Laser pointer laws in Mississippi
We have not been able to check Mississippi's laser pointers laws yet: its official code isn't published openly online.
What we searched
- 2026-10-26 session-law pass: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ and https://www.legislature.ms.gov/ both fail TLS verification (curl error 60, unable to get local issuer certificate; server omits the GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018 intermediate). Recorded and skipped per instructions; not bypassed.
- https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2008..2026/pdf/all_measures/allmsrs.xml (bill-title keyword search): only "laser" title is 2024 HB 1222 (laser hair removal, died)
Bill-title search 2008-2026 found no laser-pointer act; code (Lexis) not read.
Federal
Applies in every state.
BannedDon't sell a laser marketed as a pointer (or for amusement/demonstration) whose output exceeds 5 mW (Class IIIa/3R); FDA treats such products as violative anywhere in the US.
21 CFR 1040.11(b), (c) · draft
Exact text
(b) Surveying, leveling, and alignment laser products. Each surveying, leveling. or alignment laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class IIIa. (c) Demonstration laser products. Each demonstration laser product shall comply with all of the applicable requirements of § 1040.10 for a Class I, IIa, II, or IIIa laser product and shall not permit human access to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class I and, if applicable, Class IIa, Class II, or Class IIIa.