Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-1 (2026)
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In order to safeguard life, health and property, no person shall practice architecture in this state, or use the title "architect," or any prefix, suffix or other form thereof, or any title, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is practicing architecture, or is an architect, unless such person shall have secured from the board a license as hereinafter set forth, as architect, in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall thereafter comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8632-01; Laws, 1954, ch. 320, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 363, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 377, § 1, eff. 7/1/1983.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1977–2009 · leading case: Zumwalt v. Jones Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 19 So. 3d 672 (Miss. 2009).
Zumwalt v. Jones Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 19 So. 3d 672 (Miss. 2009). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 73-1-1 to 73-69-1 (Rev. 2008).”
Owen v. Dodd, 431 F. Supp. 1239 (N.D. Miss. 1977). “In fact, the statutory provisions were obviously designed to protect the public from those who would hold themselves out as professional architects or engineers, but who, in fact, do not meet the minimum educational and experitial requirements; not to limit the scope of…”
Donna D. Zumwalt v. Jones Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors (Miss. 2008). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 73-1-1 to 73-69-1 (Rev.”
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