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Mississippi Duty to Inform Police Laws (2026)

Conditional: Mississippi has no proactive duty to inform, but a licensee must carry the license with a valid ID whenever armed and display both when an officer demands them (Miss. Code § 45-9-101(1)(b), a $25 noncriminal offense).

Mississippi has no proactive duty to inform, but a licensee must carry the license with a valid ID whenever armed and display both when an officer demands them (Miss. Code § 45-9-101(1)(b), a $25 noncriminal offense). Permitless carry in a holster or a case under § 45-9-101(24) carries no display duty. (Code text via the Legislature's official reprint; the Mississippi Code publishes only through LexisNexis.)

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