Mississippi Code — 97
Browse 765 sections in division 97 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 97-1-1. Conspiracy.
- § 97-1-3. Accessories before the fact.
- § 97-1-5. Accessories after the fact; punishment.
- § 97-1-6. Directing or causing felony to be committed by person under age of seventeen years.
- § 97-1-7. Attempt to commit offense; punishment.
- § 97-1-9. Attempt to commit offense; no conviction if offense completed.
- § 97-3-1. Abduction for purposes of marriage.
- § 97-3-2. Crimes of violence defined.
- § 97-3-3. Abortion; causing abortion or miscarriage.
- § 97-3-4. Failed abortion; unlawful for physician to intentionally allow or cause living child to die; care of living child mandated; penalties.
- § 97-3-5. Abortion; advertisement, sale or gift of drugs or instruments.
- § 97-3-7. Simple assault; aggravated assault; simple domestic violence; simple domestic violence third; aggravated domestic violence; aggravated domestic violence third.
- § 97-3-13. False confinement; sending sane person to psychiatric hospital or institution.
- § 97-3-15. Homicide; justifiable homicide; use of defensive force; duty to retreat.
- § 97-3-17. Homicide; excusable homicide.
- § 97-3-19. Homicide; murder defined; first-degree murder; second-degree murder; capital murder; lesser-included offenses.
- § 97-3-21. Homicide; penalty for first- or second-degree murder or capital murder.
- § 97-3-23. Homicide; death following duels fought out of state.
- § 97-3-25. Homicide; killing of child under 18 years of age by perpetrator over 21 years of age; penalties for manslaughter and child homicide.
- § 97-3-27. Homicide; killing while committing felony.
- § 97-3-29. Homicide; killing while committing a misdemeanor.
- § 97-3-31. Homicide; killing unnecessarily, while resisting effort of slain to commit felony or do unlawful act.
- § 97-3-33. Killing trespasser involuntarily.
- § 97-3-35. Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion.
- § 97-3-37. Homicide; killing of an unborn child; “human being” includes unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception until live birth for purposes of offenses of assault and homicide; “unborn child” defined; intentional injury to pregnant woman; penalties; provisions of section not applicable to legal medical procedures, including abortion.
- § 97-3-39. Homicide; drunken doctor, etc., unintentionally causing death.
- § 97-3-41. Homicide; overloading boat.
- § 97-3-43. Homicide; ignorant or negligent management of steamboat or railroad engine.
- § 97-3-45. Homicide; owner of dangerous animal.
- § 97-3-47. Homicide; all other killings.
- § 97-3-49. Suicide; aiding.
- § 97-3-51. Interstate removal of child under age fourteen by noncustodial parent or relative.
- § 97-3-52. Prohibition against selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy child or unborn child; penalties.
- § 97-3-53. Kidnapping; punishment.
- § 97-3-54. Human Trafficking Act; short title.
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- § 97-3-55. Libel; penalty.
- § 97-3-57. Libel; truth as defense.
- § 97-3-59. Mayhem.
- § 97-3-61. Poisoning with intent to kill or injure.
- § 97-3-63. Poisoning with intent to kill; where death does not ensue.
- § 97-3-65. Statutory rape; enhanced penalty for forcible sexual intercourse or statutory rape by administering certain substances; criminal sexual assault protection order.
- § 97-3-67. Repealed.
- § 97-3-68. Rape; procedure for introducing evidence of sexual conduct of complaining witness; “complaining witness” defined.
- § 97-3-69. Rape; “chaste character” presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient.
- § 97-3-70. Repealed.
- § 97-3-71. Rape; assault with intent to ravish.
- § 97-3-73. Robbery; definition.
- § 97-3-75. Robbery; penalty.
- § 97-3-77. Robbery; threat to injure person or relative at another time.
- § 97-3-79. Robbery; use of deadly weapon.
- § 97-3-81. Robbery; threatening letter demanding money, property.
- § 97-3-82. Extortion; definitions; offense and penalties.
- § 97-3-83. Robbery; bonds, bills, notes, etc., cotton receipts and railroad tickets.
- § 97-3-85. Threats and intimidation; by letter or notice.
- § 97-3-87. Threats and intimidation; whitecapping.
- § 97-3-89. Timber, trees and saw logs; tampering with to injure or harass the owner prohibited.
- § 97-3-91. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when injury occurs.
- § 97-3-93. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results.
- § 97-3-95. Sexual battery.
- § 97-3-97. Sexual battery; definitions.
- § 97-3-99. Sexual battery; defense.
- § 97-3-101. Sexual battery; penalty; criminal sexual assault protection order.
- § 97-3-103. Sexual battery; relationship with other criminal statutes.
- § 97-3-104. Crime of sexual activity between certain individuals and offenders incarcerated in correctional facilities or on correctional supervision; sanctions.
- § 97-3-105. Hazing; initiation into organization.
- § 97-3-107. Stalking; aggravated stalking; penalties; definitions.
- § 97-3-109. Drive-by shooting; drive-by bombing.
- § 97-3-110. Seizure and forfeiture of firearms unlawfully possessed by juveniles and of motor vehicles used in drive-by shootings or bombings.
- § 97-3-111. Forfeiture of vehicles used in drive-by shootings or bombings.
- § 97-3-113. Mississippi Carjacking Act; short title.
- § 97-3-115. Mississippi Carjacking Act; definitions.
- § 97-3-117. Mississippi Carjacking Act; what constitutes offense of carjacking; attempted carjacking; armed carjacking; penalties.
- § 97-5-1. Abandonment of child under age six.
- § 97-5-3. Desertion or nonsupport of child under age eighteen.
- § 97-5-5. Enticing child for concealment, prostitution or marriage.
- § 97-5-7. Enticing child for employment.
- § 97-5-9. Iceboxes, etc.; abandonment without removing latch prohibited.
- § 97-5-11. Pool room or billiard hall; certain minors prohibited from entering.
- § 97-5-13-97-5-19. Repealed.
- § 97-5-21. Repealed.
- § 97-5-23. Touching, handling, etc., child, mentally defective or incapacitated person or physically helpless person.
- § 97-5-24. Sexual involvement of school employee with student; duty to report; penalties for failure to report; immunity from civil liability for report made in good faith.
- § 97-5-25. Repealed.
- § 97-5-27. Dissemination of sexually oriented material to persons under eighteen years of age; use of computer for purpose of luring or inducing persons under eighteen years of age to engage in sexual contact.
- § 97-5-29. Public display of sexually oriented materials.
- § 97-5-31. Exploitation of children; definitions.
- § 97-5-33. Exploitation of children; prohibitions.
- § 97-5-35. Exploitation of children; penalties.
- § 97-5-37. Exploitation of children; other remedies.
- § 97-5-39. Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child; felonious abuse and/or battery of a child.
- § 97-5-40. Condoning child abuse.
- § 97-5-41. Carnal knowledge of step or adopted child; carnal knowledge of child by cohabitating partner.
- § 97-5-42. Protection of children from parents convicted of felony child sexual abuse; creation of local registry; penalties; standards for visitation.
- § 97-5-43-97-5-47. Repealed.
- § 97-5-49. Knowingly allowing party where minor obtains, possesses or consumes alcoholic beverage; definitions; applicability of section; penalties.
- § 97-5-51. Mandatory reporting of sex crimes against minors; definitions; procedure; report contents; forensic samples; penalties.
- § 97-7-1. Assessment; failure or refusal to deliver by taxpayer.
- § 97-7-3. Assessment; failure to deliver by banker.
- § 97-7-5. Assessment; frauds on.
- § 97-7-7. Capitol building; not to be used for sleeping-rooms.
- § 97-7-9. Capitol building; defacing.
- § 97-7-10. Fraudulent statements and representations.
- § 97-7-11. Conspiracy to defraud state; obtaining public funds fraudulently.
- § 97-7-13. Conspiracy to defraud state; defeating or preventing prosecution of just claim due state.
- § 97-7-15. Conspiracy to defraud state; each party guilty of felony when one or more conspirators act.
- § 97-7-17. Conspiracy to prevent holding a public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of force, etc.
- § 97-7-19. Conspiracy to prevent holding public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of boycott.
- § 97-7-21-97-7-27. Repealed.
- § 97-7-29. Destroying, injuring, etc. property to hinder war efforts.
- § 97-7-31. Destroying, injuring, etc. state or federally licensed communication systems.
- § 97-7-33. False statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents.
- § 97-7-35. False swearing; false sworn statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents.
- § 97-7-37. False swearing; false sworn statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents with intent or purpose to deceive or cause investigation.
- § 97-7-39. Flags; desecration of national or state flag prohibited.
- § 97-7-41. Food commodity donated by federal or state government; obtaining fraudulently, sale or unauthorized disposition.
- § 97-7-42. Fraudulent use of food coupons dispensed by state welfare department.
- § 97-7-43. Impersonating state, county or municipal officer or employee.
- § 97-7-44. Impersonation of state, county, municipal or other public officer or employee prohibited; penalties.
- § 97-7-45. Legislature; preventing or attempting to prevent meetings.
- § 97-7-47. Legislature; disturbing proceedings.
- § 97-7-49. Legislature; altering bills or resolutions before passage.
- § 97-7-51. Legislature; altering bills or resolutions after passage.
- § 97-7-53. Legislature; bribing or influencing member.
- § 97-7-55. Legislature; member accepting or agreeing to accept bribes.
- § 97-7-57. Legislature; influence peddling.
- § 97-7-59. Military service; failure to report for active duty.
- § 97-7-61. Military service; organizing military body for public drill or parade; license required.
- § 97-7-63. Picketing which interferes with access to government buildings, property, streets and sidewalks.
- § 97-7-65. Timber; cutting and rafting from state lands.
- § 97-7-67. Treason; punishment.
- § 97-7-69. Treason; essential proof.
- § 97-7-71. Advocacy of violent overthrow of constitution or government; punishment.
- § 97-7-73. Offering a false instrument for recording against a public servant; penalties.
- § 97-7-75. Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law; offense of making a terroristic threat; requisite intent; defense; penalties.
- § 97-9-1. Court forms and legal process; printing, selling or distributing simulated legal documents prohibited.
- § 97-9-3. Court records and public papers; stealing, concealing, destroying, etc.
- § 97-9-5. Bribery; jurors, arbitrators, and referees accepting, and person promising them, punished.
- § 97-9-7. Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing, etc. crime punishable by death or life imprisonment.
- § 97-9-9. Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing crime punishable by less than life imprisonment.
- § 97-9-10. Bribery; commercial bribery.
- § 97-9-11. Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited.
- § 97-9-13. Champerty and maintenance; penalty.
- § 97-9-15. Champerty and maintenance; affidavit of party.
- § 97-9-17. Champerty and maintenance; affidavit of attorney representing party.
- § 97-9-19. Champerty and maintenance; penalty for false affidavit.
- § 97-9-21. Champerty and maintenance; immunity granted witnesses compelled to testify concerning violations; penalty for failure to testify.
- § 97-9-23. Champerty and maintenance; exceptions; legislative intent.
- § 97-9-25. Escape of inmates of state institutions; aiding, abetting, etc.
- § 97-9-27. Escape of prisoners; conveying articles useful for escape to felons.
- § 97-9-29. Escape of prisoners; aiding escape of felons generally; rescuing prisoners from custody.
- § 97-9-31. Escape of prisoners; aiding prisoners other than felons generally; conveying article useful for escape.
- § 97-9-33. Escape of prisoners; aiding escapes from officers.
- § 97-9-35. Escape of prisoners; permitting escape.
- § 97-9-37. Escape of prisoners; private persons having custody of prisoner arrested on suspicion.
- § 97-9-39. Escape of prisoners; refusal of officer, jailer, etc., to arrest or confine; refusal to receive prisoners at jail; suffering an escape; accepting bribe to permit escape.
- § 97-9-41. Escape of prisoners; concealing or harboring escaped prisoner.
- § 97-9-43. Escape of prisoners; escapee may be retaken after term expires and imprisoned until tried.
- § 97-9-45. Escape of prisoners; penalty; willful failure to return to jail after being entrusted to leave.
- § 97-9-47. Escape of prisoners; penalty for penitentiary convicts serving less than life term; attempt by force or violence.
- § 97-9-49. Escape of prisoners; penalties for convicts in jail and persons under arrest or custody; willful failure to return to jail after being entrusted to leave.
- § 97-9-51. Repealed.
- § 97-9-53. Indictments; penalty for disclosing facts relating to indictment.
- § 97-9-55. Intimidating judge, juror, witness, attorney, etc., or otherwise obstructing justice.
- § 97-9-57. Officer not to converse with juror; penalty.
- § 97-9-59. Perjury; definition.
- § 97-9-61. Perjury; penalty.
- § 97-9-63. Perjury; subornation of.
- § 97-9-65. Perjury; bribery to procure.
- § 97-9-67. Picketing or demonstrating in or near courthouse or residence of judge, juror, witness, or court officer.
- § 97-9-69. Property levied on; removing without authority.
- § 97-9-71. Property subject to seizure; refusing or failing to point out to officers.
- § 97-9-72. Fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer in a motor vehicle; felonies; sanctions; defenses.
- § 97-9-73. Resisting or obstructing arrest; fleeing or eluding law enforcement officer in motor vehicle.
- § 97-9-75. Resisting service of process.
- § 97-9-77. Wills; alteration, destruction or secretion.
- § 97-9-79. Misdemeanor; false information.
- § 97-9-101. Definitions.
- § 97-9-103. Hindering prosecution or apprehension; definition of “criminal assistance.”
- § 97-9-105. Hindering prosecution in the first degree.
- § 97-9-107. Hindering prosecution in the second degree.
- § 97-9-109. Bribing a witness.
- § 97-9-111. Bribe receiving by a witness.
- § 97-9-113. Intimidating a witness.
- § 97-9-115. Tampering with a witness.
- § 97-9-116. Bribing a judge.
- § 97-9-117. Bribing a juror.
- § 97-9-119. Bribe receiving by a juror.
- § 97-9-121. Intimidating a juror.
- § 97-9-123. Jury tampering.
- § 97-9-125. Tampering with physical evidence.
- § 97-9-127. Retaliation against a public servant or witness.
- § 97-9-129. Sentencing.
- § 97-11-1. Alteration of records.
- § 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals.
- § 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond.
- § 97-11-11. Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action.
- § 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe.
- § 97-11-15. Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal.
- § 97-11-17. Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers.
- § 97-11-23. Drunkenness in office.
- § 97-11-25. Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use.
- § 97-11-27. Embezzlement; officers and public agents failing to deliver money, records, etc. to successor.
- § 97-11-29. Embezzlement; accounts to be kept by all public officers; false entries, false certificates, loan of public funds and fraud on the treasury.
- § 97-11-31. Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office.
- § 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered.
- § 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense.
- § 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty.
- § 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited.
- § 97-11-41. Oath of office and bond; elected officials not to exercise duties before taking oath or giving bond, as required.
- § 97-11-43. Railroad fares; government officials to pay same fare as general passengers; accepting and using free pass.
- § 97-11-45. Tax collector and chancery clerk; failure to perform duty in respect to duplicate tax receipts.
- § 97-11-47. Tax collector; failure to make settlement.
- § 97-11-49. Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license.
- § 97-11-51. Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income.
- § 97-11-53. Offer of inducements to influence public official’s action on award of contracts or accomplishment of official acts.
- § 97-13-1. Bribery; influencing electors or election officers.
- § 97-13-3. Bribery; hiring canvasser to use unlawful means.
- § 97-13-5. Ballot boxes; holding election with box unlocked; reading ballot before putting in box.
- § 97-13-7. Ballot boxes; unauthorized disposal of box; giving key.
- § 97-13-9. Ballots; false entries on voting lists; stuffing; removing, altering, etc.
- § 97-13-11. Repealed.
- § 97-13-13. Ballots; removal before close of polls.
- § 97-13-15. Limitations on corporate contributions to political party or candidate.
- § 97-13-17. Limitations on corporate contributions to political party or candidate; penalty.
- § 97-13-18. Repealed.
- § 97-13-19. Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official.
- § 97-13-21. Disturbing election.
- § 97-13-23. Failure or refusal to make return of votes cast.
- § 97-13-25. Registration; falsely procuring registration.
- § 97-13-27. Registration; neglect or misconduct by registrar.
- § 97-13-29. Troops of armed men not to be brought near election place.
- § 97-13-31. Voting; aid in preparing ballot prohibited.
- § 97-13-33. Voting; dishonest decisions by managers concerning qualifications of voters.
- § 97-13-35. Voting; by unqualified person, or at more than one place, or for both parties in same primary.
- § 97-13-36. Multiple voting; penalties.
- § 97-13-37. Intimidating, boycotting, etc., elector to procure vote.
- § 97-13-39. Intimidating elector to prevent voting.
- § 97-13-41. Penalty for false entry, unauthorized revision, removal or alteration in Statewide Elections Management System or poll book.
- § 97-13-43. Penalty for willfully tampering with or damaging voting machine, tabulating computer or other device used in connection with election or preventing correct operation of said machine or device.
- § 97-13-45. Penalty for unlawfully showing ballot to another, making false statement as to inability to mark ballot, or marking ballot so as to identify voter.
- § 97-15-1. Destroying, defacing, etc., milepost, signboard, etc., or bridge, underpass or overpass prohibited; penalties; liability for cost of repair; liability of parents of minor.
- § 97-15-3. Highway commission members and employees; bribery.
- § 97-15-5. Highway commission members, employees or highway contractors; conspiracy to violate contracts and defraud state.
- § 97-15-11. Highway contractors, materialmen, etc.; collusion to raise prices.
- § 97-15-13. Hunting or shooting on or across streets and highways; shooting, etc., at traffic control devices.
- § 97-15-15. Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; charging excessive toll.
- § 97-15-17. Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; failure to give bond; suffering bridge, etc. to be out of order.
- § 97-15-19. Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; unreasonable detention of person.
- § 97-15-21. Levees; breaking enclosures; depositing trash, etc., or storing commodities; damaging.
- § 97-15-23. Levees; disfiguring, etc., or excavating dirt or sand on levee right-of-way.
- § 97-15-25. Levees; maliciously cutting, destroying, etc.
- § 97-15-27. Levees; hunting or engaging in target practice upon mainline levee structure or right-of-way.
- § 97-15-29. Littering highways and private property with trash or substance likely to cause fire; civil liability; fines; disposition of proceeds.
- § 97-15-30. Penalties for unauthorized dumping of solid wastes; “commercial purpose” defined.
- § 97-15-31. Littering highways, streets, sidewalks, etc. with tacks, glass or other damaging objects.
- § 97-15-32. Dumping of dead wildlife, wildlife parts or waste in or on highways, private property, lakes, navigable waters, etc.; penalties.
- § 97-15-33. Obstructing, injuring, destroying bridge, causeway or ferry.
- § 97-15-35. Obstructing or injuring plank-road, covered, or other roads.
- § 97-15-37. Obstructing public highway.
- § 97-15-39. Obstructing waterways; felling tree or bush into stream or canal or obstructing in any way.
- § 97-15-41. Obstructing waterways; felling trees in excess of six inches in diameter into running stream.
- § 97-15-43. Obstructing waterways; navigable channel.
- § 97-15-45. Obstructing waterways; permanently obstructing navigable waters.
- § 97-15-47. Road overseers; refusing or neglecting duty.
- § 97-15-49. Road overseers; suffering road to remain out of repair.
- § 97-15-51. Corporation convicted for failure to keep road, etc., in repair; consequences of failure to pay fine.
- § 97-17-1. Arson; first degree; burning dwelling house or outbuilding.
- § 97-17-3. Arson; first degree; place of worship; failure to report accidental fires; juvenile offenders.
- § 97-17-4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of arson.
- § 97-17-5. Arson; second degree; other buildings or structures.
- § 97-17-7. Arson; third degree; personal property.
- § 97-17-9. Arson; fourth degree; attempt to burn.
- § 97-17-11. Arson; insured property.
- § 97-17-13. Arson; willfully or negligently firing woods, marsh, meadow, etc.; restitution of fire suppression costs.
- § 97-17-14. Aggravated assault upon fire fighter, law enforcement officer or emergency medical personnel by injury-causing arson.
- § 97-17-15. Boundary landmarks; altering or destroying.
- § 97-17-17. Brands of saw-logs; altering or defacing.
- § 97-17-23. Burglary; breaking and entering inhabited dwelling; home invasion.
- § 97-17-25. Burglary; breaking out of dwelling.
- § 97-17-27. Repealed.
- § 97-17-29. Burglary; breaking inner door of dwelling by one lawfully in house.
- § 97-17-31. Burglary; dwelling house defined.
- § 97-17-33. Burglary; breaking and entering building other than dwelling; railroad car; vessels; automobiles.
- § 97-17-35. Burglary; possession of burglar’s tools.
- § 97-17-37. Burglary; with explosives.
- § 97-17-39. Penalties for injuring, destroying or defacing certain cemetery property, public buildings, schools or churches, or property thereof.
- § 97-17-41. Grand larceny; felonious taking of personal property; felonious taking of property of established place of worship; penalties.
- § 97-17-42. Larceny; taking possession of or taking away a motor vehicle; second or subsequent offense.
- § 97-17-43. Petit larceny defined; penalty.
- § 97-17-45. Larceny; stealing bond, note, bill, securities, etc.; proof of value.
- § 97-17-47. Larceny; severing crops, or parts of improvements or enclosures.