Mississippi § 89-17-25 - Penalty for converting derelict property to own use.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-17-25 — Penalty for converting derelict property to own use., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-17-25. Penalty for converting derelict property to own use.
If any person shall convert to his own use, sell or otherwise dispose of any saw log, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat, or other water craft, or other floatable thing of value not belonging to him, which may have come into his possession while floating as derelict, in any of the waters of the State of Mississippi, or which may theretofore have been sunken and raised or floated from such sunken condition by him or others, or which he or others may have found cast upon the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, or Mississippi Sound, in the State of Mississippi, or any bay, inlet, or bayou, emptying into same, or upon the shore of any other watercourse in the State of Mississippi, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than double the value of the property converted, sold or disposed of, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-17-25 ("Penalty for converting derelict property to own use.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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