{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-17-417","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 83-17-417","heading":"Examination requirement; exceptions; subject matter; manual.","body":"(1) Each applicant for a license as an adjuster, before the issuance of such license, shall personally take and pass, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, an examination as a test of his qualifications and competency; but the requirement of an examination shall not apply to any of the following:\n(a) An applicant who for the one-year period next preceding July 1, 1993, has been principally engaged in the investigation, adjustment or supervision of losses and who is so engaged on July 1, 1993;\n(b) An applicant for the renewal of a license issued hereunder;\n(c) An applicant who is licensed as an insurance adjuster, as defined by this article, in another state with which state a reciprocal agreement has been entered into by the commissioner;\n(d) Any person who possesses a certification from a person or entity approved by the commissioner that provides adjuster education and training and that requires, as a prerequisite to certification, an examination substantially equivalent to those of this state and approved by the commissioner; or\n(e) Any person who has completed a course or training program in adjusting of losses as prescribed and approved by the commissioner and is certified to the commissioner upon completion of the course that such person has completed the course or training program, and has passed an examination testing his knowledge and qualification, as prescribed by the commissioner.\n(2) Each examination for a license as an adjuster shall be as the commissioner may prescribe and shall be of sufficient scope reasonably to test the applicant’s knowledge relative to the kinds of insurance which may be dealt with under the license applied for and the duties, responsibilities and laws of this state applicable to such a licensee.\n(3) The commissioner shall prepare and make available to applicants a manual or instructions specifying in general terms the subjects which may be covered in any examination for such a license.","path":["Title 83. Insurance","Chapter 17. Insurance Agents, Solicitors, or Adjusters","Article 9. Licensing of Insurance Adjusters."],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.83.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:33Z","sha256":"3658aa8d3a35c80775acb3fd63793d3f459ea018598f2f6da5bef1c05ba0076b","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-17-415","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-83-17-419","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}