The City of Union Police Department recently announced that as of Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, they will begin issuing tickets to “Squatted Vehicles”, in accordance with a law that went into effect in July of 2024.
Mississippi House Bill 349 states that it is an act to create Section 63-7-105, Mississippi Code of 1972, to place restrictions on vehicles’ front fenders being raised four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fenders, to provide exception from the new suspension modification rule, to provide for the manner of measuring the height of the fenders, to define relevant terms, and to provide penalties for violations; To create section 63-7-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, to require that fines collected due to violations of the provisions of section 63-7-105 be deposited into the state general fund and utilized in their entirety to aid in funding secondary school driver education programs; And for related purposes.
First offense will be a $100 fine; the second offense will be a $200 fine; and the third offense will be a $300 fine and a 12-month suspension of the driver’s license.
The bill also states that offenses occurring within five years of each other, including and immediately preceding the date of the last offense, shall constitute a prior offense.
