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Mississippi Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Miss.) Court of Appeals (Miss. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court—Northern District (N.D. Miss.) * U.S. District Court—Southern District (S.D. Miss.) *  * Not yet freely available.

Mississippi Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Miss. Const.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Constitution

2. Bills
   See also the Mississippi Legislature web site.

3. General Laws of Mississippi (Miss. Laws)

4. Mississippi Code (Miss. Code)
   Note—The code is not available at any official web site, but a version provided by LexisNexis is available.
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Architect Registration Law [Miss. Code § 73-1-1 et seq.] … in a PDF file
   ¶ Landscape Architect Law [Miss. Code § 73-2-1 et seq.] … in a PDF file
   ¶ Public accountancy statutes [Miss. Code § 73-33-1 et seq.]
   ¶ Residential Landlord and Tenant Act [Miss. Code § 89-8-1 et seq.]

Mississippi Rules of Procedure and Practice

State Court Rules • Rules of Procedure
All State Courts — Rules ————— Rules of Appellate Procedure (Miss. R. App. P.) Rules of Civil Procedure (Miss. R. Civ. P.) Rules of Evidence (Miss. R. Evid.) Court Annexed Mediation Rules (Miss. Med. R.) ————— Circuit and County Court Practice Rules (Miss. Cir. & Cty. Ct. Prac. R.) Chancery Court Rules (Miss. Ch. Ct. R.) Justice Court Rules of Procedure (Miss. Just. Ct. R.P.)
See Additional Resources below, for links to separately posted rules amendments.
Local Court Rules • U.S. Court Rules
1st Circuit Court District 4th Circuit Court District 5th Circuit Court District 6th Circuit Court District 7th Circuit Court District 8th Circuit Court District 10th Circuit Court District 11th Circuit Court District 15th Circuit Court District 18th Circuit Court District 19th Circuit Court District 1st Chancery Court District 2nd Chancery Court District 4th Chancery Court District 5th Chancery Court District 6th Chancery Court District 7th Chancery Court District 8th Chancery Court District 10th Chancery Court District 13th Chancery Court District 14th Chancery Court District 16th Chancery Court District 17th Chancery Court District 18th Chancery Court District 19th Chancery Court District Harrison County Court Lowndes County Court Rankin County Court U.S. District Court — Northern District, Civil Rules (N.D. Miss. Civ. R.) U.S. District Court — Northern District, Criminal Rules (N.D. Miss. Crim. R.) U.S. District Court — Southern District (S.D. Miss. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Northern District (N.D. Miss. Bankr. R.)     — Southern District (S.D. Miss. Bankr. R.)
Rules of Practice • Judicial Rules • Professional Ethics Decisions
Rules of Professional Conduct Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Rules of Discipline for the Mississippi Bar ————— Code of Judicial Conduct Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education Rules of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance ————— Mississippi Bar Ethics Opinions
See Additional Resources below, for links to separately posted amendments.
Additional Resources
¶ Rules of Appellate Procedure — Amendments: 7/1/99 • 3/31/99 • 10/15/98
¶ Court Annexed Mediation Plan — Amendments: 3/25/99
¶ Rules of Professional Conduct — Amendments: 5/20/99 • 3/25/99 • 2/11/99
¶ U.S. District Court Rules — Southern District … Links for downloading rules in either Adobe Acrobat file or WordPerfect file.

Mississippi Administrative Law Sources

Regulations
The secretary of state has a legislative mandate to compile and publish the “Mississippi Administrative Code” and to publish periodically an administrative bulletin. See Miss. Code § 25-43-2.101; see also publication information provided by the secretary of state. Meanwhile, the links below provide access to selected agencies’ regulations, and the secretary of state provides a search form with this comment: “By entering the agency name in the … [form], one can access all proposed rule changes and new rules that have been filed by that agency for the month selected, including a brief summary of each filling. You may also retrieve the Notice of Filing as well as the full text of the proposed or final rules.”
Board of Architecture Regulations Board of Public Accountancy Regulations Landscape Architect Advisory Committee Regulations Motor Vehicle Commission Regulations Tax Commission Rules Workers’ Compensation Commission — General Rules   — Procedural Rules
1. Opinions • Decisions • Orders • Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Miss. Att’y Gen.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶ Motor Vehicle Commission: Rules of Practice and Organization

Mississippi Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Biloxi <2> Brandon <2> Gautier <2> Greenwood <2> Gulfport <2> Jackson <2> Meridian <2> Ocean Springs <2> Pascagoula <2> Pass Christian <2> Pearl <2> Ridgeland <2> Southaven <2> Tupelo <2> Vicksburg <2>   
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Mississippi Law-Related Periodicals

Other Mississippi Commentary

1. Mississippi State Bar — Publications for Attorneys

2. Doing Business in Mississippi: A Legal Guide. Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC. … [Lex Mundi]

Mississippi Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Mississippi Court Information

Web Sites
Supreme Court ————— 4th Circuit Court 7th Circuit Court 11th Circuit Court 12th Circuit Court ————— 15th Chancery Court ————— U.S. District Court—Northern District     —Southern District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Northern District     —Southern District
Addresses • Names • Numbers
Supreme Court & Court of Appeals Circuit Courts Chancery Courts County Courts
Additional Resources
¶ Circuit Courts — Contact Information: Clerks • Judges
¶ Chancery Courts — Contact Information: Clerks • Judges
¶ County Courts — Contact Information: Judges

Mississippi Forms

1. Motor Vehicle Commission — Application Forms • Complaint Form
   Secretary of State
   Corporations Forms Limited Liability Company Forms Partnership Forms Other Business Forms Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms Charities Forms Lobbyist Forms Notary Public Forms Securities Forms U.C.C. Forms

2. Tax Commission — Forms and Instructions

3. Business Entity Forms …[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Mississippi Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature ————— Attorney General ————— Banking and Consumer Finance Department Secretary of State Tax Commission
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]
Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations
The Mississippi Bar Mississippi Public Defenders Association ————— Local Bar Associations
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education
Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education University of Mississippi Continuing Legal Education Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education ————— Bar Admissions ————— Mississippi College School of Law University of Mississippi School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Mississippi State Law Library ————— Hinds County Mississippi College University of Mississippi
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
Mississippi State Bar — Publications for Consumers … Some of these (see below) are available on-line; others can be obtained in print from the state bar.
DUI ... Consequences: Student Guide Consequences of Misconduct in School Guide to Women’s Legal Rights How to Select a Lawyer Juror’s Guide
1. Legal Terms and Procedures … [Mississippi State Bar] — Definitions of legal terms.

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Mississippi Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Mississippi law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Mississippi.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. LawHelp Mississippi … [Pro Bono Net (N.Y.) / Mississippi Legal Services Coalition] — This is “a guide to free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Mississippi. Here you can locate information on all of the free legal aid programs in Mississippi, including basic eligibility and contact information. We also have links to related sites on the web and legal education documents that give you basic information on a number of legal problems. Our goal is to provide you with user friendly internet access to basic legal information. Additionally, we have included links to useful social services resources in Mississippi.”
   2. Mississippi Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.