Mississippi § 97-29-5 - Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-29-5 — Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-29-5. Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry.
Persons being within the degrees within which marriages are prohibited by law to be incestuous and void, or persons who are prohibited from marrying by reason of blood and between whom marriage is declared to be unlawful and void, who shall cohabit, or live together as husband and wife, or be guilty of a single act of adultery or fornication, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-29-5 ("Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry.") 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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