Mississippi § 97-25-27 - Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-25-27 — Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-25-27. Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train.
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 locomotive, or railroad train or cars, or to any of such persons, or in sight of any of them, with intent to cause the stopping or starting of such locomotive, train, or cars; or if any person unlawfully interfere with the management or running of such locomotive, train, or cars on any railroad, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-25-27 ("Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train.") 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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