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Mississippi Code Title 63. Motor Vehicles & Traffic Regulations § 63-3-502

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) For the purposes of this section:

(a) “Motor vehicle” has the meaning ascribed in Section 27-19-3.

(b) “Motorcycle” has the meaning ascribed in Section 27-19-3.

(c) “Street” or “highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.

(2) Any person driving a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon a street or highway in a race, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:

(a) A person convicted for the first offense of violating this subsection shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisoned for not more than forty-eight (48) hours, or both.

(b) For a second conviction of any person violating this subsection, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be fined not less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), shall be imprisoned not less than five (5) days nor more than one (1) year, and shall be sentenced to community service work for not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year.

(c)(i) For a third or subsequent conviction of any person violating this subsection, the offenses being committed within a period of five (5) years, the person shall be guilty of a felony and fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and shall serve not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections; however, for any such offense that does not result in serious injury or death to any person, the sentence of incarceration may be served in the county jail at the discretion of the circuit court judge.

(ii) After a conviction under this subsection and upon receipt of the court abstract, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall suspend the driver's license and driving privileges of the person for not less than five (5) years.

(3) A conviction and imposition of a sentence under this section does not prevent a conviction and imposition of a sentence under Section 63-7-103.

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