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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-39-27)
Chapter 5 - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD (§§ 63-5-1 — 63-5-55)
- Section 63-5-1 - Short title
- Section 63-5-3 - Construction
- Section 63-5-5 - Definitions
- Section 63-5-7 - Operation of vehicle in violation of chapter
- Section 63-5-9 - Applicability of chapter
- Section 63-5-11 - Power and authority of local authorities to alter limitations
- Section 63-5-13 - Outside width of vehicles
- Section 63-5-15 - Side projecting loads on passenger vehicles
- Section 63-5-17 - Height of vehicles
- Section 63-5-19 - Vehicle length limitations; generally
- Section 63-5-21 - Vehicle length limitations; exceptions
- Section 63-5-23 - Front projecting loads on vehicles
- Section 63-5-25 - Connections for trailers and towed vehicles
- Section 63-5-27 - Wheel and axle loads
- Section 63-5-29 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table I
- Section 63-5-31 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table II
- Section 63-5-33 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table III
- Section 63-5-34 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; exceptions
- Section 63-5-35 - Factors to be considered by Mississippi Transportation Commission before increasing load limits
- Section 63-5-37 - Axles suspended by equalizing system
- Section 63-5-39 - Inspection of certain vehicles upon registration; special permit; operation of vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of gross weight limits
- Section 63-5-41 - "Gross weight" and "gross load" defined
- Section 63-5-43 - Enforcement of Sections 63-5-29 through 63-5-41
- Section 63-5-45 - Transportation of perishable commodities of foreign import discharged at Mississippi ports
- Section 63-5-47 - Transportation of commodities to or from terminal or port facilities on Mississippi River
- Section 63-5-49 - Inspection and weighing of vehicles; assessment of penalty against owner or operator of overweight vehicle; removal of load in excess of legal limit; failure to stop and submit vehicle to inspection or weighing; escort of superload vehicle
- Section 63-5-51 - Special permits for excess size and weight; special permits for commercial movement of recreational vehicles and motor homes that comply with vehicle width requirements
- Section 63-5-52 - Special permits for vehicles transporting heavy equipment with nondivisible loads having gross vehicle weight of 150,000 pounds or less; transference of permit from one pulling unit to another; forestry permits for vehicles having gross vehicle weight of 100,000 pounds or less and dimensions of 14 feet wide and 14 feet high or less
- Section 63-5-53 - Liability for damage to highway or structure caused by vehicle
- Section 63-5-55 - Spilling loads on highways
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