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MS Code § 97-31-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 31 - Intoxicating Beverage Offenses|§ 97-31-55. Immunity for certain persons who request emergency medical assistance for individuals appearing to need medical assistance due to alcohol consumption; immunity for peace officer for complying or failing to comply with this section

  A peace officer shall not take a person into custody based solely on the commission of an offense involving alcohol if the peace officer, after making a reasonable determination and considering the facts and surrounding circumstances, reasonably believes that all of the following apply:   The peace officer has contact with the person because the person acting in good faith requested emergency medical assistance for an individual who reasonably appeared to be in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption and the person did not illegally provide alcohol to the individual.   The person:   Provided his full name and any other relevant information requested by the peace officer;   Remained at the scene with the individual who reasonably appeared to be in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption until emergency medical assistance arrived; and   Cooperated with emergency medical assistance personnel and peace officers at the scene.       A person who meets the criteria of subsection (1) of this section shall be immune from criminal prosecution for any offense related solely to the possession and consumption of alcohol.   A person shall not initiate or maintain an action against a peace officer or the employing state agency or political subdivision based on the officer's compliance or failure to comply with this section.
MS Code § 97-35-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-1. Buses; disorderly conduct; use of profane, etc., language; intoxication or smoking on passenger bus

  It shall be unlawful for any person to be guilty of disorderly conduct or a breach of the peace or use any obscene, profane or vulgar language, upon any passenger bus or coach while such passenger bus or coach is in the service of passenger transportation upon any of the highways of this state.   It shall be unlawful for any person, while intoxicated, to be in or upon any passenger bus or coach when such passenger bus or coach is engaged in the service of passenger transportation upon any of the highways of this state.   It shall be unlawful for any person to drink intoxicating liquors of any kind in or upon any passenger bus or coach while the said passenger bus or coach is in the service of passenger transportation upon any of the highways of this state.   It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke a cigar or pipe in or upon any passenger bus or coach while said passenger bus or coach is in the service of passenger transportation upon any of the highways of this state. Before being guilty of a violation of this subsection, the driver of the bus shall have first requested such violator to refrain from smoking.   The provisions of the foregoing subsections shall apply only to passenger buses or coaches engaged in interstate commerce or intrastate commerce operating over regularly scheduled routes within this state under a certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the interstate commerce commission or the Mississippi Public Service Commission or both.   If any person shall be guilty of violating any of the five (5) preceding subsections, the driver of the bus or person in charge thereof, may stop it at the place where the offense is committed, or at the next regular or convenient stopping place of the bus and eject such passenger, using only such force as may be necessary to accomplish the removal, and the driver of the bus or person in charge thereof, may command the assistance of passengers thereon to assist in the removal, and the driver of the bus may cause any person so violating any of said subsections to be detained and delivered to the proper authorities.   Any person violating any subsection of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding thirty (30) days, in the discretion of the court, or the offender may be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 97-35-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-5. Disorderly conduct; interference with business, customers, invitees, etc.

  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, while in or on the premises of another, whether that of an individual person, or a corporation, or a partnership, or an association, and on which property any store, restaurant, sandwich shop, hotel, motel, lunch counter, bowling alley, moving picture theatre or drive-in theatre, barber shop or beauty parlor, or any other lawful business is operated which engages in selling articles of merchandise or services or accommodation to members of the public, or engages generally in business transactions with members of the public, to:   prevent or seek to prevent, or interfere with, the owner or operator of such place of business, or his agents or employees, serving or selling food and drink, or either, or rendering service or accommodation, or selling to or showing merchandise to, or otherwise pursuing his lawful occupation or business with, customers or prospective customers, or other members of the public who may then be in such building, or   prevent or seek to prevent, or interfere with, or seek to interfere with, other persons, expressly or impliedly invited upon said premises, or prospective customers, coming into or frequenting such premises in the normal course of the operation of the business conducted and carried on upon said premises.     Any person engaging in the unlawful conduct described in subsection (1) shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
MS Code § 97-35-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-9. Disturbance by explosions, noises or offensive conduct

 A person who wilfully disturbs the peace of any family or person by an explosion of gunpowder or other explosive substance, or by loud or unusual noise, or by any tumultuous or offensive conduct, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both; the fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed six months in the county jail.
MS Code § 97-35-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-11. Disturbance by abusive language or indecent exposure; exception

 Any person who enters the dwelling house of another, or the yard or curtilage thereof, or upon the public highway, or any other place near such premises, and in the presence or hearing of the family or the possessor or occupant thereof, or of any member thereof, makes use of abusive, profane, vulgar or indecent language, or is guilty of any indecent exposure of his or her person at such place, shall be punished for a misdemeanor. The act of breast-feeding shall not constitute indecent exposure.
MS Code § 97-35-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-13. Disturbance in public place

 Any person who shall enter any public place of business of any kind whatsoever, or upon the premises of such public place of business, or any other public place whatsoever, in the State of Mississippi, and while therein or thereon shall create a disturbance, or a breach of the peace, in any way whatsoever, including, but not restricted to, loud and offensive talk, the making of threats or attempting to intimidate, or any other conduct which causes a disturbance or breach of the peace or threatened breach of the peace, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in jail not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 97-35-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-15. Disturbance of the public peace or the peace of others; exception

  Any person who disturbs the public peace, or the peace of others, by violent, or loud, or insulting, or profane, or indecent, or offensive, or boisterous conduct or language, or by intimidation, or seeking to intimidate any other person or persons, or by conduct either calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, or by conduct which may lead to a breach of the peace, or by any other act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.   The act of breast-feeding shall not constitute a breach of the peace.   The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
MS Code § 97-35-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-17. Disturbance of worship; proceedings and penalty

 If any person shall wilfully disturb any congregation of persons lawfully assembled for religious worship, he may be immediately arrested by any officer or private person, without warrant, and taken before any justice court judge of the county, present or convenient, and on conviction thereof by such justice, municipal, county or circuit court, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 97-35-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-19. Hydraulic brake fluid; sale of inferior quality unlawful; standards

  It is the public policy of this state to prohibit the sale of inferior and dangerous qualities and grades of hydraulic brake fluid and only such hydraulic brake fluid which meets the minimum standard of the society of automotive engineers can be lawfully sold or offered for sale in this state. Containers which contain heavy duty hydraulic brake fluid which meets the minimum standards of the society of automotive engineers shall bear the stamp or mark "SAE 70R1," or a later SAE designator, stamp or mark may be used, if the same is assigned to the hydraulic brake fluid on the basis of its being an improved product. Any brands or types of such hydraulic brake fluid being offered for sale in this state after the effective date of this section which do not bear such a mark or stamp on the label of the container in which they are offered for sale, or meet such minimum standards, shall be impounded, taken up, taken off the market and returned to the seller or manufacturer.   It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, any type or brand of hydraulic brake fluid which does not meet the minimum standards of the society of automotive engineers or the container of which does not bear the stamp or mark "SAE 70R1" or a later designator for an improved product, and it shall be unlawful for any person to mark any container of hydraulic brake fluid with the minimum standard number mentioned herein if the container does not in fact contain fluid which meets such minimum standards, or to offer for sale any such fluid which has been improperly marked. The State Chemist is hereby vested with all the rights, powers and duties necessary to administer this section and to adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for its accomplishment. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), for each violation, and each sale of such unlawful hydraulic brake fluid shall constitute a separate offense and violation of this section.
MS Code § 97-35-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-21. Lighthouse property and navigation lights; destroying, extinguishing, etc.

 Every person who shall wilfully break into, deface or destroy any lighthouse station, post, platform, steps, lamp or other structure pertaining to such lighthouse station, or shall extinguish any light erected by the United States upon or along the navigable waters of this state to aid in the navigation thereof, shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 97-35-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-23. Obstructing public streets, etc.; intentional obstruction of, or interference with, vehicle or pedestrian

  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to intentionally obstruct, or interfere with the normal or ordinary free use and passage of vehicles of or on, any public street or highway provided for use by vehicular traffic, or for any person or persons to intentionally obstruct, or interfere with the normal or ordinary free use and passage of pedestrians of or on any public sidewalk provided for foot travel by pedestrians, and any person or persons who so do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than four (4) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
MS Code § 97-35-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-25. Obstructing public streets, etc.; wilful obstruction of use by impeding traffic

  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, alley, road, or other passageway by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding or restraining traffic or passage thereon, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
MS Code § 97-35-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-27. Registration of convicted felons residing in state

  Any person who has been since January 1, 1960 or is hereafter convicted in any other state of any offense which, if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable as a felony, shall within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this chapter or within thirty (30) days of his coming into any county or city, or city and county in which he resides or is temporarily domiciled for such length of time, register with the chief of police of the city in which he resides or the sheriff of the county if he resides in an unincorporated area.   Such registration shall consist of (a) a statement in writing signed by such person, giving such information as may be required by the identification bureau of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, and (b) the fingerprints and photograph of such person. Within three (3) days thereafter the registering law enforcement agency shall forward such statement, fingerprints and photograph to the identification bureau of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.   If any person required to register hereunder changes his residence address he shall inform, in writing within ten (10) days, the law enforcement agency with whom he last registered of his new address. The law enforcement agency shall, within three (3) days after receipt of such information, forward it to the identification bureau of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The identification bureau of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall forward appropriate registration data to the law enforcement agency having local jurisdiction of the new place of residence.   Any person required to register under the provisions of this section who shall violate any of the provisions thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or both.   The statements, photographs and fingerprints herein required shall not be open to inspection by the public or by any person other than a regularly employed peace or other law enforcement officer.
MS Code § 97-35-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-45. False alarm of fire

 It shall be unlawful for any person to report a fire to another by any means, knowing that such report is false. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both.
MS Code § 97-35-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-47. False reporting of crime

 It shall be unlawful for any person to report a crime or any element of a crime, including an allegation of child abuse or neglect, to any law enforcement agency or officer, the Department of Child Protection Services, or any officer of any court, by any means, knowing that the report is false. A violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or by fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. In addition to any fine and imprisonment, and upon proper showing made to the court, the defendant shall be ordered to pay as restitution to the law enforcement agency reimbursement for any reasonable costs directly related to the investigation of the falsely reported crime and the prosecution of any person convicted under this section.   A report is false under this section when it is unsupported by any credible evidence and the person intentionally submitted the report knowing it was false.
MS Code § 97-35-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-49. Focusing laser beam at law enforcement officer, fire fighter or other emergency personnel; penalties

  It shall be unlawful for a person intentionally and without legal justification to focus, point or aim a laser beam directly or indirectly at a law enforcement officer, fire fighter or any emergency personnel who is in uniform and engaged in the performance of official duty in such a manner as to harass, annoy or injure such law enforcement officer, fire fighter or emergency personnel.   A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
MS Code § 97-35-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 35 - Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety|§ 97-35-51. Obstructing access to emergency assistance; penalties

 Any person who verbally or physically obstructs, prevents, or hinders another person from seeking or receiving emergency medical assistance, emergency assistance from a third party, or emergency assistance from law enforcement or other emergency personnel, with the intent to cause or allow physical harm or injury to that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 97-39-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 39 - Dueling|§ 97-39-1. Giving, accepting, or carrying challenge; advising, attending or aiding duel; penalty

 Every person who shall challenge another to fight a duel, or who shall send, deliver, or cause to be delivered, any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or who shall accept any such challenge or message, or who shall knowingly carry or deliver any such message or challenge, or who shall be present at the time of fighting any duel with deadly weapons, either as second, aid, or surgeon, or who shall advise or give assistance to such duel, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not less than six months in the county jail, or both.
MS Code § 97-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 39 - Dueling|§ 97-39-3. Further penalties

 If any person shall fight a duel, or give or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or knowingly carry or deliver such challenge or the acceptance thereof, or be second to either party to any duel, whether such act be done in the state or out of it, or who shall go out of the state to fight a duel, or to assist in the same as second, or to send, accept, or carry a challenge, shall be disqualified from holding any office, be disenfranchised, and incapable of holding or being elected to any post of honor, profit or emolument, civil or military, under the constitution and laws of this state; and the appointment of any such person to office, as also all votes given to any such person, are illegal, and none of the votes given to such person for any office shall be taken or counted.
MS Code § 97-39-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 39 - Dueling|§ 97-39-5. Leaving the state for purposes of duel

 If any person shall send, deliver, or cause to be sent or delivered, any challenge, written or verbal, in this state, to any person to fight a duel out of this state, or shall leave this state to fight a duel out of the same, or shall accept such challenge out of this state, and shall leave this state for the purpose of fighting a duel; or if any person shall leave this state for the purpose of sending, accepting, or bearing a challenge, or the acceptance thereof, to fight a duel or shall knowingly bear any challenge, or be concerned as second, aid, or surgeon, of either party, without this state, the person so offending shall be subject to the like punishment as is provided in Sections 97-39-1 and 97-39-3.
MS Code § 97-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 39 - Dueling|§ 97-39-7. Posting or publishing or vilifying another

 If any person shall post or publish another for not fighting a duel or for not sending or accepting a challenge to fight a duel, or shall use any reproachful or contemptuous language, whether oral, written, or printed, to or concerning another for not accepting or sending a challenge to fight a duel, or with intent to provoke a duel, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly.
MS Code § 97-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 39 - Dueling|§ 97-39-9. Arrest of person about to engage in duel; peace bond

 Any person, being about to violate the provisions of this chapter against dueling, may be arrested, and be required by any conservator of the peace to furnish bail to keep the peace and not violate the law against dueling for the period of two years. In default of such bail, or on giving bail, he shall be dealt with as provided in other cases of security to keep the peace, and all the provisions of the statute on that subject shall apply to bail as herein provided for.