No common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which are subject to regulation under the provisions of this chapter, shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater, less or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in its tariff than the rates, fares and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time. No such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent, or otherwise, any portion of the rates, fares or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities for transportation except such as are specified in its tariffs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-7-213
Common carriers shall charge only rates set forth in tariff
Known as the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Law
The act spans §§ 77–77 (75 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Orr v. Interstate Commerce Commission (1990)
Most recently applied in Orr v. Interstate Commerce Commission (August 1990)
Codes, 1942, § 7666; Laws, 1938, ch. 142; Laws, 1995, ch. 338, § 14; Laws, 2004, ch. 501, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 2004.
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.