Pre-trip check · TN → MS
Driving from Tennessee to Mississippi?
The law changes the moment you cross the line — what's legal to carry, light, or do in Tennessee can be a violation in Mississippi. Every status below is live from LawLert's database, dated, and linked to its official source.
Laws change at the state line.The free LawLert iPhone app alerts you when you cross into a state where a law you track differs: firearms, cannabis, alcohol, fireworks and 9 more. No account.Get the appWhat changes for you (8)
Mississippi bans studded tires: no tire moved on a highway may have any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other protuberance of material other than rubber projecting beyond the tread. See Miss. Code § 63-7-67.…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jul 30, 2026
In Mississippi, default on-premises liquor hours run to midnight Monday through Saturday, and many counties are dry, so local rules control. Extended hours, Sunday sales, and resort-area exceptions require state…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jun 7, 2026
Campfires, bonfires, fire pits and fire rings are allowed under normal conditions but are completely prohibited during a county burn ban (anything with an open flame that produces an ember). Gas/propane and charcoal…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jun 18, 2026
Mississippi allows medical cannabis only, and registered patients with a qualifying condition may use medical marijuana. Recreational use is illegal, though small amounts are decriminalized. It is regulated by the…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jul 13, 2026
Switchblades/automatics are legal to own and open-carry; Miss. Code 97-37-1 only criminalizes carrying them concealed (a misdemeanor) absent a 45-9-101 enhanced permit.
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jul 7, 2026
Mississippi sports betting is legal but on-premise only: retail at licensed casinos, mobile ONLY while physically on casino property; minimum age 21. No statewide mobile; 2026 statewide-mobile bills failed. Regulated by…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Aug 2, 2026
In Mississippi only "common fireworks" are legal: Miss. Code § 45-13-1 still uses the older Interstate Commerce Commission "Class C common fireworks" label and requires any item designed to produce an audible effect to…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jul 30, 2026
Income over $10,000 is taxed at a flat 4.0% for 2026 (first $10,000 exempt), down from 4.4% in 2025. Under the 2025 Build Up Mississippi Act the rate falls to 3.75% in 2027 and 3.0% by 2030, with further…
Full Mississippi rule · Official source · verified Jul 15, 2026
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Matching status ≠ identical law — details, limits and penalties can still differ.
Carrying with a permit? Whether Tennessee permits are honored in Mississippi is its own map — check Mississippi concealed-carry reciprocity. And federal land (national parks, forests) plays by federal rules in both states — see the federal-land guide.
Also from Tennessee: TN → AL · TN → AR · TN → GA · TN → KY · TN → MO · TN → NC · reverse (MS → TN)
Tennessee to Mississippi: common questions
- Do the laws change when you drive from Tennessee to Mississippi?
- Yes — 8 of the 13 categories LawLert tracks have a different status in Mississippi than in Tennessee: driving, alcohol, burn bans, cannabis, knives, gambling, fireworks, taxes. Each is listed on this page with its current status, the official source it came from, and the date it was last verified.
- What are the driving laws in Mississippi if I'm coming from Tennessee?
- Mississippi: Restricted — Mississippi bans studded tires: no tire moved on a highway may have any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other protuberance of material other than rubber projecting beyond the tread. See Miss. Code § 63-7-67.… In Tennessee the same category is Conditional.
- What are the alcohol laws in Mississippi if I'm coming from Tennessee?
- Mississippi: Conditional — In Mississippi, default on-premises liquor hours run to midnight Monday through Saturday, and many counties are dry, so local rules control. Extended hours, Sunday sales, and resort-area exceptions require state… In Tennessee the same category is Info.
- What are the burn bans laws in Mississippi if I'm coming from Tennessee?
- Mississippi: Conditional — Campfires, bonfires, fire pits and fire rings are allowed under normal conditions but are completely prohibited during a county burn ban (anything with an open flame that produces an ember). Gas/propane and charcoal… In Tennessee the same category is Permitted.
- Is my Tennessee concealed carry permit honored in Mississippi?
- Permit reciprocity is decided separately from the firearms status shown on this page, so it is not answered here. LawLert publishes Mississippi's recognition list, with the statute or agency page behind it, at lawlertapp.com/firearms/MS/reciprocity. Permitless carry, where a state allows it, is a different question again — it does not make an out-of-state permit valid.
- How current is this Tennessee to Mississippi comparison?
- Every rule on this page stores the date it was last checked against its source; the oldest on this comparison is 2026-06-07. Every rule LawLert publishes carries a source URL, and every correction it has made is public at lawlertapp.com/how-we-verify. Laws change — confirm anything consequential against the linked source.