Mississippi Code Title 27. Taxation and Finance § 27-69-71

The commissioner shall appoint such agents as are authorized by law to administer the provisions of this chapter, and all such agents shall have for identification purposes, a badge prescribed by the commissioner, together with proper credentials signed by him and attested by the secretary of the commission.

It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely represent himself as an agent of the commissioner, or to have in his possession any badge, any device or certificate of authority, unless he be duly appointed and an acting agent of the commissioner in the administration of this chapter, and such person violating this provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

All agents of the commissioner shall be authorized to arrest any person found in possession of, or transporting any tobacco subject to confiscation, and upon making an arrest shall take the offender before a proper officer without unnecessary delay, for examination of his case.