Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-5-7 (2026)
Situs of contract
✓ current as of July 2026
It shall be unlawful for any company to make any contract of insurance upon or concerning any property or interest or lives in this state, or with any resident thereof, or for any person as insurance agent or insurance broker to make, negotiate, solicit, or in any manner aid in the transaction of such insurance unless and except as authorized under the provisions of this chapter. All contracts of insurance on property, lives, or interests in this state shall be deemed to be made therein.
Codes, 1906, § 2563; Hemingway's 1917, § 5028; 1930, § 5131; 1942, § 5633.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1991–2004 · leading case: Bowers v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins., 219 F.R.D. 578 (E.D. Mich. 2004).
Bowers v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins., 219 F.R.D. 578 (E.D. Mich. 2004). “”); Miss. Code Ann. § 83-5-7 ("All contracts of insurance on property, lives, or interests in this state shall be deemed to be made therein.”
Smith v. Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 781 F. Supp. 1159 (N.D. Miss. 1991). “Miss.Code Ann. § 83-5-7 makes it unlawful “for any person as insurance agent or insurance broker to make, negotiate, solicit, or in any manner aid in the transaction of such insurance unless and except as authorized under the provisions of this chapter.”
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