Mississippi

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State Laws
Felony DUI
DUID Zero Tolerance and Per Se Laws
Cannabis Drug-Impaired Driving Laws
DUI Child Endangerment Laws
Enhanced Penalties for High-BAC
DUI Look-back Periods
Open Container - Alcohol
Good Samaritan
Test Refusal
24/7 Programs
Administrative License Suspension/Revocation
Sobriety Checkpoints
Habitual Offender Designation
Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
DUI Courts - Standalone
DUI Courts - Hybrid
Open Container - Cannabis
Cannabis Laws (2023)
DUID: Implied Consent Testing Methods
DUID Affirmative Defense
Anti-Plea Bargaining Statutes
eWarrant Case Study Sites
Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) Laws
Lower BAC legislation
Low BAC
CARS Implementation
Ignition Interlocks
Electronic Warrants (E-warrants) Authorization
Top Detected Drug Category by State (2021)
False Identification - Sanctions
False Identification - Point-of-Sale Policies
No Refusal Programs
Oral Fluid Testing

Administrative License Suspension/Revocation

ALS/ALR law enacted

Test Refusal

Administrative penalties

DUI Child Endangerment Laws

These states have laws or statues that address DUI Child endangerment in which the offender is subject to a harsher penalty as a result of a child passenger being present.

DUI Look-back Periods

Five years

Enhanced Penalties for High-BAC

No enhanced penalties for high-BAC

Felony DUI

Third offense

Open Container - Alcohol

No open container law

Sobriety Checkpoints

Permitted

No Refusal Programs

Has legal authority to implement No Refusal program

Cannabis Laws

Medical Cannabis

Ignition Interlocks

Mandatory all offender

Open Container - Cannabis

Cannabis-specific open container law

DUI Statute

DUI Alcohol and Other Drugs

Statute with THC listed as Delta 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

6, 8, 9, 10

DUID: Implied Consent Testing Methods

Blood, Urine, and Breath

ALR Laws

Hardship license available for alcohol and other drugs

Social Host Laws

Alcohol

Roadside Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) Laws

Statute doesn’t explicitly permit or prohibit roadside PBTs, but they may still be used in practice.