HB 449 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

Regulation on nonconsensual towing; revise to include private motor vehicles.

HB 449 expands Mississippi's towing regulations to cover both commercial and private motor vehicles. It revises definitions in existing law to explicitly include "private motor vehicles" (personal cars used for non-business purposes) under the same nonconsensual towing rules previously limited to commercial vehicles. The bill ensures regulations governing towing fees, immobilization devices, and police-initiated towing apply uniformly to all vehicle types. It also renames the "Commercial Vehicle Towing Advisory Committee" to "Vehicle Towing Advisory Committee" while keeping oversight under the Department of Public Safety's Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division. This change directly affects private vehicle owners by extending protections and fee transparency requirements currently applied to commercial vehicles.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026
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