Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-9-19 (2024)
Penalty
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Any person, partnership, or corporation wilfully violating any provision of Sections 83-9-1 through 83-9-21, or order of the commissioner made in accordance with said sections, shall forfeit to the people of the state a sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each such violation, which may be recovered by a civil action. The commissioner may also suspend or revoke the license of an insurer or agent for any such wilful violation.
Codes, 1942, § 5687-09; Laws, 1956, ch. 330, § 9, eff. 7/1/1956.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Pitts v. Am. Nat'l Ins., 836 F. Supp. 1280 (S.D. Miss. 1993).
Pitts v. Am. Nat'l Ins., 836 F. Supp. 1280 (S.D. Miss. 1993). “Miss.Code Ann. § 83-9-19 (1972). Section 83-5-21 provides for similar enforcement provisions by the Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance.”
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