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Mississippi Statutes, Title 97

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Title 97, Crimes

27 chapters · 752 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 97752 Ch 3, Crimes Against the Person81 Ch 17, Crimes Against Property61 Ch 33, Gambling and Lotteries58 Ch 9, Offenses Affecting Administration of…57 Ch 23, Offenses Affecting Trade, Business a…45 Ch 19, False Pretenses and Cheats43 Ch 7, Crimes Against Sovereignty or Admini…37 Ch 21, Forgery and Counterfeiting34 Ch 29, Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency34 Ch 25, Offenses Affecting Railroads, Public…32 Ch 15, Offenses Affecting Highways, Ferries…26 Ch 31, Intoxicating Beverage Offenses25 Ch 37, Weapons and Explosives25 Ch 13, Election Crimes24

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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-93 Shoplifting; elements of offense; presumptions; evidence; penalties; aggregation of multiple offenses occurring within same jurisdiction over 30-day period in determining gravity of offense
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(1) Any person who shall willfully and unlawfully take possession of any merchandise owned or held by and offered or displayed for sale by any merchant, store or other mercantile establishment with the intention and purpose of converting such merchandise to his own use without pa…
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-93.1 Shoplifting; use of theft detection device remover prohibited; use of theft detection shielding device prohibited; activation of anti-shoplifting device constitutes probable cause for detention
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(1) As used in this section:(a) “Theft detection device” means any tag or other device that is used to prevent or detect theft and that is attached to merchandise held for resale by a merchant or to property of a merchant.(b) “Theft detection device remover” means any tool or dev…
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-94 Aiding and abetting shoplifting by minor; penalty
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(1) In addition to any other offense and penalty provided by law, it shall be unlawful for any person eighteen (18) years of age or older to encourage, aid or abet any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to commit the crime of shoplifting as defined in Section 97-23-93. I…

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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-94.1 Punishment for violation of Section 97-23-94

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Any person aged eighteen (18) years or older who encourages, aids or abets any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to violate Section 97-23-93 shall be punished as provided in Section 97-23-94 and as otherwise provided by law.

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-95 Shoplifting; detention of suspect for questioning without incurring civil liability

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If any person shall commit or attempt to commit the offense of shoplifting, or if any person shall wilfully conceal upon his person or otherwise any unpurchased goods, wares or merchandise held or owned by any store or mercantile establishment, the merchant or any employee thereo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-96 Civil remedy for shoplifting violations; written demand prior to commencing civil proceedings; recovery from parents or legal guardians of minors; costs

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(1) Any person who proves by clear and convincing evidence that he has been injured in any fashion by reason of any violation of the provisions of Section 97-23-93, Mississippi Code of 1972, has a cause of action for threefold the actual damages sustained or damages in the amount…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-97 Scalping of admission tickets at college events held on state property

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It shall be unlawful for any admission ticket to any athletic contest of any college or university of the State of Mississippi or for any admission ticket to any entertainment event held on state property to be sold for a price in excess of the price printed on the face of the ti…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-99 Giving away of merchandise by employee without authorization of merchant

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It shall be unlawful for any employee of a merchant engaged in the sale of goods to the public to willfully give away any merchandise of a value of less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) intended for sale without receiving full payment for such merchandise or to give away …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-1 Electric power lines and facilities; tampering, injury or unauthorized use; stealing or destroying fixtures and equipment

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(1) Any person who shall intentionally in anywise obstruct, injure, break, tamper with or destroy or in any manner interrupt any electric power line or the transmission of electric current in connection with such line, or who shall make or use electric power from any unauthorized…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-11 Railroads; stealing tickets

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If any person shall steal any passenger railroad-ticket or tickets belonging to or issued by any railroad company, the amount of money which in the usual course of business it would have required to have purchased it or them from such railroad company, shall be deemed the value o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-13 Railroads; intoxication of engineer or conductor

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If any person, while on duty in charge of a locomotive-engine running or standing upon any railroad, or if any conductor in charge of a car or train on any railroad, shall be intoxicated, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more t…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-15 Railroads; jumping on or off cars in motion

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If any person, other than passengers or employees engaged in operating the railroad, shall wilfully climb, jump or step upon, or in any way attach himself to, or shall jump off a locomotive, tender or car while in motion on a railroad track or siding, he shall, upon conviction, b…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-17 Railroads; leaving switch open or improperly placed

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If any brakeman, switchman, or other person in charge of any switch, shall wilfully or carelessly leave the same open or improperly placed, whereby any person shall be killed or injured, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fifteen years.

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-19 Railroads; locomotive to be stopped before entering or crossing track of another company

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If any person shall run, or cause to be run, a locomotive propelled by steam upon or across the track of any other railroad company without first coming to a full stop just before it comes upon or across such track, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five doll…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-21 Railroads; obstructing or injuring

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If any person shall wantonly or negligently obstruct or injure any railroad, on conviction, he shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or imprisoned not longer than twelve (12) months in the county jail, or both.

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-23 Railroads; obstructing or injuring; derailing cars

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If any person shall wantonly or maliciously injure, or place any impediment or obstruction on any railroad, or do any other act by means of which any car or vehicle might be caused to diverge, or be derailed, or thrown from the track, such person, on conviction, shall be committe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-25 Railroads; seizing and running locomotive

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If any person shall unlawfully seize upon any locomotive and run it away, or shall aid, abet or procure the doing of the same, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the cou…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-27 Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train

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If any person, without authority and in the absence of apparent danger warranting such act, shall, out of a spirit of mischief, or with any purpose other than to prevent or give information of an accident, make, or cause to be made, any sign or signal to persons in charge of any …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-29 Railroads; stealing a ride

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Any person who shall ride on any engine, tender, car or train of any railroad company, without authority or permission of the proper officers or employees of the company, or of the persons in charge of such engine, tender, car or train, shall, on conviction, be fined not less tha…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-3 Meters; tampering with electric, gas or water meters

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Whoever, intentionally, by any means or device, prevents electric current, water or gas from passing through any meter or meters belonging to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of electricity, water or gas for lighting, power or other…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-31 Railroads; stealing animal killed or wounded by railroad

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Any person other than the owner thereof or the agents or employees of the railroad company who shall take and carry away, with intent to appropriate to his own use, any animal killed or wounded by the engine or cars of a railroad company, without obtaining the consent of such own…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-33 Railroads; not to destroy or bury animal killed by train until report made

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If any person or corporation operating a railroad shall bury or otherwise destroy, or cause to be buried or destroyed, the carcass of any domestic animal killed or injured by the running of a locomotive or cars, before a report in writing has been made to the nearest station agen…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-35 Railroads; stealing or interfering with communications or signaling equipment

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If any person shall maliciously remove, take, steal, change or in any manner interfere with any railroad transmission line, signaling device, microwave tower or any of the parts or attachments belonging to any communication or signaling device owned, leased or used by any railroa…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-37 Railroads; stopping or standing at crossing

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It shall be unlawful for any locomotive or train of cars to be stopped or left standing on any railroad crossing, unless done under regulations adopted by those having the right to control such matter. Any person violating this section shall, on conviction be fined not less than …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-39 Railroads; uncoupling locomotives and cars by persons not employed by railroad

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If any person, not being employed on any railroad, shall wilfully and maliciously uncouple or detach the locomotive or tender or any of the cars of any railroad train, or shall in any way aid, abet or procure the doing of the same, such person shall be punished by a fine of not l…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-4 Railroads; offenses committed on railroad right-of-way

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts without first having obtained written permission from the owner or operator of the railroad line:(a) To attempt to board or disembark from a mov…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-41 Railroads; wilfully shooting from or on moving train

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If any person shall wilfully shoot any firearms on or from any moving train, such person shall, on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) mont…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-43 Railroads, public utilities, and carriers; conspiracy to impede

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If two (2) or more persons shall wilfully or maliciously combine or conspire together to obstruct or impede or hinder by any unlawful act or threat of violence, terror or intimidation the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company, or any public service…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-45 Railroads, public utilities, and carriers; obstructing or impeding by intimidation, force or violence

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If any person shall unlawfully obstruct or impede by any act of force or violence, or by any means of intimidation, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or any public service corporation, or person carrying passengers or property, or any publi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-47 Railroad trains, buses, trucks, motor vehicles, depots, stations, and other transportation facilities; wilfully shooting or throwing at

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If any person or persons shall wilfully shoot any firearms or hurl any missile at, or into, any train, bus, truck, motor vehicle, depot, station, or any other transportation facility, such person shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars (…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-49 Wrongful access to telecommunications messages by cellular telephone; inadmissibility of information obtained in violation of this section

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(1) A person who commits either of the following offenses shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both:(a) Wrongfully obtains, or attempts to obtain, any knowledge of a p…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-5 Railroads; destroying crossing-sign, gate or warning-signals

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If any person shall willfully obliterate, injure or destroy any railroad-gate, warning-signals, cattle-gap or any board or sign erected or maintained by a railroad company in pursuance of law, he shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundre…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-51 Telegraphs and telephones; governmental messages

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If any telegraph company, or an officer, agent, operator, or employee of any such company or association, shall refuse or wilfully omit to transmit a dispatch tendered by an officer of this state, or of the United States, which by law is required to be given immediate dispatch, f…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-53 Telegraphs and telephones; injuring or destroying lines; interrupting communications; stealing or destroying fixtures

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(1) Any person who shall intentionally obstruct, injure, break or destroy, or in any manner interrupt any telegraph or telephone line, or communication thereon between any two (2) points, by or through which the said lines may pass, or who shall injure or destroy any of the posts…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-54 Theft of telephone and other communication services prohibited; definitions; manufacture and possession of devices to facilitate theft prohibited; penalties

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(1) The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Telecommunication device” means any type of instrument, device, machine, or equipment that is designed for or capable of transmitting or receiving teleph…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-55 Aircraft piracy; boarding aircraft with dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument

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(1) The offense of aircraft piracy is defined as the seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of any aircraft within the airspace jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi. Any person convicted of the offense of aircraft piracy shall suf…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-57 Nuclear sabotage

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Any person who shall, by any act or omission, (a) wilfully and maliciously destroy or cause or attempt to cause damage or loss to a nuclear electrical generating facility or its components, including the electrical transmission lines or switching equipment used in direct connecti…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-59 Impeding critical infrastructure; critical infrastructure trespass; penalties

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(1) Definition of “critical infrastructure facility.” As used in this section, unless otherwise defined, “critical infrastructure facility” means:(a) Any portion of an oil, gas, carbon dioxide, hazardous liquid or chemical pipeline or tank that is buried or enclosed by a fence or…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-7 Railroads; driving vehicle or livestock on track

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Any person who shall ride, drive any vehicle, drive any cattle, horses, mules or other livestock along or on any railroad track open and operated for traffic, unless by permission of the owners of said track, or their agent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-9 Railroads; embezzlement of tickets

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If any officer, agent, clerk, or employee of any railroad company, shall fraudulently embezzle, dispose of, or convert to his own use any passenger railroad ticket or tickets, whether such tickets be fully prepared for use or not, or who shall use such tickets which have been onc…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-1 Adulteration of food, drugs or candy

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If any person shall manufacture, sell or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any adulterated food, or drug, as defined by law; or if any person shall manufacture, sell, or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any candy, confection, or sweetmeat, in making which any preparation of lime…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-10 Definition of harmful substances

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(a) As used in Sections 97-27-10 through 97-27-12:(a) “Harmful biological substance” means a bacteria, virus or other microorganism or a toxic substance derived from or produced by an organism that can be used to cause death, injury or disease in humans, animals or plants.(b) “Ha…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-11 Introduction of harmful biological substances into Mississippi prohibited; development, manufacture or possession of harmful biological substances prohibited except for authorized purposes; penalties

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly import, bring or send into this state a harmful biological substance including smallpox, anthrax or any other contagious or infectious disease, with the design to unlawfully spread the same or assist in spreading …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-12 Unlawful hoaxes intended to cause belief that exposure to certain harmful substances or devices has occurred; penalties; imposition of costs for individual or governmental response to unlawful hoax

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an act intended to cause another person or persons to falsely believe that said person or persons have been exposed to a harmful biological substance, harmful biological device, harmful chemical substance, harmful chemical device,…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-13 Contagious diseases; smallpox patient not to go abroad

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A person having recently had the smallpox shall not, until after having obtained a certificate of the attending physician, and of his person qualified to give such certificate, of his recovery, or other being perfectly clean in his person and clothes, remove from the place where …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-14 Contagious diseases; causing exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C; crime of endangerment by bodily substance; violations and penalties

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly expose another person to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Prior knowledge and willing consent to the exposure is a defense to a charge brought under this subsection. A violation of this subsection…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-15 Food sales; selling meat of animal not slaughtered, or unwholesome bread or drink

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Any butcher or other person who shall knowingly sell the flesh of any animal dying otherwise than by slaughter, or slaughtered when diseased, or any baker, brewer, distiller, or other person, who shall knowingly sell unwholesome bread or drink, shall, on conviction thereof, be pu…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-17 Food sales; flour and other provisions

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Any person who shall knowingly and wilfully sell, or hold or offer for sale, any tainted, putrid, unsound, unwholesome, unmerchantable flour, or other provisions, as sound and good; or shall practice any fraud or deception, to put off and sell any damaged, unsound, or unmerchanta…

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-19 Food sales; meat; sale of flesh of dead, diseased, and unclean animals; punishment

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If any person shall sell or offer for sale as human food, the flesh of any animal which shall have died a natural death, or been killed or injured by any accident; or shall sell, or offer for sale, or ship for sale, as human food, the flesh of any diseased animal, or of any dog, …

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-27-21 Poisons; sale and giving away regulated

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It shall not be lawful for any apothecary, druggist, or other person to sell or give away any article belonging to the class of medicines usually denominated poisons, except in compliance with Sections 97-27-23 and 97-27-25.