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Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-431

Duties of retail sellers of lead acid batteries

Known as the Solid Wastes Disposal Law

The act spans §§ 17–17 (126 sections).

Laws, 1991, ch. 531, § 16, eff from and after July 1, 1991.

A person selling lead acid batteries at retail or offering lead acid batteries for retail sale in the state shall:

Accept from customers, at the point of transfer, used lead acid batteries in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers; and

Post written notice which must be at least eight and one-half inches (8-1/2") by eleven inches (11") in size and must contain the universal recycling symbol and the following language:

“IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCARD A MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERY OR OTHER LEAD ACID BATTERY”;

“RECYCLE YOUR USED BATTERIES”; and

“STATE LAW REQUIRES U.S. TO ACCEPT USED MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERIES OR OTHER LEAD ACID BATTERIES FOR RECYCLING IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW BATTERIES PURCHASED.”

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.