2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS
Chapter 59 - Residential Builders and Remodelers.
73-59-9 - Violations in connection with licensing; penalties; builder or remodeler without license may not bring certain actions. [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].
§ 73-59-9. Violations in connection with licensing; penalties; builder or remodeler without license may not bring certain actions. [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].
(1) Any residential builder who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of residential construction without having a valid license as required by this chapter, or who knowingly presents to the board, or files with the board, false information for the purpose of obtaining such license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days in the county jail, or both.
(2) Any remodeler who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of residential improvement without having a valid license as required by this chapter, or who knowingly presents to the board, or files with the board, false information for the purpose of obtaining such license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days in the county jail, or both.
(3) A residential builder or remodeler who does not have the license provided by this chapter may not bring any action, either at law or in equity, to enforce any contract for residential building or remodeling or to enforce a sales contract.
Sources: Laws, 1993, ch. 534, § 5; reenacted, 1995, ch. 431, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2000, ch. 345, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 375, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2005; reenacted without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 556, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2009.
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