Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-87-1: Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(a) “Commission” means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of certain orders or sales.
(b) “Principal” means any person who does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this state and who:
(i) Engages in the business of manufacturing, producing, importing or distributing a product or products for sale to customers who purchase such product or products for resale;
(ii) Utilizes sales representatives to solicit orders for such product or products; and
(iii) Compensates the sales representatives, in whole or in part, by commission.
(c) “Sales representative” means any person who engages in the business of soliciting, on behalf of a principal, orders for the purchase at wholesale of the product or products of the principal. The term “sales representative” shall not include a person who places orders or purchases for such person’s own account for resale or is engaged in home solicitation sales regulated pursuant to Section 75-66-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments
Chapter 87. Contracts Between Out-of-State Principals and Commissioned Sales Representatives

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Commission” means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of certain orders or sales.

(b) “Principal” means any person who does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this state and who:

(i) Engages in the business of manufacturing, producing, importing or distributing a product or products for sale to customers who purchase such product or products for resale;

(ii) Utilizes sales representatives to solicit orders for such product or products; and

(iii) Compensates the sales representatives, in whole or in part, by commission.

(c) “Sales representative” means any person who engages in the business of soliciting, on behalf of a principal, orders for the purchase at wholesale of the product or products of the principal. The term “sales representative” shall not include a person who places orders or purchases for such person’s own account for resale or is engaged in home solicitation sales regulated pursuant to Section 75-66-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

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