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MS Code § 97-7-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-37. False swearing; false sworn statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents with intent or purpose to deceive or cause investigation

  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully make any oral or written sworn false statements or affidavit or attestation or complaint or allegation before any individual or officer authorized to administer oaths, that such person or persons or other persons have been or are about to be deprived of any right or privilege or immunity granted or secured by the United States Constitution and laws, or either, or by the Mississippi Constitution and laws, or either, knowing the same, or any material part thereof to be false, with the intent or purpose to cause or encourage an investigation or which causes or contributes in any way to causing an investigation thereof, or any other action to be taken as a result thereof by any executive or legislative or judicial department, officer or agent, or representative of the United States, including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or member or representative or employee of, the Commission on Civil Rights created by an act of the Congress of the United States, or the State Advisory Group or Council, or Committee of the Commission on Civil Rights appointed in or for the State of Mississippi, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the crime of false swearing which is created by this section, a felony, and upon conviction thereof, 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 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.   Corroboration or proof by more than one witness to establish the falsity of testimony or statements under oath is not required in prosecutions under this section. It shall not be necessary to prove, to sustain any charge under this section, that the oath or matter sworn to was material, or, if before an executive, legislative or judicial tribunal, committee, or commission that the tribunal, committee, or commission had jurisdiction.
MS Code § 97-7-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-41. Food commodity donated by federal or state government; obtaining fraudulently, sale or unauthorized disposition

  Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, any food commodity donated under any program of the federal or state government: (a) to which he is not entitled; or (b) being an employee of the state, makes any unauthorized disposition of such food commodity; or (c) not being an authorized recipient thereof converts to his own use or benefit any such donated food commodities; or (d) being an authorized recipient, sells, exchanges or makes an unauthorized disposition of such donated food commodity in any other way than as prescribed or directed by lawful rules and regulations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty the court shall take into consideration the value of the commodities.   Any person who purchases, barters, exchanges or otherwise obtains any donated food commodities from any authorized recipient knowing it to have been furnished said recipient by the state or federal government, or places the same in a channel of trade shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 97-7-42 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-42. Fraudulent use of food coupons dispensed by state welfare department

 Whoever knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain food coupons, by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or in any manner not authorized by law or regulations issued by the state department of welfare, or presents or causes to be presented any food coupons to which he is not entitled or food coupons of a greater value than that to which he is justly entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both in the discretion of the court; provided further, that any person who sells or gives coupons which he legally possesses to another person, and any person not legally entitled to coupons who accepts or purchases same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both in the discretion of the court. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense; and any person committing a third offense shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or both in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 97-7-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-43. Impersonating state, county or municipal officer or employee

 Whoever falsely and willfully assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the State of Mississippi or any department, agency or officer thereof; or of any county, municipality or any other subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or of any department, agency or officer of such county, municipality or subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished for each separate such offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 97-7-44 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-44. Impersonation of state, county, municipal or other public officer or employee prohibited; penalties

 Any person who falsely and willfully assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the State of Mississippi or any department, agency or officer thereof; or of any county, municipality or any other subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or of any department agency or officer of such county, municipality or subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished for each separate such offense by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 97-7-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-45. Legislature; preventing or attempting to prevent meetings

 Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents, or attempts to prevent, the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof, from meeting or organizing, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not exceeding ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-47. Legislature; disturbing proceedings

 Every person who wilfully disturbs the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in session; or who commits any disorderly conduct in the view and presence of either house, tending to interrupt its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine, not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months.
MS Code § 97-7-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-49. Legislature; altering bills or resolutions before passage

 Every person who fraudulently alters, destroys, or mutilates the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either house composing the legislature, or the engrossed copy thereof, to be passed or adopted, with intent to procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or signed or certified by the presiding officer of either house, in language different than that intended by such house, shall be guilty of a felony, and, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-51. Legislature; altering bills or resolutions after passage

 Every person who fraudulently alters, destroys, or mutilates the enrolled copy of any bill or resolution which has been passed or adopted by the legislature of this state, with intent to procure it to be approved by the governor, or certified by the secretary of state, or printed or published as a statute or law, in language different from that in which it was passed or adopted by the legislature, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-53. Legislature; bribing or influencing member

 Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any member of the legislature, or to another person for him, or attempts by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or any corrupt means to influence a member in giving or withholding his vote, or in not attending the house or any committee of which he is a member, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-55. Legislature; member accepting or agreeing to accept bribes

 Every member of either house composing the legislature who asks, receives, or agrees to receive any bribe, upon any understanding, express or implied, that his official vote, opinion, judgment, or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be given in any particular manner or upon any particular side of any question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official capacity, or gives or offers or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the legislature shall give any such vote, either upon the same or another question, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-57. Legislature; influence peddling

 Every person who obtains, or seeks to obtain, money or other thing of value from another person upon a pretense, claim or representation that he can or will improperly influence, in any manner, the action of any member of the legislature or officer thereof, in regard to any vote or legislative matter, shall be guilty of felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
MS Code § 97-7-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-59. Military service; failure to report for active duty

 Any officer or enlisted man of the Mississippi national guard called out or notified for active duty, who shall fail to report at the time and place appointed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, and if the conviction be by a military court in addition thereto, may be dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the military service of the state.
MS Code § 97-7-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-61. Military service; organizing military body for public drill or parade; license required

 It shall be unlawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized land and naval militia of this state, the land and naval forces of the United States, and the students of public or of regularly chartered educational institutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction, to associate themselves together as a military organization for drill or parade in public with firearms in this state, without special license from the governor for each occasion, and application for such license must be approved by the mayor and board of aldermen or commissioners of the town or city where such organization may propose to parade, and any person or persons participating in such unlawful association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction of same shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Provided that the governor may permit the passage through or the attendance in the state of the organized militia of other states for the purpose of attending joint maneuvers, rifle competitions, or for such other purposes as he may deem proper.
MS Code § 97-7-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-63. Picketing which interferes with access to government buildings, property, streets and sidewalks

  It shall be unlawful for any person, singly or in concert with others, to engage in picketing or mass demonstrations in such a manner as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with free ingress or egress to and from any public premises, state property, county or municipal courthouses, city halls, office buildings, jails, or other public buildings or property owned by the State of Mississippi, or any county or municipal government located therein, or with the transaction of public business or administration of justice therein or thereon conducted or so as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with free use of public streets, sidewalks, or other public ways adjacent or contiguous thereto.   Any person guilty of violating this section shall be deemed 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.   This section shall not be construed to affect any suit or prosecution pending on July 9, 1964 in any court.
MS Code § 97-7-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-65. Timber; cutting and rafting from state lands

 If any person shall be guilty of cutting or rafting any cypress, pine, oak, persimmon, gum, hickory, pecan, walnut, mulberry, poplar, cottonwood, sassafras, or ash trees, or other merchantable timber upon any lands belonging to this state or held in trust by this state, such person shall be guilty of crime, and on conviction, if the value of the trees or timber so cut or rafted shall be twenty-five dollars or more, such person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years; and if the value of the said trees or timber so cut or rafted shall be under twenty-five dollars, such person shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months or fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.
MS Code § 97-7-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-67. Treason; punishment

 If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
MS Code § 97-7-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-69. Treason; essential proof

 A person shall not be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.
MS Code § 97-7-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-71. Advocacy of violent overthrow of constitution or government; punishment

 Any person who advocates in writing or in print or verbally, or otherwise, the overthrow of the constitution or government of the United States or the constitution or the government of the State of Mississippi, by violence, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction be imprisoned in the state penitentiary not less than three and not more than twenty years.
MS Code § 97-7-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-73. Offering a false instrument for recording against a public servant; penalties

  A person commits the crime of offering a false instrument for recording against a law enforcement officer, public official or public employee if the person offers, for recording, a lien or encumbrance that relates to or affects the real or personal property, or an interest therein, or a contractual relationship of a law enforcement officer, public official or public employee, knowing that the lien or encumbrance contains a materially false statement or materially false information, with the intent to defraud, intimidate, or harass the law enforcement officer, public official or public employee, or to impede the law enforcement officer, public official or public employee in the performance of his or her duties.   Any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:   For a first offense, by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.   For a subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
MS Code § 97-7-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 7 - Crimes Against Sovereignty or Administration of Government|§ 97-7-75. Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law; offense of making a terroristic threat; requisite intent; defense; penalties

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law."     A person commits the offense of making a terroristic threat when the person makes a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person if the threat does in fact cause a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the imminent commission of an offense and if, in making the threat, the person has the intent to:   Intimidate or coerce a civilian population or segment of a civilian population to cede to the person's demands;   Influence or affect, by intimidation or coercion, the policy or conduct of a unit of government, educational institution, business or segment of the civilian population to cede to the person's demands.     It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that, at the time the defendant made the terroristic threat, the defendant did not have the intent or capability to actually commit the specified offense, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act.     A person convicted of the offense of making a terroristic threat is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years.
MS Code § 97-11-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials|§ 97-11-1. Alteration of records

 If any clerk of any court, or public officer or any other person, shall wittingly make any false entry, or erase any work or letter, or change any record belonging to any court or public office, whether in his keeping or not, he shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten years, and be liable to the action of the party aggrieved.
MS Code § 97-11-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials|§ 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals

 If the attorney general or any district attorney shall, in any manner, consult, advise, counsel, or defend, within this state, a person charged with a crime or misdemeanor or the breach of a penal statute, he shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, be removed from office, and rendered incapable thereafter of filling any office of profit or honor in this state.
MS Code § 97-11-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials|§ 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond

 If any officer shall approve any official bond, knowing or having good reason to believe the sureties to be insufficient, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, the fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed six months in the county jail.
MS Code § 97-11-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials|§ 97-11-11. Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action

 Every person who shall promise, offer or give to any officer, agent or trustee, either public or private, while holding such office, agency or trust, or after he has become a candidate or applicant for the same, any money, goods, chattels, right in action, or other property, real or personal, with intent to influence his vote, opinion, action or judgment on any question, matter, cause or proceeding which may be then pending, or may be thereafter subject to vote, opinion, action or judgment of such officer, agent or trustee, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both, and shall be forever disqualified from holding any public office, trust or appointment, and shall forfeit his office, if any be held.
MS Code § 97-11-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials|§ 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe

 If any officer, agent or trustee shall accept any gift, offer or promise, prohibited by Section 97-11-11, he shall, on conviction, be forever disqualified from holding any public office, trust or appointment, and shall forfeit his office, if any be held, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.