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Miss. Const. art. 4, § 41
Qualifications of House of Representatives members
No person shall be a member of the House of Representatives who shall not have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years, and who shall not be a qualified elector of the State, and who shall not have been a resident citizen of the State for four (4) years, and within the district such person seeks to serve for two (2) years, immediately preceding his election. The seat of a member of the House of Representatives shall be vacated on his removal from the district from which he was elected.
History
SOURCES: 1817 art III § 7; 1832 art III § 7; 1869 art IV § 3; Laws, 1987, ch. 674, eff December 4, 1987.
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-25
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