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MS Code § 97-33-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-309. Civil penalty for violation

 A person, firm, corporation, association, agent or employee violating the Fantasy Contest Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each separate violation not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), which shall accrue to the state as an administrative remedy as established in Section 97-33-315.
MS Code § 97-33-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-311. Applicability of Gaming Control Act to fantasy contests

 The Gaming Control Act shall not apply to fantasy contests, except as authorized in Sections 97-33-301 through 97-33-317.
MS Code § 97-33-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-313. Resolution of disputes over winnings

  Disputes over winnings shall be resolved under the procedures set forth in Sections 75-76-157 through 75-76-173.   Failure to notify the executive director or patron as provided in Section 75-76-159 is grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to Section 97-33-315.
MS Code § 97-33-317 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-317. Fees

  For the privilege of conducting fantasy sports contests in Mississippi, licensees shall pay to the Department of Revenue a fee equivalent to eight percent (8%) of the operator's net Mississippi revenue.   "Net Mississippi revenue" means the amount equal to the total of all fantasy contest entry fees that an operator collects from all players, less the total of all sums paid out as cash prizes to all fantasy contest players, multiplied by the location percentage for Mississippi. "Location percentage" means, for each fantasy contest, the percentage of the total entry fees collected from players located in Mississippi, divided by the total entry fees collected by that operator from all players in fantasy contests, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent (0.01%).     The Commissioner of Revenue shall assess and collect all taxes, fees, interest, penalties, damages and fines imposed by this chapter, and is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to administer collection of the amounts due. Records or other documents submitted by the licensee, or on behalf of the licensee, to the Mississippi Gaming Commission or executive director shall be made available to the Commissioner of Revenue or his authorized agent upon written request.   The license fees levied by this chapter shall be due quarterly for the periods January through March, April through June, July through September and October through December, and payable on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the fees accrue. The licensee shall make a return showing the net Mississippi revenue and compute the fee due for the period.   All administrative provisions of the sales tax law, and amendments thereto, including those which provide for collection and administrative appeals procedures, fix damages, penalties and interest for failure to comply with the provisions of said sales tax law, and all other requirements and duties imposed upon any licensee or taxpayer, shall apply to all persons liable for taxes, fees and all other monies imposed under the provisions of this chapter. However, fines or other assessments levied by the Mississippi Gaming Commission or the executive director will not be considered due and payable until thirty (30) days after final determination of the fines or assessments. The Commissioner of Revenue shall exercise all power and authority and perform all duties with respect to licensees or taxpayers under this chapter as are provided in the sales tax law, except where there is conflict, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.   Determination and assessment of taxes, fees, licenses, interest, penalties, damages and fines under this chapter by the Commissioner of Revenue, the Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission or the Mississippi Gaming Commission shall be prima facie correct.   Fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.
MS Code § 97-37-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-1. Deadly weapons; carrying while concealed; use or attempt to use; penalties; "concealed" defined

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 45-9-101, any person who carries, concealed on or about one's person, any bowie knife, dirk knife, butcher knife, switchblade knife, metallic knuckles, blackjack, slingshot, pistol, revolver, or any rifle with a barrel of less than sixteen (16) inches in length, or any shotgun with a barrel of less than eighteen (18) inches in length, machine gun or any fully automatic firearm or deadly weapon, or any muffler or silencer for any firearm, whether or not it is accompanied by a firearm, or uses or attempts to use against another person any imitation firearm, shall, upon conviction, be punished as follows:   By a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court, for the first conviction under this section.   By a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, for the second conviction under this section.   By confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, for the third or subsequent conviction under this section.   By confinement in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years for any person previously convicted of any felony who is convicted under this section.     It shall not be a violation of this section for any person over the age of eighteen (18) years to carry a firearm or deadly weapon concealed within the confines of his own home or his place of business, or any real property associated with his home or business or within any motor vehicle.   It shall not be a violation of this section for any person to carry a firearm or deadly weapon concealed if the possessor of the weapon is then engaged in a legitimate weapon-related sports activity or is going to or returning from such activity. For purposes of this subsection, "legitimate weapon-related sports activity" means hunting, fishing, target shooting or any other legal activity which normally involves the use of a firearm or other weapon.   For the purposes of this section, "concealed" means hidden or obscured from common observation and shall not include any weapon listed in subsection (1) of this section, including, but not limited to, a loaded or unloaded pistol carried upon the person in a sheath, belt holster or shoulder holster that is wholly or partially visible, or carried upon the person in a scabbard or case for carrying the weapon that is wholly or partially visible.
MS Code § 97-37-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-3. Deadly weapons; forfeiture of weapon; return upon dismissal or acquittal; confiscated firearms may be sold at auction; proceeds of sale used to purchase bulletproof vests for seizing law enforcement agency

  Any weapon used in violation of Section 97-37-1, or used in the commission of any other crime, shall be seized by the arresting officer, may be introduced in evidence, and in the event of a conviction, shall be ordered to be forfeited, and shall be disposed of as ordered by the court having jurisdiction of such offense. In the event of dismissal or acquittal of charges, such weapon shall be returned to the accused from whom it was seized.     If the weapon to be forfeited is merchantable, the court may order the weapon forfeited to the seizing law enforcement agency.   A weapon so forfeited to a law enforcement agency may be sold at auction as provided by Sections 19-3-85 and 21-39-21 to a federally-licensed firearms dealer, with the proceeds from such sale at auction to be used to buy bulletproof vests for the seizing law enforcement agency.
MS Code § 97-37-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-5. Unlawful for convicted felon to possess any firearms, or other weapons or devices; penalties; exceptions

  It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or of the United States to possess any firearm or any bowie knife, dirk knife, butcher knife, switchblade knife, metallic knuckles, blackjack, or any muffler or silencer for any firearm unless such person has received a pardon for such felony, has received a relief from disability pursuant to Section 925(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code, or has received a certificate of rehabilitation pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.   Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or committed to the custody of the State Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or both.   A person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state may apply to the court in which he was convicted for a certificate of rehabilitation. The court may grant such certificate in its discretion upon a showing to the satisfaction of the court that the applicant has been rehabilitated and has led a useful, productive and law-abiding life since the completion of his sentence and upon the finding of the court that he will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety.     A person who is discharged from court-ordered mental health treatment may petition the court which entered the commitment order for an order stating that the person qualifies for relief from a firearms disability.   In determining whether to grant relief, the court must hear and consider evidence about:   The circumstances that led to imposition of the firearms disability under 18 USC, Section 922(d)(4);   The person's mental history;   The person's criminal history; and   The person's reputation.     A court may not grant relief unless it makes and enters in the record the following affirmative findings:   That the person is no longer likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety; and   Removing the person's disability to purchase a firearm is not against the public interest.
MS Code § 97-37-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-9. Deadly weapons; defenses against indictment for carrying deadly weapon

 Any person indicted or charged for a violation of Section 97-37-1 may show as a defense:   That he was threatened, and had good and sufficient reason to apprehend a serious attack from any enemy, and that he did so apprehend; or   That he was traveling and was not a tramp, or was setting out on a journey and was not a tramp; or   That he was a law enforcement or peace officer in the discharge of his duties; or   That he was at the time in the discharge of his duties as a mail carrier; or   That he was at the time engaged in transporting valuables for an express company or bank; or   That he was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, National Guard, State Militia, Emergency Management Corps, guard or patrolman in a state or municipal institution while in the performance of his official duties; or   That he was in lawful pursuit of a felon; or   That he was lawfully engaged in legitimate sports;   That at the time he was a company guard, bank guard, watchman, or other person enumerated in Section 97-37-7, and was then actually engaged in the performance of his duties as such, and then held a valid permit from the sheriff, the commissioner of public safety, or a valid permit issued by the Secretary of State prior to May 1, 1974, to carry the weapon; and the burden of proving either of said defenses shall be on the accused; or   That at the time he or she was a member of a church or place of worship security program, and was then actually engaged in the performance of his or her duties as such and met the requirements of Section 45-9-171.
MS Code § 97-37-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-13. Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person

 It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, give or lend to any minor under eighteen (18) years of age or person intoxicated, knowing him to be a minor under eighteen (18) years of age or in a state of intoxication, any deadly weapon, or other weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited, or pistol cartridge; and, on conviction thereof, he shall be punished by a fine not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
MS Code § 97-37-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-14. Possession of handgun by minor; act of delinquency; exceptions

  Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is an act of delinquency for any person who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years knowingly to have any handgun in such person's possession.   This section shall not apply to:   Any person who is:   In attendance at a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course; or   Engaging in practice in the use of a firearm or target shooting at an established range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located or any other area where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited; or   Engaging in an organized competition involving the use of a firearm, or participating in or practicing for a performance by an organized group under 501(c)(3) as determined by the federal internal revenue service which uses firearms as a part of such performance; or   Hunting or trapping pursuant to a valid license issued to such person by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks or as otherwise allowed by law; or   Traveling with any handgun in such person's possession being unloaded to or from any activity described in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (a) and paragraph (b).     Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who is on real property under the control of an adult and who has the permission of such adult to possess a handgun.     This section shall not apply to any person who uses a handgun or other firearm to lawfully defend himself from imminent danger at his home or place of domicile and any such person shall not be held criminally liable for such use of a handgun or other firearm.   For the purposes of this section, "handgun" means a pistol, revolver or other firearm of any description, loaded or unloaded, from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged, the length of the barrel of which, not including any revolving, detachable or magazine breech, is less than sixteen (16) inches.
MS Code § 97-37-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-15. Parent or guardian not to permit minor son to have or carry weapon; penalty

 Any parent, guardian or custodian who shall knowingly suffer or permit any child under the age of eighteen (18) years to have or to own, or to carry, any weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited by Section 97-37-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and shall be imprisoned not more than six (6) months in the county jail. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a minor who is exempt from the provisions of Section 97-37-14.
MS Code § 97-37-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-19. Deadly weapons; exhibiting in threatening manner

 If any person, having or carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, or any deadly weapon, or other weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited by Section 97-37-1, shall, in the presence of another person, brandish or wield the same in a threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or shall in any manner unlawfully use the same in any fight or quarrel, the person so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or both. In prosecutions under this section it shall not be necessary for the affidavit or indictment to aver, nor for the state to prove on the trial, that any gun, pistol, or other firearm was charged, loaded, or in condition to be discharged.
MS Code § 97-37-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-21. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; false report of placing

 It shall be unlawful for any person to report to another by any means, including telephone, mail, e-mail, mobile phone, fax or any means of communication, that a bomb or other explosive or chemical, biological or other weapons of mass destruction has been, or is to be, placed or secreted in any public or private place, knowing that such report is false. Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or shall be committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or both.
MS Code § 97-37-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-25. Explosives and weapons of mass destruction; unlawful use

 It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to bomb, or to plant or place any bomb, or other explosive matter or chemical, biological or other weapons of mass destruction or thing in, upon or near any building, residence, ship, vessel, boat, railroad station, railroad car or coach, bus station, or depot, bus, truck, aircraft, or other vehicle, gas and oil stations and pipelines, radio station or radio equipment or other means of communication, warehouse or any electric plant or water plant, telephone exchange or any of the lines belonging thereto, wherein a person or persons are located or being transported, or where there is being manufactured, stored, assembled or shipped or in the preparation of shipment any goods, wares, merchandise or anything of value, with the felonious intent to hurt or harm any person or property, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for life in the State Penitentiary if the penalty is so fixed by the jury; and in cases where the jury fails to fix the penalty at imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary the court shall fix the penalty at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for any term as the court, in its discretion, may determine, but not to be less than five (5) years.
MS Code § 97-37-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-27. Fireworks; unlawful to explode in certain places

 It shall be unlawful to explode any fire-crackers, roman candles, sky-rockets or any kind of fireworks in any unincorporated town or village in this state, within three hundred yards of any railroad depot, and cotton or hay warehouse or any cotton-yard. And any one violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, before any justice of the peace, be fined not more than ten dollars nor less than one dollar, or imprisoned not more than ten days, or may be both fined and imprisoned.
MS Code § 97-37-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-29. Shooting into dwelling house

 If any person shall willfully and unlawfully shoot or discharge any pistol, shotgun, rifle or firearm of any nature or description into any dwelling house or any other building usually occupied by persons, whether actually occupied or not, he shall be guilty of a felony whether or not anybody be injured thereby and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine, within the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 97-37-30 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-30. Willful discharge of a firearm toward the dwelling of another causing damage to property or domesticated animal or livestock

 A person who willfully discharges his firearm toward the dwelling of another, causing property damage to the dwelling or any domesticated animal or livestock, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding twelve (12) months in the county jail, or both.
MS Code § 97-37-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-31. Silencers on firearms; manufacture, sale, possession or use unlawful

 It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation or manufacturing establishment, not duly authorized under federal law, to make, manufacture, sell or possess any instrument or device which, if used on firearms of any kind, will arrest or muffle the report ofthe firearm when shot or fired.Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both.
MS Code § 97-37-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-33. Toy pistols; sale of pistol or cartridges prohibited; cap pistols excepted

 If any person shall sell, or offer, or expose for sale any toy pistol, or cartridges, or other contrivance by which such pistols are fired or made to cause an explosion, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three days nor more than thirty days, or both.   It is expressly provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the sale, or offering, or exposure for sale of any toy cap pistols, or other devices, in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing or shipping of toy paper caps are used or exploded, and the sale of such toy cap pistols is hereby declared to be permissible.