The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
- Issued
- 2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03 17:00 (read as 2020-04-03)
- End
- 2020-04-20 08:00 as issued; extended by EO 1473 to 2020-04-27 08:00; replaced by EO 1477 (Safer at Home) (read as 2020-04-20)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesOther
- Addressees
- all individuals in Mississippi
- all businesses and non-profit entities
- restaurants and bars
- places of amusement and recreation
- law enforcement
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- SF sales floor / premises closed
- OF offices closed except Minimum Operations
- DR dining room closed
- WF workforce
- GATH events
- TRAV Essential Travel only
- Collection
- Mississippi MS
Operative words
Duration: This Shelter in Place shall be effective at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 20, 2020... all individuals currently living in the State of Mississippi are ordered to stay at home or in their place of residence except as allowed in this Executive Order... All businesses and non-profit entities operating within the State of Mississippi, except for Essential Business or Operations identified in Executive Order No. 1463 as Supplemented (which is incorporated herein by reference), shall cease operation and all activities except Minimum Operations as defined herein. Minimum Operations are those activities necessary for the business or operation to maintain the condition of facilities, premises and equipment, value of business inventory, payroll, employee benefits, security, and to facilitate employees of the business or operation to continue to work remotely from their residences.... Restaurants and Bars may remain open but are limited to drive-thru, curbside, and/or delivery service.... all public and private social and other non-essential gatherings in groups of more than 10 people... shall be cancelled or rescheduled. All places of amusement and recreation, whether indoors or outdoors,... shall be closed to the public.
Enforcement
'This Executive Order may be enforced by all State, County and Local law enforcement, as well as by other governmental entities (such as State and local departments of health) to the fullest extent under Mississippi law including, inter alia, Miss. Code. Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5) and 33-15-11(b)(6). Violations of this Executive Order are subject to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-43.'
Notes
Evictions suspended (I(c)); Essential Healthcare Operations 'does not include fitness and exercise gyms, dance studios, clubs, tattoo parlors, spas, salons, barber shops, and other similar personal care and grooming facilities'; Essential Travel defined (I(g)); local authority preserved for stricter measures not preventing essential operations (I(i)); State Health Officer delegated isolation and quarantine authority (II).
Retrieval noteFiled from the City of Tupelo's copy of the signed original (three pages; the Secretary of State's Wayback capture carries a partial text layer of the same text). Signature date 'the 1st day of April' in both.