It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this chapter, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-7-7
Operation of vehicle in violation of chapter
Known as the Uniform Highway Traffic Regulation Law
The act spans §§ 63–63 (250 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case City of Jackson v. Lewis (2014)
Most recently applied in City of Jackson v. Lewis (December 2014)
Codes, 1942, § 8228; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
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