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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 19 - Motor Vehicle Privilege and Excise Taxes
Article 1 - Motor Vehicle Privilege Taxes
§ 27-19-56.105. Special license tags or plates; law enforcement officers and firefighters wounded in the line of duty
Universal Citation: MS Code § 27-19-56.105 (2017)
- (1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a duly sworn law enforcement officer employed by or in the service of the state, a county, a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, or who is a retired law enforcement officer who is a resident of this state, and who was wounded in the line of duty, or any owner of a motor vehicle who is a fire fighter, including a career fire fighter, a volunteer fire fighter or an industrial fire fighter, employed by or in the service of the state, a county, a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, or who is a retired fire fighter who is a resident of this state, and who was wounded in the line of duty, is privileged to obtain not more than two (2) distinctive motor vehicle license tags identifying him as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter, or as a retired law enforcement officer or fire fighter, who was wounded in the line of duty. The distinctive tag for law enforcement officers shall be of a color and design as may be agreed upon by the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer's Association, the Legislative Committee of the Mississippi Sheriff's Association, the Executive Board of the Police Chiefs Association and the State Tax Commission. The distinctive tag for fire fighters shall be of a color and design as may be agreed upon by the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Fire Fighters Association and the State Tax Commission. Both of such distinctive tags shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag and, in the discretion of the State Tax Commission, may display the county name.
- (2) The distinctive license tags shall be prepared by the State Tax Commission and shall be issued through the tax collectors of the counties in the same manner as are other motor vehicle license tags. The surviving spouse of a deceased person who was issued a distinctive license tag under this section shall be entitled to apply for or retain one (1) such license tag and may continue annually to renew registration for such distinctive motor vehicle license tag for as long as the spouse remains unmarried. At the time of application or renewal registration, a surviving spouse who desires to retain such distinctive tag shall file with the county tax collector a sworn statement that the spouse is unmarried. An applicant for a distinctive license tag under this section shall present to the issuing official written proof that the applicant is a law enforcement officer or fire fighter, or is a retired law enforcement officer or fire fighter, who was wounded in the line of duty.
- (3) The distinctive license tags issued under this section shall be used only upon a personally or jointly owned private passenger vehicle (to include station wagons, recreational motor vehicles and pickup trucks) registered in the name, or jointly in the name, of the person applying, and when issued to such person shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license tag normally issued for such vehicle.
- (4) The distinctive license tags shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners. If the owner of a vehicle bearing a distinctive license tag sells, trades, exchanges or otherwise disposes of the vehicle, the tag shall be retained by the owner and returned to the tax collector.
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