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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-9 - Adultery and fornication; going out of state to marry

If any persons, citizens or residents of this state, who are prohibited by the laws thereof from marrying, because of kindred, shall go out of this state for the purpose of marrying, and shall marry in any other state or country and return to this state and live together and cohabit as man and wife, or be guilty of a single act of copulation, they shall, on conviction, be punished, notwithstanding their marriage out of this state, by imprisonment in the penitentiary not longer than ten years, or be fined five hundred dollars, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 957; 1906, § 1033; Hemingway's 1917, § 758; 1930, § 776; 1942, § 2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-11 - Illegitimate children; person becoming natural parent of second illegitimate child; jurisdiction

(1)
If any person, who shall have previously become the natural parent of an illegitimate child within or without this state by coition within or without this state, shall again become the natural parent of an illegitimate child born within this state, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or both. A subsequent conviction hereunder shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both. Provided, however, that for the purpose of this section, multiple births shall be construed to be the birth of one (1) child.
(2)
The circuit court of the county in which said illegitimate child is born shall have jurisdiction of any action brought under this section. No male person shall be convicted solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the female person giving birth to the child.
Codes, 1942, § 2018.6; Laws, 1964, ch. 341, §§ 1-3(Para.Para. 1-3); Laws, 2004, ch. 399, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-13 - Bigamy; definition; penalty

Every person having a husband or wife living, who shall marry again, and every unmarried person who shall knowingly marry the husband or wife of another living, except in the cases hereinafter named, shall be guilty of bigamy, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 28; 1871, § 2505; 1880, § 2721; 1892, § 975; 1906, § 1051; Hemingway's 1917, § 779; 1930, § 795; 1942, § 2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-15 - Bigamy; exceptions

Section
97-29-13
shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall have been absent for seven successive years, without being known to such person, within the time, to be living; nor to any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself from his or her husband or wife, and remained without the United States continually for seven years; nor to any person, by reason of any former marriage which shall have been dissolved by the decree of a competent court, unless the said decree provide that such person shall not be at liberty to marry again; nor to any person, by reason of any former marriage which shall have been pronounced void by the sentence or decree, of a competent court, for the nullity of the marriage contract; nor to any person by reason of any former marriage, contracted by such person within the age of legal consent, and which shall have been annulled by the decree of a competent court.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 29; 1871, § 2506; 1880, § 2722; 1892, § 976; 1906, § 1052; Hemingway's 1917, § 780; 1930, § 796; 1942, § 2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-17 - Bribery; participant in professional or amateur games or other athletic contests; wrestling excepted

(1)
Whoever gives, promises, or offers to any professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, or tennis player, or any player who participates in or expects to participate in any professional or amateur game or sport, or any person participating or expecting to participate in any other athletic contest or any coach, manager, or trainer of any team or participant or prospective participant in any such game, contest, or sport, anything of value with the intent to influence such participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in any baseball, football, basketball or tennis game, boxing, or other athletic contest in which such player or participant is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty in connection therewith shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Any professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, or tennis player or any boxer or participant or prospective participant in any sport or game or a manager, coach, or trainer of any team or individual participant or prospective participant in such game, contest, or sport who solicits or accepts anything of value to influence him to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in any baseball, football, basketball, tennis or boxing contest or any other game or sport in which he is taking part or expects to take part or has any duties in connection therewith shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to include any wrestling matches, it being expressly provided hereby that wrestling matches shall be deemed to be shows or exhibitions and not athletic contests.
Codes, 1942, § 2034.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 232, §§ 1-3(Para.Para. 1-3).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-19 - Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness

Every person who shall remove the dead body of any human being from the grave or other place of interment for the purpose of selling the same or for mere wantonness, or who shall wantonly dig into or open the grave or other place of interment where the remains of any dead human body is interred, or wantonly disturb the remains of any dead human body therein interred, shall upon conviction be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding five years or in the county jail not more than one year, or be fined not more than five hundred dollars or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art 12, Title 7(10); 1857, ch. 64, art. 66; 1871, § 2715; 1880, § 2764; 1892, § 1023; 1906, § 1100; Hemingway's 1917, § 826; 1930, § 850; 1942, § 2076; Laws, 1920, ch. 300.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-21 - Dead bodies; buying or receiving

Every person who shall purchase or receive the dead body of any human being, knowing the same to have been disinterred contrary to Section
97-29-19
, shall, on conviction, be subjected to the punishment therein prescribed.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(11); 1857, ch. 64, art. 67; 1871, § 2716; 1880, § 2765; 1892, § 1024; 1906, § 1101; Hemingway's 1917, § 827; 1930, § 851; 1942, § 2077.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-23 - Dead bodies; opening graves for certain purposes

Every person who shall open a grave or other place of interment with intent to move the dead body of any human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection, or to steal the coffin or any part thereof, or the vestments or other articles interred with the dead body, or any of them, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding two years, or in the county jail not more than six months, or by fine of not more than three hundred dollars or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(12); 1857, ch. 64, art. 68; 1871, § 2717; 1880, § 2766; 1892, § 1025; 1906, § 1102; Hemingway's 1917, § 828; 1930, § 852; 1942, § 2078.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-25 - Desecration of cemetery; desecration of human corpse

(1)
(a)
Every person who shall knowingly and willfully dig up, except as otherwise provided by law, obliterate, or in any way desecrate any cemetery where human dead are interred, or cause through word, deed or action the same to happen, shall upon conviction be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year in the county jail or fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both, in the discretion of the court. In addition to any penalties that the court is otherwise authorized to impose the court may, in its discretion, order such restitution as it deems appropriate.
(b)
In construing this subsection (1), a cemetery shall mean any plot of ground (i) on which are grave markers of stone, wood, metal or any other material recognizable as marking graves, or (ii) the boundaries of which are defined by a recorded plat, a fence line or corner markers, or trees, or are defined in any other discernible manner.
(2)
(a)
Every person who shall knowingly and willfully dig up, except as otherwise provided by law, or in any way desecrate any corpse or remains of any human being, or cause through word, deed or action the same to happen, shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.
(b)
(b)
The prohibitions of this subsection (2) shall not apply to the good faith harvesting of any organ for transplant or to any good faith use of a cadaver or body part for medical or scientific education or research.
Codes, 1942, § 2076.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 398, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 351, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 406; Laws, 2004, ch. 387, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-27 - Incest; marriage within prohibited degrees

If any person shall marry within the degrees prohibited by law, he shall be guilty of incest, and on conviction thereof he shall be fined five hundred dollars or imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and such marriage shall be void.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 184; 1871, § 2647; 1880, § 2895; 1892, § 1168; 1906, § 1246; Hemingway's 1917, § 976; 1930, § 1004; 1942, § 2234.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-29 - Incest; persons divorced for incest not to cohabit or copulate

If persons divorced for incest shall, after such divorce, cohabit or live together as man and wife, or be guilty of a single act of adultery or fornication, such persons so offending shall be guilty of incest and fined, on conviction, five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 185; 1871, § 2648; 1880, § 2896; 1892, § 1169; 1906, § 1247; Hemingway's 1917, § 977; 1930, § 1005; 1942, § 2235.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-31 - Indecent exposure

A person who willfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction for a first offense, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both. Upon conviction for a second offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or shall be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year, or both. Upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years in the State Penitentiary, or both. It is not a violation of this statute for a woman to breast-feed.
Codes, 1892, § 1218; 1906, § 1294; Hemingway's 1917, § 1027; 1930, § 1058; 1942, § 2290; Laws, 1971, ch. 448, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 520, § 5; Laws, 2012, ch. 510, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-33 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 7, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. §§ 1142a, 1142b; 1930, § 1054; 1942, § 2286; Laws, 1920, ch. 213.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 475, § 4, eff. 7/1/1979.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2286.3, 2286.4; Laws, 1970, ch. 329, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-37 - through 97-29-41 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 7, eff. 7/1/1983.
§ 97-29-37. [Codes, 1892, § 1216; 1906, § 1292; Hemingway's 1917, § 1025; 1930, § 1056; 1942, § 2288; Laws, 1884, p. 81; 1904, ch. 143] § 97-29-39. [Codes, 1942, §§ 2674-02, 2674-03; Laws, 1962, ch. 322, §§ 2, 3] § 97-29-41. [Codes, 1942, § 2674-12; Laws, 1962, ch. 322, § 12]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-43 - Polygamy; teaching of

If any person shall teach another the doctrines, principles, or tenets, or any of them, of polygamy; or shall endeavor so to do; or shall induce or persuade another by words or acts, or otherwise, to embrace or adopt polygamy, or to emigrate to any other state, territory, district, or country for the purpose of embracing, adopting, or practicing polygamy, or shall endeavor so to do, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one month nor more than six months, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1257; 1906, § 1333; Hemingway's 1917, § 1066; 1930, § 1097; 1942, § 2330.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-47 - Profanity or drunkenness in public place

If any person shall profanely swear or curse, or use vulgar and indecent language, or be drunk in any public place, in the presence of two (2) or more persons, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 4(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 340; 1871, § 2833; 1880, § 2974; 1892, § 1219; 1906, § 1295; Hemingway's 1917, § 1028; 1930, § 1059; 1942, § 2291; Laws, 1912, ch. 212; Laws, 1971, ch. 448, § 2, eff. 3/25/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-49 - Prostitution; report to Department of Child Protection Services for suspected child sexual abuse or neglect if minor involved; immunity from prosecution if trafficked person involved

(1)
A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the misdemeanor of prostitution if the person knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property. "Sexual conduct" includes cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object or body part of the genital or anal opening of another.
(2)
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(3)
In addition to the mandatory reporting provisions contained in Section
97-5-51
, any law enforcement officer who encounters a minor under eighteen (18) years of age and has reasonable cause to suspect that the minor has engaged in acts described in this section may take the minor into emergency custody in accordance with the requirements of the Youth Court Act for the purpose of obtaining an order of removal of the minor, and shall contact and make a report to the Department of Child Protection Services as required in Section
43-21-353
for suspected child sexual abuse or neglect, and the department shall commence an initial investigation into suspected child sexual abuse or neglect as required in Section
43-21-353
.
(4)
If it is determined that a person suspected of or charged with engaging in prostitution is engaging in those acts as a direct result of being a trafficked person, as defined by Section
97-3-54.4
, that person shall be immune from prosecution for prostitution as an adult. If the person suspected of engaging in acts that would constitute prostitution is under the age of eighteen (18) the provisions of Section
97-3-54.1(4)
shall be applicable.
Codes, 1942, § 2333; Laws, 1942, ch. 284.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 420, HB 571,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 10, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-53 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1942, § 2335; Laws, 1942, ch. 284.
Repealed by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 12, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-55 - Seduction of female over age of eighteen by promised or pretended marriage

If any person shall obtain carnal knowledge of any woman, or female child, over the age of eighteen years, of previous chaste character, by virtue of any feigned or pretended marriage or any false or feigned promise of marriage, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years; but the testimony of the female seduced, alone, shall not be sufficient to warrant a conviction.
Codes, 1892, § 1298; 1906, § 1372; Hemingway's 1917, § 1108; 1930, § 1137; 1942, § 2374; Laws, 1888, p. 89.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-57 - Stallion or jack not to be kept in public view or permitted to run at large

A person shall not keep a stallion or jack nearer than one hundred yards to a church, or in public view in an inclosure bordering on a public highway, or nearer thereto, than one hundred yards; nor shall any person stand such animals in open view of any public place, or negligently keep such animal or suffer it to run at large. Any such offender, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, and shall be liable for all damages done by such animals so kept or running at large.
Codes, 1892, § 1220; 1906, § 1296; Hemingway's 1917, § 1029; 1930, § 1060; 1942, § 2292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-59 - Unnatural intercourse

Every person who shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature committed with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not more than ten years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(20); 1857, ch. 64, art. 238; 1871, § 2701; 1880, § 2968; 1892, § 1321; 1906, § 1396; Hemingway's 1917, § 1139; 1930, § 1170; 1942, § 2413.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-61 - Voyeurism; trespass by "peeping Tom"; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen

(1)
(a)
Any person who enters upon real property, whether the original entry is legal or not, and thereafter pries or peeps through a window or other opening in a dwelling or other building structure for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felonious trespass.
(b)
Any person who looks through a window, hole or opening, or otherwise views by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, drones, camera, motion-picture camera, camcorder or mobile phone, into the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, spa, massage room or therapy room or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside and without the consent or knowledge of every person present, for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupant or occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person who is over the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense and is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than five (5) years.
(b)
When one or more occupants spied upon is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than ten (10) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2412.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 281; Laws, 1980, ch. 391; Laws, 2012, ch. 557, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 423, SB 2245,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 489, SB 2022, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-63 - Photographing or filming another without permission where there is expectation of privacy; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen

(1)
(a)
It is a felony for any person with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduces the image of another person without the permission of the other person when the other person is located in a place where a person would intend to be in a state of undress and have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, private dwellings or any facility, public or private, used as a restroom, bathroom, shower room, tanning booth, locker room, fitting room, dressing room or bedroom shall be guilty of a felony.
(b)
It is a felony for any person to invade the privacy of another person and with lewd, licentious or indecent intent to photograph, film, videotape, record or otherwise reproduce the image of another, identifiable person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, the other person without the consent or knowledge of the other person and under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation that the other person's body or undergarments would not be viewed or would not be the subject of a reproduced image.
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.
(b)
Where the person who is secretly photographed, filmed, videotaped or otherwise reproduced is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be punished by a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than ten (10) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, or both.
Laws, 1999, ch. 514, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 557, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 489, SB 2022, 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-64 - Disclosure of intimate visual material; definitions

As used in this section and Section
97-29-64.1
:
(a)
"Intimate parts" means the naked genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks or female nipple of a person.
(b)
"Promote" means to procure, manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit or advertise or to offer or agree to promote.
(c)
"Sexual conduct" means sexual contact, actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation or sadomasochistic abuse.
(d)
"Simulated" means the explicit depiction of sexual conduct that creates the appearance of actual sexual conduct and during which a person engaging in the conduct exhibits any uncovered portion of the genitals, buttocks or female nipple.
(e)
"Visual material" means:
(i)
Any film, photograph, videotape, negative or slide or any photographic reproduction that contains or incorporates in any manner any film, photograph, videotape, negative or slide; or
(ii)
Any disk, diskette or other physical medium that allows an image to be displayed on a computer or other video screen and any image transmitted to a computer or other video screen by telephone line, cable, satellite transmission, or other method.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 462, SB 2121,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-65) › Section 97-29-65 - Strip clubs prohibited within one-fourth mile of church, school, kindergarten, or courthouse

It shall be unlawful to locate within one-fourth (1/4) of one (1) mile of any church, school, kindergarten or courthouse any establishment where public displays of nudity are present. Any person found guilty of violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.
For the purposes of this section the term "nudity" and "public display" shall have the same meanings as those terms are defined in Section
19-5-103
.
Laws, 2000, ch. 558, § 1, eff. 7/1/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › OBSCENE MATERIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DEVICES (§§ 97-29-101 — 97-29-109) › Section 97-29-101 - Distribution or wholesale distribution of obscene materials or performances; character and reputation as evidence; prosecutor's bond

A person commits the offense of distributing obscene materials or obscene performances when he sells, rents, leases, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any obscene material or obscene performance of any description knowing the obscene nature thereof, or offers to do so, or possesses such material with the intent to do so. A person commits the offense of wholesale distributing obscene materials or obscene performances when he distributes for the purpose of resale any obscene material or obscene performance of any description knowing the obscene nature thereof, or offers to do so, or possesses such material with the intent to do so. The word "knowing" as used in this section means either actual or constructive knowledge of the obscene contents of the subject matter, and a person has constructive knowledge of the obscene contents if he has knowledge of facts which would put a reasonable and prudent person on notice as to the suspect nature of the material. The character and reputation of an individual charged with an offense under Sections
97-29-101
through
97-29-109
and, if a commercial dissemination of obscene material or an obscene performance is involved, the character and reputation of the business establishment involved, may be placed in evidence by the defendant on the question of intent to violate Sections
97-29-101
through
97-29-109
.
Any person, other than a city attorney, county prosecuting attorney or district attorney, who shall sign an affidavit charging an offense prescribed by this section shall file a bond in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) at the time such affidavit is lodged. Such bond shall be conditioned that the affidavit was not filed frivolously, maliciously or out of ill will.
Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 1, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › OBSCENE MATERIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DEVICES (§§ 97-29-101 — 97-29-109) › Section 97-29-103 - Definitions

(1)
Material or performance is obscene if:
(a)
To the average person, applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, that is, a lustful, erotic, shameful, or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion; and
(b)
The material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and
(c)
The material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined in subparagraphs (i) through (v) below:
(i)
Acts of sexual intercourse, heterosexual or homosexual, normal or perverted, actual or simulated;
(ii)
Acts of masturbation;
(iii)
Acts involving excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals;
(iv)
Acts of bestiality or the fondling of sex organs of animals; or
(v)
Sexual acts of flagellation, torture or other violence indicating a sadomasochistic sexual relationship.
(2)
Undeveloped photographs, molds, printing plates and the like shall be deemed obscene material, notwithstanding that processing or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or to distribute it.
(3)
"Performance" means a play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.
(4)
"Patently offensive" means so offensive on its face as to affront current community standards of decency.
(5)
"Wholesale distributes" means to distribute for the purpose of resale.
(6)
"Material" means any book, magazine, newspaper, advertisement, pamphlet, poster, print, picture, figure, image, drawing, description, motion picture film, phonographic record, recording tape, video tape, or other tangible thing producing, reproducing or capable of producing or reproducing an image, picture, sound or sensation through sight, sound or touch, but it does not include an actual three-dimensional sexual device as defined in Section
97-29-105
.
Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 2, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › OBSCENE MATERIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DEVICES (§§ 97-29-101 — 97-29-109) › Section 97-29-105 - Distribution or wholesale distribution of unlawful sexual devices; prosecutor's bond

A person commits the offense of distributing unlawful sexual devices when he knowingly sells, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs, or offers to do so, or possesses such devices with the intent to do so. A person commits the offense of wholesale distributing unlawful sexual devices when he distributes for the purpose of resale any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs, or offers to do so, or possesses such devices with the intent to do so.
Any person, other than a city attorney, county prosecuting attorney or district attorney, who shall sign an affidavit charging an offense prescribed by this section shall file a bond in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) at the time such affidavit is lodged. Such bond shall be conditioned that the affidavit was not filed frivolously, maliciously or out of ill will.
Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 3, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › OBSCENE MATERIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DEVICES (§§ 97-29-101 — 97-29-109) › Section 97-29-107 - Exemptions from application of Sections 97-29-101 through 97-29-109; procedure for claiming exemption; defenses

(1)
Sections
97-29-101
through
97-29-109
shall not apply when the distribution or wholesale distribution of the material, performance or device was made by:
(a)
A person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, business, establishment or other legal entity to a person associated with an institution of higher learning, either as a member of the faculty or as a matriculated student, teaching or pursuing a course of study related to such material, performance or device;
(b)
A licensed physician or a licensed psychologist to a person whose receipt of such material or device was authorized in writing by such physician or psychologist in the course of medical or psychological treatment or care;
(c)
A person who while acting in his capacity as an employee is employed on a full-time or part-time basis by (i) any recognized historical society or museum accorded charitable status by the federal government; (ii) any state, county or municipal public library; or (iii) any library of any public or private school, college or university in this state; or
(d)
A community television antenna services system or a cable television system operating pursuant to a written agreement not in conflict with this paragraph granted by a county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state, or by an employee of such system while acting within the scope of his employment, when the signal transmitting the material or performance originates outside of the state of Mississippi.
(2)
Any exemption from prosecution claimed under the provisions of this section may be raised at a pretrial hearing by motion, and the court shall determine whether sufficient evidence exists to constitute an exemption from prosecution under the provisions of Sections
97-29-101
through
97-29-109
. If the motion is sustained, the case shall be dismissed; provided, however, if the motion is not sustained then the defendant may offer into evidence at trial as an affirmative defense to conviction under Sections
97-29-101
through
97-29-109
any matter which could have been raised by the defendant in the motion to dismiss.
Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 4, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY (§§ 97-29-1 — 97-29-109) › OBSCENE MATERIALS, PERFORMANCES AND DEVICES (§§ 97-29-101 — 97-29-109) › Section 97-29-109 - Penalties

Any person, except one who wholesale distributes, who violates Section
97-29-101
or Section
97-29-105
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall, in the case of the first offense, be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of Section
97-29-101
or Section
97-29-105
or of Section
97-5-27
or
97-5-29
, Mississippi Code of 1972, then the person shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or both.
Any person who wholesale distributes in violation of Section
97-29-101
or Section
97-29-105
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of Section
97-29-101
or Section
97-29-105
or of Section
97-5-27
or
97-5-29
, Mississippi Code of 1972, then the person shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or both.
A corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, business, establishment, organization or other legal entity other than an individual convicted of distributing obscenity or unlawful sexual devices or wholesale distribution of obscenity or unlawful sexual devices shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). If such legal entity has been previously convicted of distributing obscenity or unlawful sexual devices or wholesale distribution of obscenity or unlawful sexual devices or of a violation of Section
97-5-27
or Section
97-5-29
, Mississippi Code of 1972, then such legal entity shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).
Laws, 1983, ch. 498, § 5, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-1 - and 97-31-3 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 562, § 3, eff. 7/1/1988.
§ 97-31-1. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 2160, 2161; 1930, § 2025; 1942, § 2664; Laws, 1916, ch. 104; 1934, ch. 172] § 97-31-3. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 2162, 2163; 1930, § 2026; 1942, § 2665; Laws, 1916, ch. 104]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-5 - Alcoholic preparations; unlawful to sell or keep certain preparations; exceptions

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, to sell, barter, or give away, or keep for such purposes any sweet spirits of nitre, liquid ginger preparation, elixir of orange peel, pear extract, or any like drug, compound, bitters, elixir or preparation of any kind whatsoever, except where otherwise legalized under the laws of this state, which when drunk to excess, in the form sold, will produce intoxication, except when the same is kept, sold, bartered or given away for either medicinal, or household purposes, or for uses in cooking, baking, and purposes incidental to the treatment of disease.
This section shall have no effect whatsoever on the sections appearing in Chapter 1 of Title 67, Mississippi Code of 1972, cited as the "Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law" of the State of Mississippi. If there is any conflict whatsoever between this section and the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law cited hereinabove, the provisions of the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law shall be paramount.
Codes, 1930, § 2021; 1942, § 2660; Laws, 1926, ch. 201; Laws, 1928, ch. 213; Laws, 1968, ch. 356, § 1, eff. 5/27/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-7 - Alcoholic preparations; permit to solicit or take orders

No person, firm or corporation, or any association whatsoever, except traveling salesmen engaged in selling exclusively to wholesale and retail merchants shall sell, barter or give away or keep for such purposes, or solicit or take orders therefor, any of the preparations, compounds, bitters, elixirs or extracts mentioned in Section
97-31-5
, until a permit so to do shall be granted by the mayor and board of aldermen or mayor and councilmen of any incorporated city, town or village within which said business is or may be proposed to be carried on, or the board of supervisors of the county if the same is or proposed to be carried on without corporate limits of any city, town or village. Such permits may be granted by said authorities upon written application of the person, firm or corporation desiring to deal in such preparation, and the permit, if granted, shall be in writing, shall be spread at large upon the minutes of the proceedings of the mayor and board of aldermen or councilmen or the board of supervisors, as the case may be, giving the name of the dealer, or dealers, the preparation or commodities which it covers, and shall be for a period of one year from the date of its being granted. The granting of a permit to any person, firm or corporation, to barter, sell, give away, keep for sale, or solicit orders for the sale of same shall be in the discretion of the mayor and board of aldermen or councilmen or the board of supervisors, as the case may be, and they shall likewise have full authority and power, in their discretion, to revoke the same.
Codes, 1930, § 2022; 1942, § 2661; Laws, 1926, ch. 201.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-9 - Alcoholic preparations; record of purchases required

Every person, firm, or corporation, selling, bartering or giving away, keeping for sale or soliciting orders for any of the preparations mentioned in Sections
97-31-5
and
97-31-7
shall keep a complete record of such preparations so purchased, including invoice or freight bill, which record shall be open to the inspection of any member of the mayor and board of aldermen or councilmen or the board of supervisors, as the case may be, or any peace officer of the state.
Codes, 1930, § 2023; 1942, § 2662; Laws, 1926, ch. 201.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-11 - Ginger preparations; extracts

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to have, control or possess in this state, or to transport from place to place in the state, or to bring into the state, any liquid ginger preparation, which might be used as an intoxicating beverage, elixir of orange peel, or pear extract by whatever name designated, whether intended for personal use or otherwise.
Any person, firm, corporation or association, violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for each violation.
Codes, 1930, § 2024; 1942, § 2663; Laws, 1930, ch. 39.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 453, eff.5/1/1980.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 2163d; 1930, § 2004; 1942, § 2643; Laws, 1918, ch. 189.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 31 - INTOXICATING BEVERAGE OFFENSES (§§ 97-31-1 — 97-31-55) › Section 97-31-15 - Delivery of alcohol or wine to person other than consignee; affidavit required; penalty for false affidavit

It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express company, corporation or other common carrier, or any officer, agent or employee of any of them, or any other person, to deliver any of the alcohol or wine mentioned in this chapter, when transported into or delivered into this state other than to consignees, provided that in any case where the consignee is unable on account of sickness of himself or family, to appear in person and sign for such liquor, the consignee may by written order or authority, authorize some reputable person to sign and receive same for him. In no case shall any delivery be made of a consignment or package of such alcohol or wine as aforesaid without first having such consignee or his lawful agent as aforesaid, sign and deliver to the person in whose charge such consignment or package may be for delivery, a written statement in substance as follows:
"I hereby state that my name is ____________________; that my postoffice address is ____________________ Mississippi; that I am more than twenty-one years of age; that I am the consignee to whom the package containing ____________________ of alcohol or wine (as it may be) was consigned at ____________________ on the ____________________ day of ____________________ 2____________________ to be used for (set out the use for which they are to be used). I will not use this liquor in violation of any law of this state.
Signed and dated at ____________________, Miss., this ____________________ day of ____________________ 2____________________.
____________________ Consignee.
By ____________________, Agent of the consignee."
In no case shall any railroad company, express company, corporation or common carrier or person, or agent of such railroad company, express company, corporation or other common carrier, or person, be liable for damages for not delivering such alcohol or wine or package containing the same until such statement is executed and delivered as herein provided.
Any person who shall make the statement provided in this section, knowing the same to be false, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, in the discretion of the court.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 2163o; 1930, § 2015; 1942, § 2654; Laws, 1918, ch. 189.