Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-5 (2026)
Conservators of the peace; arrest and commitment of offenders
✓ current as of July 2026
Any conservator of the peace may, upon a finding of probable cause, by warrant issued under his hand, cause any person charged on affidavit with having committed, or with being suspected of, any offense against the law, to be arrested and brought before him, or before some other conservator of the peace in the proper county. On examination, the conservator of the peace shall commit the offender to jail if the offense be not bailable, and if it be bailable and the offender fail to find bail.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 329; 1871, § 2822; 1880, § 3113; 1892, § 1461; 1906, § 1534; Hemingway's 1917, § 1296; 1930, § 1321; 1942, § 2569; Laws, 1982, ch. 470, eff. 4/20/1982.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1987–1987 · leading case: Joiner v. City of Ridgeland, Miss., 669 F. Supp. 1362 (S.D. Miss. 1987).
Joiner v. City of Ridgeland, Miss., 669 F. Supp. 1362 (S.D. Miss. 1987). “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-5 . The Court is of the opinion that the situation is like the one described by Justice White in Pembaur: If deliberate or mistaken acts like this, admittedly contrary to local law, expose the county to liability, it must be on the basis of respondeat…”
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