Mississippi Code Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments § 75-27-33

With respect to the enforcement of this article and any other laws dealing with weights and measures that he is, or may be, empowered to enforce, the director is hereby vested with police powers, such as given to sheriffs and constables, and may seize for use as evidence, with warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in violation of law.