Mississippi § 97-17-73 - Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-17-73 — Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-17-73. Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced.
Any person who, with notice of an employer’s, employee’s, laborer’s, cropper’s, part-owner’s, or landlord’s lien on any agricultural products, and with intent to defeat or impair the lien shall remove from the premises on which it was produced, or shall conceal, or aid or assist to remove or conceal, anything subject to such lien, and upon which any other person shall have such lien, without the consent of such person, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or by either.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-17-73 cover?
Section 97-17-73 ("Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced.") 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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