MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 63-3-415. Accident report forms.

(1) The department shall prepare and furnish, without cost to other agencies, "statewide uniform traffic accident report" forms to municipal police departments, county sheriffs and other suitable law enforcement agencies or individuals.

(2) Every accident report required by Section 63-3-411 from a law enforcement officer or individual shall be made on the statewide uniform traffic accident report form provided by the department.

(3) In addition to the information required on the accident report forms provided for herein, the department shall include a place on such report forms for the phone numbers of the parties involved in the accident and any witnesses to such accident.

(4) "Statewide uniform accident report" forms shall not have printed upon them the name of any elected state official.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8168; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; 1984, ch. 485; 1986, ch. 459, Sec. 36; 1990, ch. 441, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1990.


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