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MS Code § 97-17-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-81. Trees; cutting or rafting upon lands of another

 If any person shall cut or raft any cypress, pine, oak, gum, hickory, pecan, walnut, mulberry, poplar, cottonwood, sassafras, or ash trees or timber upon any lands belonging to any other person or corporation, without permission from the owner thereof, or his agent duly authorized, such person shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than five months, or fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.
MS Code § 97-17-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-83. Trees; injuring or destroying shade or ornamental tree

 If any person shall wilfully injure or destroy any shade tree or any ornamental tree not his own, on any highway or street, or in any yard, garden, or park, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each tree so injured or destroyed, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days for each offense.
MS Code § 97-17-84 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-84. Penalty for removal of "sea oats" or "uniola paniculata" from shores

 Any person who removes a plant commonly known as "sea oats" or "uniola paniculata" from the shores of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
MS Code § 97-17-85 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-85. Trespass; going upon inclosed land of another

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 73-13-103, if any person shall go upon the enclosed land of another without his consent, after having been notified by such person or his agent not to do so, either personally or by published or posted notice, or shall remain on such land after a request by such person or his agent to depart, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for such offense. The provisions of this section shall apply to land not enclosed where the stock law is in force.
MS Code § 97-17-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-87. Trespass; willful or malicious; penalty; enhanced penalties for willful trespass upon airport operations area

  Any person who shall be guilty of a willful or malicious trespass upon the real or personal property of another, for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not longer than six (6) months in the county jail, or both.     Any person who shall willfully trespass upon any air operations area or sterile area of an airport serving the general public shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for up to one (1) year, or both.   For the purposes of this subsection (2), "air operations area" means a portion of an airport designed and used for landing, taking off, or surface maneuvering of airplanes; "sterile area" means an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property in accordance with an approved security program.
MS Code § 97-17-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-89. Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny

 Any person who shall enter upon the closed or unenclosed lands of another or of the public and who shall willfully and wantonly gather and unlawfully sever, destroy, carry away or injure any trees, shrubs, flowers, moss, grain, turf, grass, hay, fruits, nuts or vegetables thereon, where such action shall not amount to larceny, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months in the county jail, or both; and a verdict of guilty of such action may be rendered under an indictment for larceny, if the evidence shall not warrant a verdict of guilty of larceny, but shall warrant a conviction under this section.
MS Code § 97-17-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-91. Trespass; defacing, altering or destroying notices posted on land

 Any person who shall deface, remove, alter or destroy any notice placed upon any lands by the owner thereof or his agent posting or otherwise prohibiting the entrance upon any lands in this state shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each such notice defaced, removed, altered or destroyed.
MS Code § 97-17-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-93. Entering lands of another without permission; enforcement; relation to other statutes; dismissal of prosecution

  Any person who knowingly enters the lands of another without the permission of or without being accompanied by the landowner or the lessee of the land, or the agent of such landowner or lessee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Upon conviction of any person for a second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within five (5) years of the last offense, such person shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to the landowner's or lessee's family, guests, or agents, to a surveyor as provided in Section 73-13-103, or to persons entering upon such lands for lawful business purposes.     It shall be the duty of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and conservation officers to enforce this section.   Such officers shall enforce this section by issuing a citation to those charged with trespassing under this section.     The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.   A prosecution under the provisions of this section shall be dismissed upon the request of the landowner, lessee of the land or agent of such landowner or lessee, as the case may be.
MS Code § 97-17-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-95. Trespass; entry on premises where atomic machinery, rockets and other dangerous devices are manufactured, etc.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully enter or trespass within the premises of any person, firm or corporation manufacturing or constructing or erecting or assembling or maintaining or repairing or operating any nuclear powered machinery, equipment or vessels, or rockets, missiles, propulsion systems, explosives or other dangerous devices, or parts thereof, with the intent to commit any crime under the laws of this state, or of the United States, or pursuant to a conspiracy to commit any such crime or in an attempt to commit any such crime. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be adjudged guilty of a felony, and punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary not to exceed five (5) years, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Any person wilfully entering or trespassing within such premises, if found within any area designated as a restricted area therein, shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
MS Code § 97-17-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-97. Trespass; going into or upon, or remaining in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another after being forbidden to do so

  Except as otherwise provided in Section 73-13-103, if any person or persons shall without authority of law go into or upon or remain in or upon any building, premises or land of another, including the premises of any public housing authority after having been banned from returning to the premises of the housing authority, whether an individual, a corporation, partnership, or association, or any part, portion or area thereof, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing including any sign hereinafter mentioned, by any owner, or lessee, or custodian, or other authorized person, or by the administrators of a public housing authority regardless of whether or not having been invited onto the premises of the housing authority by a tenant, or after having been forbidden to do so by such sign or signs posted on, or in such building, premises or land, or part, or portion, or area thereof, at a place or places where such sign or signs may be reasonably seen, such person or persons 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 § 97-17-99 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-99. Trespass; inciting or soliciting etc., persons to go into or upon, or remain in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another

  If any person or persons shall incite, or solicit, or urge, or encourage, or exhort, or instigate, or procure any other person or persons to go into or upon or to remain in or upon any building, or premises, or land of another whether an individual, a corporation, partnership, or association, or any part, portion or area thereof, knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden, either orally or in writing including any sign hereinafter mentioned, to do so by any owner, or lessee, or custodian, or other authorized person, or knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs posted in or upon such building, or premises, or land, or part, or portion thereof, at a place or places where it or they may be reasonably seen, 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 § 97-17-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|In General|§ 97-17-103. Prohibition of recovery for injuries sustained during criminal trespass

  As used in this section:   "Perpetrator" means a person who has engaged in criminal trespass and includes a person convicted of trespass under applicable state law;   "Victim" means a person who was the object of another's criminal trespass and includes a person at the scene of an emergency who gives reasonable assistance to another person who is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm;   "Course of criminal conduct" includes the acts or omissions of a victim in resisting criminal conduct;   "Convicted" includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent child, an admission to a juvenile delinquency petition, or a disposition as an extended jurisdiction juvenile; and   "Trespass" means an offense named in Sections 97-17-1 through 97-17-97, Mississippi Code of 1972, or any attempt to commit any of these offenses. Trespass includes crimes in other states or jurisdictions which would have been within the definition set forth in this subdivision if they had been committed in this state.     A perpetrator assumes the risk of loss, injury or death resulting from or arising out of a course of criminal trespass, as defined in this section, engaged in by the perpetrator or an accomplice, and the crime victim is immune from and not liable for any civil damages as a result of acts or omissions of the victim.   Notwithstanding other evidence which the victim may adduce relating to the perpetrator's conviction of the crime involving the parties to the civil action, a certified copy of a guilty plea, a court judgment of guilt, a court record of conviction or an adjudication as a delinquent child is conclusive proof of the perpetrator's assumption of the risk.   In a civil action that is subject to this section, the court shall award reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and disbursements, to the prevailing party.   Except to the extent needed to preserve evidence, any civil action in which the defense set forth in subsection (2) is raised shall be stayed by the court on the motion of the defendant during the pendency of any criminal action against the plaintiff based on the alleged trespass.
MS Code § 97-17-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|Larceny of Consigned Motor Fuel|§ 97-17-201. Definition of consigned motor fuel

 As used in Sections 97-17-201 through 97-17-207, the term "consigned motor fuels" means all grades of gasoline including gasohol or any gasoline blend, any grade of diesel or kerosene and all aviation fuels that are delivered or caused to be delivered by one (1) merchant, hereinafter designated the consignor, to another merchant who deals in goods of that kind for the purpose of sale, hereinafter designated the consignee, and which are not owned by the consignee, but remain the property of the consignor.
MS Code § 97-17-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|Larceny of Consigned Motor Fuel|§ 97-17-203. Written consignment agreement required

  There shall be a written agreement between the consignor and the consignee, reflecting not only the consignment agreement between the parties, but that title to the consigned motor fuels and to the proceeds from the sale of the consigned motor fuels is always vested in the consignor and never the consignee.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a new or additional element necessary to prove the commission of theft of property in any degree.
MS Code § 97-17-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|Larceny of Consigned Motor Fuel|§ 97-17-205. Taking consigned motor fuels without consent of consignor and in violation of written consignment agreement

 It shall be unlawful for any person to take, use, sell or dispose of consigned motor fuels, or the proceeds from the sale of consigned motor fuels, without the consent of the consignor and in violation of the written agreement required in Section 97-17-203.
MS Code § 97-17-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property|Larceny of Consigned Motor Fuel|§ 97-17-207. Penalties

 A person who violates Sections 97-17-201 through 97-17-207 shall be guilty of larceny of consigned motor fuels and subject to those penalties provided in Section 97-17-41 or 97-17-43 based on value of the property taken.
MS Code § 97-21-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-1. Account books kept in public offices

 Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make any false entry, or shall falsely alter any entry made in any book of accounts kept in the office of the auditor of public accounts, or in the office of the treasurer of this state, or in the office of any county treasurer, or in any other public office, by which any demand or obligation, claim, right, or interest, either against or in favor of this state, or any county, city, town, or village, or any individual, shall be or purport to be discharged, diminished, increased, created, or in any manner affected, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-3. Account books kept by corporations

 Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make any false entry, or shall falsely alter any entry made in any book of accounts kept by any moneyed corporation within this state, or in any book of accounts kept by any corporation or its officers, and to be delivered or intended to be delivered to any person dealing with such corporation, by which any pecuniary obligation, claim, or credit shall be or shall purport to be discharged, diminished, increased, created, or in any manner affected, shall be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-5. Certain instruments deemed writings

 Every instrument, partly written and partly printed, or wholly printed, with a written signature thereto, and every signature of an individual, firm, or corporate body, or of any officer of such body, and every writing purporting to be such signature, shall be deemed a writing and a written instrument within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 97-21-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-7. Certificate of acknowledgment or proof of deeds and other recordable instruments

 If any officer authorized to take the proof or acknowledgment of any conveyance of real or personal estate, or of any other instrument which by law may be recorded, shall wilfully and falsely certify that any such conveyance or instrument was acknowledged by any party thereto, when in truth such acknowledgment was not made, or that any such instrument or conveyance was proved, when in truth such proof was not made, he shall, upon conviction, be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-9. Certificate or public security, share in public stock or indorsement thereof

 Every person who shall be convicted of having forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered any certificate or other public security issued or purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state by virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public security the payment of any money, absolutely or upon contingency, shall be promised, or the receipt of any money, goods, or valuable thing shall be acknowledged; or any certificate of any share, right or interest in any public stock, created by virtue of any law of this state, issued or purporting to have been issued by any public officer, or any other evidence of any debt or liability of this state, either absolute or contingent, issued or purporting to be issued by any public officer; or any indorsement or other instrument transferring or purporting to transfer the right or interest of any holder of any such certificate, public security, certificate of stock, evidence of debt or liability, or of any person entitled to such right or interest, with intent to defraud this state, or any public officer thereof, or any other person, shall be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-11. Coin operated machines; use or sale of slug or other device

 Any person who shall operate or cause to be operated, or who shall attempt to operate, or attempt to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated, or foreign coin or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle, or who shall take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both.   Any person, who, with intent to cheat or defraud the owner, lessee, licensee, or other person entitled to the contents of any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone or other receptacle, depository, or contrivance designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, or who, knowing that the same is intended for unlawful use, shall manufacture for sale, or sell or give away any slug, device or substance whatsoever intended or calculated to be placed or deposited in any such automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply when a privilege license for the operation of said automatic vending machines has not been procured for the operation of said automatic vending machines by the owners thereof.
MS Code § 97-21-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-13. Counterfeiting: currency or treasury notes of United States

 Every person who shall be convicted of having counterfeited any currency which shall be at the time current, by custom or usage, within this state, or the treasury notes of the United States, shall be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-15. Counterfeiting: currency of foreign countries

 Every person who shall be convicted of having counterfeited currency of any foreign government or country, with the intent of exporting the same to injure or defraud any foreign government or the subjects or citizens thereof, shall be guilty of forgery.
MS Code § 97-21-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 21 - Forgery and Counterfeiting|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 97-21-17. Counterfeiting: possession of counterfeit currency with intention to utter

 Every person who shall have in his possession any counterfeit of any currency, which shall be at the time current in this state, knowing the same to be counterfeited, with intention to defraud or injure, by uttering the same, as true or false, or by causing the same to be so uttered, shall be guilty of forgery.