The purpose of this chapter, is to protect the health, safety and general welfare of all persons dealing with those who are engaged in the vocation of contracting and to afford such persons an effective and practical protection against incompetent, inexperienced, unlawful and fraudulent acts of contractors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 31-3-2
Declaration of purpose
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Durant v. Laws Const. Co., Inc. (1998)
Most recently applied in 120 So. 3d 365 - Ground Control, LLC v. Capsco Industries, Inc. (June 2013)
Laws, 1985, ch. 505, § 6; reenacted, Laws, 1988, ch. 527, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1988.
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