Mississippi · Walk-in purchase
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We've gathered the statute citations for Mississippi, but we have not independently verified the walk-in catalytic-converter purchase rules. Read the linked statute, contact your state recycler association, or request that we verify Mississippi next.
What we know so far
Statute citations and recent amendments extracted from the ReMA / ISRI State Metals Theft Law Database. Start here for your own review.
- http://www.sos.ms.gov/Regulation-Enforcement/Pages/Scrap-
- Miss. Code Ann. Title 97, Chapter 17, Section 71; § 97-17-71 to § 97-17-71.2 Secretary of State · Metal.aspx Scrap Metal Rules: http://www.sos.ms.gov/Regulation-Enforcement/Documents/Scrap%20Metal%20Rules.pdf
Recent amendments
- 2014 HB 585 — effective July 1, 2014
- 2016 SB 2649 — effective July 1, 2016
- 2021 HB 277 — effective July 1, 2021
- 2022 SB 2545 — effective July 1, 2022
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Sourced fromReMA / ISRI State Metals Theft Law Database·Ingested
SafeYard · yardstack.org — Catalytic converter compliance reference for Mississippi (Buying a loose catalytic converter from a walk-in seller). Ingested 2026-05-26. Sourced from ReMA / ISRI. Not legal advice; verify against current statute.