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MS Code § 97-29-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-13. Bigamy; definition; penalty

 Every person having a husband or wife living, who shall marry again, and every unmarried person who shall knowingly marry the husband or wife of another living, except in the cases hereinafter named, shall be guilty of bigamy, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years.
MS Code § 97-29-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-15. Bigamy; exceptions

 Section 97-29-13 shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall have been absent for seven successive years, without being known to such person, within the time, to be living; nor to any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself from his or her husband or wife, and remained without the United States continually for seven years; nor to any person, by reason of any former marriage which shall have been dissolved by the decree of a competent court, unless the said decree provide that such person shall not be at liberty to marry again; nor to any person, by reason of any former marriage which shall have been pronounced void by the sentence or decree, of a competent court, for the nullity of the marriage contract; nor to any person by reason of any former marriage, contracted by such person within the age of legal consent, and which shall have been annulled by the decree of a competent court.
MS Code § 97-29-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-17. Bribery; participant in professional or amateur games or other athletic contests; wrestling excepted

  Whoever gives, promises, or offers to any professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, or tennis player, or any player who participates in or expects to participate in any professional or amateur game or sport, or any person participating or expecting to participate in any other athletic contest or any coach, manager, or trainer of any team or participant or prospective participant in any such game, contest, or sport, anything of value with the intent to influence such participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in any baseball, football, basketball or tennis game, boxing, or other athletic contest in which such player or participant is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty in connection therewith shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.   Any professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, or tennis player or any boxer or participant or prospective participant in any sport or game or a manager, coach, or trainer of any team or individual participant or prospective participant in such game, contest, or sport who solicits or accepts anything of value to influence him to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in any baseball, football, basketball, tennis or boxing contest or any other game or sport in which he is taking part or expects to take part or has any duties in connection therewith shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.   The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to include any wrestling matches, it being expressly provided hereby that wrestling matches shall be deemed to be shows or exhibitions and not athletic contests.
MS Code § 97-29-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 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.
MS Code § 97-29-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-21. Dead bodies; buying or receiving

 Every person who shall purchase or receive the dead body of any human being, knowing the same to have been disinterred contrary to Section 97-29-19, shall, on conviction, be subjected to the punishment therein prescribed.
MS Code § 97-29-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-23. Dead bodies; opening graves for certain purposes

 Every person who shall open a grave or other place of interment with intent to move the dead body of any human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or to steal the coffin or any part thereof, or the vestments or other articles interred with the dead body, or any of them, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two years, or in the county jail not more than six months, or by fine of not more than three hundred dollars or both.
MS Code § 97-29-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-25. Desecration of cemetery; desecration of human corpse

    Every person who shall knowingly and willfully dig up, except as otherwise provided by law, obliterate, or in any way desecrate any cemetery where human dead are interred, or cause through word, deed or action the same to happen, shall upon conviction be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year in the county jail or fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both, in the discretion of the court. In addition to any penalties that the court is otherwise authorized to impose the court may, in its discretion, order such restitution as it deems appropriate.   In construing this subsection (1), a cemetery shall mean any plot of ground (i) on which are grave markers of stone, wood, metal or any other material recognizable as marking graves, or (ii) the boundaries of which are defined by a recorded plat, a fence line or corner markers, or trees, or are defined in any other discernible manner.       Every person who shall knowingly and willfully dig up, except as otherwise provided by law, or in any way desecrate any corpse or remains of any human being, or cause through word, deed or action the same to happen, shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.     The prohibitions of this subsection (2) shall not apply to the good faith harvesting of any organ for transplant or to any good faith use of a cadaver or body part for medical or scientific education or research.
MS Code § 97-29-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-27. Incest; marriage within prohibited degrees

 If any person shall marry within the degrees prohibited by law, he shall be guilty of incest, and on conviction thereof he shall be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and such marriage shall be void.
MS Code § 97-29-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-29. Incest; persons divorced for incest not to cohabit or copulate

 If persons divorced for incest shall, after such divorce, cohabit or live together as man and wife, or be guilty of a single act of adultery or fornication, such persons so offending shall be guilty of incest and fined, on conviction, five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years or both.
MS Code § 97-29-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-31. Indecent exposure

 A person who willfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction for a first offense, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both. Upon conviction for a second offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or shall be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year, or both. Upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years in the State Penitentiary, or both. It is not a violation of this statute for a woman to breast-feed.
MS Code § 97-29-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-43. Polygamy; teaching of

 If any person shall teach another the doctrines, principles, or tenets, or any of them, of polygamy; or shall endeavor so to do; or shall induce or persuade another by words or acts, or otherwise, to embrace or adopt polygamy, or to emigrate to any other state, territory, district, or country for the purpose of embracing, adopting, or practicing polygamy, or shall endeavor so to do, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one month nor more than six months, or both.
MS Code § 97-29-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-47. Profanity or drunkenness in public place

 If any person shall profanely swear or curse, or use vulgar and indecent language, or be drunk in any public place, in the presence of two (2) or more persons, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days or both.
MS Code § 97-29-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-49. Prostitution; report to Department of Child Protection Services for suspected child sexual abuse or neglect if minor involved; immunity from prosecution if trafficked person involved

  A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the misdemeanor of prostitution if the person knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property. "Sexual conduct" includes cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object or body part of the genital or anal opening of another.   Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.   In addition to the mandatory reporting provisions contained in Section 97-5-51, any law enforcement officer who encounters a minor under eighteen (18) years of age and has reasonable cause to suspect that the minor has engaged in acts described in this section may take the minor into emergency custody in accordance with the requirements of the Youth Court Act for the purpose of obtaining an order of removal of the minor, and shall contact and make a report to the Department of Child Protection Services as required in Section 43-21-353 for suspected child sexual abuse or neglect, and the department shall commence an initial investigation into suspected child sexual abuse or neglect as required in Section 43-21-353.   If it is determined that a person suspected of or charged with engaging in prostitution is engaging in those acts as a direct result of being a trafficked person, as defined by Section 97-3-54.4, that person shall be immune from prosecution for prostitution as an adult. If the person suspected of engaging in acts that would constitute prostitution is under the age of eighteen (18) the provisions of Section 97-3-54.1(4) shall be applicable.
MS Code § 97-29-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-55. Seduction of female over age of eighteen by promised or pretended marriage

 If any person shall obtain carnal knowledge of any woman, or female child, over the age of eighteen years, of previous chaste character, by virtue of any feigned or pretended marriage or any false or feigned promise of marriage, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years; but the testimony of the female seduced, alone, shall not be sufficient to warrant a conviction.
MS Code § 97-29-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-57. Stallion or jack not to be kept in public view or permitted to run at large

 A person shall not keep a stallion or jack nearer than one hundred yards to a church, or in public view in an inclosure bordering on a public highway, or nearer thereto, than one hundred yards; nor shall any person stand such animals in open view of any public place, or negligently keep such animal or suffer it to run at large. Any such offender, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, and shall be liable for all damages done by such animals so kept or running at large.
MS Code § 97-29-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-59. Unnatural intercourse

 Every person who shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature committed with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not more than ten years.
MS Code § 97-29-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-61. Voyeurism; trespass by "peeping Tom"; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen

    Any person who enters upon real property, whether the original entry is legal or not, and thereafter pries or peeps through a window or other opening in a dwelling or other building structure for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felonious trespass.   Any person who looks through a window, hole or opening, or otherwise views by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, drones, camera, motion-picture camera, camcorder or mobile phone, into the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, spa, massage room or therapy room or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside and without the consent or knowledge of every person present, for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupant or occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.       Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than five (5) years.   When one or more occupants spied upon is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than ten (10) years.
MS Code § 97-29-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-63. Photographing or filming another without permission where there is expectation of privacy; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen

    It is a felony for any person with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduces the image of another person without the permission of the other person when the other person is located in a place where a person would intend to be in a state of undress and have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, private dwellings or any facility, public or private, used as a restroom, bathroom, shower room, tanning booth, locker room, fitting room, dressing room or bedroom shall be guilty of a felony.   It is a felony for any person to invade the privacy of another person and with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduce the image of another, identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, the other person without the consent or knowledge of the other person and under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation that the other person's body or undergarments would not be viewed or would not be the subject of a reproduced image.       Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.   Where the person who is secretly photographed, filmed, videotaped or otherwise reproduced is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than ten (10) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.
MS Code § 97-29-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|In General|§ 97-29-65. Strip clubs prohibited within one-fourth mile of church, school, kindergarten, or courthouse

 It shall be unlawful to locate within one-fourth (1/4) of one (1) mile of any church, school, kindergarten or courthouse any establishment where public displays of nudity are present. Any person found guilty of violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.   For the purposes of this section the term "nudity" and "public display" shall have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section 19-5-103.
MS Code § 97-29-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|Obscene Materials, Performances and Devices|§ 97-29-101. Distribution or wholesale distribution of obscene materials or performances; character and reputation as evidence; prosecutor's bond

 A person commits the offense of distributing obscene materials or obscene performances when he sells, rents, leases, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any obscene material or obscene performance of any description knowing the obscene nature thereof, or offers to do so, or possesses such material with the intent to do so. A person commits the offense of wholesale distributing obscene materials or obscene performances when he distributes for the purpose of resale any obscene material or obscene performance of any description knowing the obscene nature thereof, or offers to do so, or possesses such material with the intent to do so. The word "knowing" as used in this section means either actual or constructive knowledge of the obscene contents of the subject matter, and a person has constructive knowledge of the obscene contents if he has knowledge of facts which would put a reasonable and prudent person on notice as to the suspect nature of the material. The character and reputation of an individual charged with an offense under Sections 97-29-101 through 97-29-109 and, if a commercial dissemination of obscene material or an obscene performance is involved, the character and reputation of the business establishment involved, may be placed in evidence by the defendant on the question of intent to violate Sections 97-29-101 through 97-29-109.   Any person, other than a city attorney, county prosecuting attorney or district attorney, who shall sign an affidavit charging an offense prescribed by this section shall file a bond in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) at the time such affidavit is lodged. Such bond shall be conditioned that the affidavit was not filed frivolously, maliciously or out of ill will.
MS Code § 97-29-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 29 - Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency|Obscene Materials, Performances and Devices|§ 97-29-103. Definitions

  Material or performance is obscene if:   To the average person, applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, that is, a lustful, erotic, shameful, or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion; and   The material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and   The material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined in subparagraphs (i) through (v) below:   Acts of sexual intercourse, heterosexual or homosexual, normal or perverted, actual or simulated;   Acts of masturbation;   Acts involving excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals;   Acts of bestiality or the fondling of sex organs of animals; or   Sexual acts of flagellation, torture or other violence indicating a sadomasochistic sexual relationship.       Undeveloped photographs, molds, printing plates and the like shall be deemed obscene material, notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or to distribute it.   "Performance" means a play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.   "Patently offensive" means so offensive on its face as to affront current community standards of decency.   "Wholesale distributes" means to distribute for the purpose of resale.   "Material" means any book, magazine, newspaper, advertisement, pamphlet, poster, print, picture, figure, image, drawing, description, motion picture film, phonographic record, recording tape, video tape, or other tangible thing producing, reproducing or capable of producing or reproducing an image, picture, sound or sensation through sight, sound or touch, but it does not include an actual three-dimensional sexual device as defined in Section 97-29-105.