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-15-37. Specific statutory requirements detail what is sufficient to provide these avenues of proof.”
Alma McCoy v. South Cent Bell Telph Co (Miss. 1994). “SCB operates as a self-insurer pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-53 and complies with the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Law by maintaining a certificate of self-insurance pursuant to Miss.”
Enter. Leasing Co.-South Cent., Inc. v. William H. Bardin (Miss. 2007). “Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37 (1), (4) (Rev.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37(1) — 1 case
Enter. Leasing Co.-South Cent., Inc. v. Bardin, 8 So. 3d 866 (Miss. 2009). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-15-37(1), (4) (Rev.2004).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 63-15-37(4) — 1 case
Enter. Leasing Co.-South Cent., Inc. v. Bardin, 8 So. 3d 866 (Miss. 2009). “Miss.Code Ann. § 63-15-37(1), (4) (Rev.2004).”
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