Mississippi § 97-29-19 - Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-29-19 — Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-29-19. Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness.
Every person who shall remove the dead body of any human being from the grave or other place of interment for the purpose of selling the same or for mere wantonness, or who shall wantonly dig into or open the grave or other place of interment where the remains of any dead human body is interred, or wantonly disturb the remains of any dead human body therein interred, shall upon conviction be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding five years or in the county jail not more than one year, or be fined not more than five hundred dollars or both.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-29-19 ("Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness.") 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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