Mississippi § 97-17-37 - Burglary; with explosives.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-17-37 — Burglary; with explosives., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-17-37. Burglary; with explosives.
Any person, who, with intent to commit crime, breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe or other secure place by the use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives. Any person duly convicted of burglary with explosives shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than five (5) years nor more than forty (40) years.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-17-37 ("Burglary; with explosives.") 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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