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Philadelphia, Mississippi Laws & Ordinances
Corpus publishes 244 law sections from the Code of Ordinances, City of Philadelphia, Mississippi online — free, searchable, and in plain English.
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Find Philadelphia, MS laws
Read local ordinances for the City of Philadelphia in Neshoba County, Mississippi. The Philadelphia ordinances index links to the published text of each ordinance, free to read without an account.
What does this collection cover?
Corpus transcribed records obtained from the city, including photographed ordinance books. Book 5 was published first in July 2026. Book 4 and part of Book 3 have since been added. The published portion of Book 3 covers pages 1–146. This is not a complete, consolidated statement of all laws currently in force.
The collection includes historic enactments; later amendments, repeals and time limits may affect whether a provision still applies. Transcriptions may contain errors. Check current requirements with the city and compare the original record before relying on a provision.
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Philadelphia MS ordinances
244 published ordinances from the Code of Ordinances, City of Philadelphia, Mississippi. View the full index →
- Ordinance No. 253 — FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR ALDERMEN MARSHALL AND CITY CLERK IN AND FOR THE CITY OF P
- Ordinance No. 254 — DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, IN THE
- Ordinance No. 255 — DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, IN THE
- Ordinance No. 256 — amending paragraph 3 of an ordinance, No. 255, of the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, e
- Ordinance No. 257 — REQUIRING THE DRIVER OOF [sic] EACH TAXIE OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE ENGARED [sic] IN THE BUIS
- Ordinance No. 258 — TO REQUIRE OPERATORS OF TAXIES OF [sic] OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES ENGAGED IN THE BUISNESS [sic]
- Ordinance No. 259 — ANORDINANCE [sic] FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR ALDERMAN MARSHALL AND CITY CLERK IN AND
- Ordinance No. 260 — DECLARING AND MAKING ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WHICH
- Ordinance No. 261 — ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE SALE AND HANDLING OF COAL, COKE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR
- Ordinance No. 262 — CALLING AN ELECTION IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ON THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE M
- Ordinance No. 263 — authorizing the acquisition and improvement by The City of Philadelphia, Neshoba County, M
- Ordinance No. 264 — creating the office of City Electrical Inspector; providing for his appointment; prescribi
- Ordinance No. 265 — TO LEVY PRIVILEGE TAXES UPON OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF VENDING MACHINES OR OTHER DEVICES OPER
- Ordinance No. 266 — MAKING IT MANDATORY ON ALL PERSONS, FIRMS, OR CORPORATIONS OPERATING COTTON GINS ENGAGED I
- Ordinance No. 267 — of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, vacating and
- Ordinance No. 268 — FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR ALDERMEN MARSHALL AND CLERK IN AND FOR THE CITY OF PHILAD
- Ordinance No. 269 — OF THIS CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI REQUIRING PERSONS, FIRMS, OR CORPORATIONS ENGAGE
- Ordinance No. 270 — OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SHO
- Ordinance No. 271 — IMPOSING CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE STREET OF THE CITY O
- Ordinance No. 272 — REQUIRING CIRCUS SHOWS, CARNIVALS, MEDICINE VENDORS of PATENENT [sic] MEDICINE, FORTUNE TE
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City of Philadelphia, Mississippi
City of Philadelphia put a $1,675 price on its own public records. Corpus photographed them instead — and published the municipal code free, searchable, and permanent.
The Record
Every step, dated from primary sources.
- Records request filed
Public-records request emailed to the City Clerk's office.
- Fee demanded
City Clerk Nikki Walton answered with a $1,675.00 cost estimate and attached the city's Public Records Policy.
- 250 days of silenceAwaiting response
Corpus declined the fee and asked instead to inspect the books in person at no cost, as the city's own policy allows. No reply followed.
Records request filedA second official records request was filed after 208 days without a response.
City respondedThe city responded — 250 days after the inspection request went unanswered. Its own Public Records Policy sets a seven-business-day standard (Rule 4(2)).
- Code harvested
Ordinance Book 5 (ordinances 704–754) was photographed page by page, ingested, and published — free, searchable, and permanent.
- Code harvested
Ordinance Book 4 (ordinances 594–703, 1994–2008) and the photographed part of Book 3 (ordinances 253–334, 1936–1960) were published alongside Book 5: 244 ordinances in all. The rest of Book 3, from about ordinance 335 on, is still to be photographed and added.
The City's Response
Primary-source records from City of Philadelphia, published as received. The requester's home address and personal email are blacked out on page 1; nothing else is altered.
Source & provenance
Obtained via public-records request and published as-is. The text is the City of Philadelphia's own ordinance text. Machine-readable campaign JSON · Canonical page