{"id":"DUT-MS-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17)","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9","instrument":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9","title":"Local civil emergencies: sanctions (misdemeanor for violating the chief administrative officer\u0027s orders)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; every business within a municipality under a civil-emergency order"],"clause":"Municipalities may provide by ordinance that any person violating the provisions of orders issued by the chief administrative officer pursuant to this authorization during a proclaimed civil emergency be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or six (6) months imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor: fine up to $300, imprisonment up to six months, or both","functions":[],"notes":"Violation of a mayor\u0027s civil-emergency order is a misdemeanor where the municipality so provides by ordinance; Jackson so provided (Jackson Code § 86-1) and recited § 45-17-9 in every COVID-19 proclamation, including the Amended Safe Recovery Jackson Executive Order in force through the third quarter of 2021 (Ex. MS-060).","sourceUrl":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-45-public-safety-and-good-order/ms-code-sect-45-17-9.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501225047/https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-45-public-safety-and-good-order/ms-code-sect-45-17-9.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":107941,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MS","url":"/library/DUT-MS-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MS-016","citation":"Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17), Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-016)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["MS-060","DUT-MS-015"]}