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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-19 - Railroads; locomotive to be stopped before entering or crossing track of another company

If any person shall run, or cause to be run, a locomotive propelled by steam upon or across the track of any other railroad company without first coming to a full stop just before it comes upon or across such track, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both; and if, by reason of his coming upon or across such track, some person shall be killed or injured, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fifteen years.
Codes, 1880, § 1060; 1892, § 1278; 1906, § 1353; Hemingway's 1917, § 1087; 1930, § 1117; 1942, § 2353.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-21 - Railroads; obstructing or injuring

If any person shall wantonly or negligently obstruct or injure any railroad, on conviction, he shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or imprisoned not longer than twelve (12) months in the county jail, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 163; 1871, § 2626; 1880, § 2873; 1892, § 1265; 1906, § 1340; Hemingway's 1917, § 1074; 1930, § 1104; 1942, § 2340; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 7, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-23 - Railroads; obstructing or injuring; derailing cars

If any person shall wantonly or maliciously injure, or place any impediment or obstruction on any railroad, or do any other act by means of which any car or vehicle might be caused to diverge, or be derailed, or thrown from the track, such person, on conviction, shall be committed to the custody of the department of corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, and the penalty provided in this section shall apply to any engineer, conductor, switchman, brakeman, train dispatcher or telegraph operator who shall wilfully or negligently cause the derailment or collision of a passenger train.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 164; 1871, § 2627; 1880, § 2874; 1892, § 1266; 1906, § 1341; Hemingway's 1917, § 1075; 1930, § 1105; 1942, § 2341; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 8, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-25 - Railroads; seizing and running locomotive

If any person shall unlawfully seize upon any locomotive and run it away, or shall aid, abet or procure the doing of the same, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1273; 1906, § 1348; Hemingway's 1917, § 1082; 1930, § 1112; 1942, § 2348; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 9, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-27 - Railroads; signaling or unlawfully interfering with train

If any person, without authority and in the absence of apparent danger warranting such act, shall, out of a spirit of mischief, or with any purpose other than to prevent or give information of an accident, make, or cause to be made, any sign or signal to persons in charge of any locomotive, or railroad train or cars, or to any of such persons, or in sight of any of them, with intent to cause the stopping or starting of such locomotive, train, or cars; or if any person unlawfully interfere with the management or running of such locomotive, train, or cars on any railroad, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months.
Codes, 1892, § 1280; 1906, § 1355; Hemingway's 1917, § 1089; 1930, § 1119; 1942, § 2355; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 10, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-29 - Railroads; stealing a ride

Any person who shall ride on any engine, tender, car or train of any railroad company, without authority or permission of the proper officers or employees of the company, or of the persons in charge of such engine, tender, car or train, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1269; 1906, § 1344; Hemingway's 1917, § 1078; 1930, § 1108; 1942, § 2344; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 11, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-31 - Railroads; stealing animal killed or wounded by railroad

Any person other than the owner thereof or the agents or employees of the railroad company who shall take and carry away, with intent to appropriate to his own use, any animal killed or wounded by the engine or cars of a railroad company, without obtaining the consent of such owner or the agent of such company, shall be guilty of larceny, and, upon conviction, be punished as provided by law for the larceny of such animal.
Codes, 1880, § 2910; 1892, § 1185; 1906, § 1263; Hemingway's 1917, § 993; 1930, § 1021; 1942, § 2253.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-33 - Railroads; not to destroy or bury animal killed by train until report made

If any person or corporation operating a railroad shall bury or otherwise destroy, or cause to be buried or destroyed, the carcass of any domestic animal killed or injured by the running of a locomotive or cars, before a report in writing has been made to the nearest station agent, giving as near as can be the time of the killing or injury and a description of the animal, with marks and brands, and a fair estimate of its value if killed, and of the extent of damage if injured, said person or corporation shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply in any case where the owner or possessor of the animal has been notified and had opportunity to examine the carcass of injured animal.
Codes, 1892, § 1277; 1906, § 1352; Hemingway's 1917, § 1086; 1930, § 1116; 1942, § 2352.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-35 - Railroads; stealing or interfering with communications or signaling equipment

If any person shall maliciously remove, take, steal, change or in any manner interfere with any railroad transmission line, signaling device, microwave tower or any of the parts or attachments belonging to any communication or signaling device owned, leased or used by any railroad or transportation company, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both. In addition, any person who is convicted for a violation of this section shall be ordered by the court to make restitution to the owners or operators of the railroad line or property in an amount determined by the court to compensate for all damages caused by such person and all costs related to cleanup necessitated as a result of such person's unlawful conduct.
Codes, 1942, § 2355.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 342, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 12; Laws, 2007, ch. 572, § 5, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-37 - Railroads; stopping or standing at crossing

It shall be unlawful for any locomotive or train of cars to be stopped or left standing on any railroad crossing, unless done under regulations adopted by those having the right to control such matter. Any person violating this section shall, on conviction be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for one year, or both; and if, in consequence of such violation, any person shall be killed or injured, the guilty party shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding fifteen years.
Codes, 1871, § 2423; 1880, § 1062; 1892, § 1274; 1906, § 1349; Hemingway's 1917, § 1083; 1930, § 1113; 1942, § 2349.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-39 - Railroads; uncoupling locomotives and cars by persons not employed by railroad

If any person, not being employed on any railroad, shall wilfully and maliciously uncouple or detach the locomotive or tender or any of the cars of any railroad train, or shall in any way aid, abet or procure the doing of the same, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
Codes 1892, § 1271; 1906, § 1346; Hemingway's 1917, § 1080; 1930, § 1110; 1942, § 2346; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 13, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-41 - Railroads; wilfully shooting from or on moving train

If any person shall wilfully shoot any firearms on or from any moving train, such person shall, on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.
Codes, 1906, § 1357; Hemingway's 1917, § 1091; 1930, § 1121; 1942, § 2357; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 14, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-43 - Railroads, public utilities, and carriers; conspiracy to impede

If two (2) or more persons shall wilfully or maliciously combine or conspire together to obstruct or impede or hinder by any unlawful act or threat of violence, terror or intimidation the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company, or any public service corporation, or any public utility, or any person or corporation carrying passengers or property for hire, such persons, and each of them, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
This section shall not apply to persons who merely quit the employment of a railroad company, whether by concert of action or otherwise.
Codes, 1892, § 1270; 1906, § 1345; Hemingway's 1917, § 1079; 1930, § 1109; 1942, §§ 2345, 2345-01; Laws, 1947, 2nd Ex. ch. 5, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 15, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-45 - Railroads, public utilities, and carriers; obstructing or impeding by intimidation, force or violence

If any person shall unlawfully obstruct or impede by any act of force or violence, or by any means of intimidation, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or any public service corporation, or person carrying passengers or property, or any public utility, or shall impede, hinder, or obstruct, by force or violence, the regular running of any locomotive-engine, freight or passenger train of any railroad, or any vehicle used in the transportation of persons or property on the public highways, or the operation of any public utility, such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be committed to the custody of the department of corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor exceeding five (5) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2345-02; Laws, 1947, 2nd Ex. ch. 5, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 16, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-47 - Railroad trains, buses, trucks, motor vehicles, depots, stations, and other transportation facilities; wilfully shooting or throwing at

If any person or persons shall wilfully shoot any firearms or hurl any missile at, or into, any train, bus, truck, motor vehicle, depot, station, or any other transportation facility, such person shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or be committed to the custody of the department of corrections not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1906, § 1356; Hemingway's 1917, § 1090; 1930, § 1120; 1942, § 2356; Laws, 1947, 2nd Ex. ch. 4; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 17, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-49 - Wrongful access to telecommunications messages by cellular telephone; inadmissibility of information obtained in violation of this section

(1)
A person who commits either of the following offenses shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both:
(a)
Wrongfully obtains, or attempts to obtain, any knowledge of a private telecommunications message by gaining access to the origination, transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, data, writings, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by cellular telephone, when such person is not the lawfully intended recipient of the message or is not authorized to have access to such message, or by connivance with a clerk, operator, messenger or other employee of a telecommunications company; or
(b)
Being such clerk, operator, messenger or other employee, uses, or suffers to be used, or willfully divulges to anyone but the person for whom it was intended, the contents of a cellular phone message.
(c)
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the use of a telephone monitoring device by either a law enforcement agency acting pursuant to a valid court order or to a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing research or telephone solicitation conversations by an employee of the corporation or other business entity when the monitoring is used for the purpose of service quality control and the monitoring is used with the consent of at least one (1) person who is a party to the conversation.
(d)
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an employee of a cellular telephone company who discloses or uses an intercepted communication in the normal course of business as a necessary incident to providing service or to the protection of the rights or property of the employer or who provides assistance to an investigative or law enforcement officer acting under a valid court order.
(2)
Any information obtained in violation of this section shall not be admissible in any civil proceeding unless the information was obtained by the lawful owner of the device that obtained the information.
Codes, 1892, § 1301; 1906, § 1375; Hemingway's 1917, § 1115; 1930, § 1145; 1942, § 2382; Laws, 1999, ch. 514, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-51 - Telegraphs and telephones; governmental messages

If any telegraph company, or an officer, agent, operator, or employee of any such company or association, shall refuse or wilfully omit to transmit a dispatch tendered by an officer of this state, or of the United States, which by law is required to be given immediate dispatch, for the price of ordinary communications of the same length, or shall designedly alter or falsify the same for any purpose whatever, such company or such officer, agent, operator, or employee, shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both.
Codes 1892, § 1302; 1906, § 1376; Hemingway's 1917, § 1116; 1930, § 1146; 1942, § 2383.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-53 - Telegraphs and telephones; injuring or destroying lines; interrupting communications; stealing or destroying fixtures

(1)
Any person who shall intentionally obstruct, injure, break or destroy, or in any manner interrupt any telegraph or telephone line, or communication thereon between any two (2) points, by or through which the said lines may pass, or who shall injure or destroy any of the posts, wires, insulators, or fixtures, or things belonging to such telegraph or telephone lines, such person shall, on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, such property as listed in subsection (1) of this section, of the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years, or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(3)
If any person shall feloniously take, steal and carry away any such property as listed in subsection (1) of this section, under the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00), he shall be guilty of petit larceny and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 235; 1871, § 2702; 1880, § 2954; 1892, § 1300; 1906, § 1374; Hemingway's 1917, § 1114; 1930, § 1144; 1942, § 2381; Laws, 1902, ch. 100; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 18, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-55 - Aircraft piracy; boarding aircraft with dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument

(1)
The offense of aircraft piracy is defined as the seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, of any aircraft within the airspace jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi. Any person convicted of the offense of aircraft piracy shall suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
(2)
The offense of assault with the intent to commit aircraft piracy is defined as an intimidation, threat, assault or battery toward any flight crew member or flight attendant (including any steward or stewardess) of such aircraft so as to interfere with the performance of duties by such member or attendant to perform his duties, with the intent to commit aircraft piracy as defined in subsection (1) of this section. Any person convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit aircraft piracy shall serve a term not to exceed twenty (20) years or be fined a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
Any person who, in the commission of such intimidation, threat, assault or battery with the intent to commit aircraft piracy, employs a dangerous or deadly weapon or other means capable of inflicting serious bodily injury shall serve a term not to exceed fifty (50) years or be fined a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or both.
(3)
Any person who boards an aircraft with a dangerous or deadly weapon or other means capable of inflicting serious bodily injury concealed upon his person or effects shall, upon conviction, serve a term not to exceed ten (10) years or be fined a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both. The prohibition of this subsection shall not apply to duly elected or appointed law enforcement officers or commercial security personnel who are in possession of weapons used within the course and scope of their employment; nor shall the prohibition apply to persons who are in possession of weapons or means with the consent of the owner of such aircraft, or his agent, or the lessee or bailee of such aircraft.
(4)
Anyone accused of violating subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section shall be indicted and tried as provided by section
99-11-19
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 576, § 2; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 9, eff. 4/13/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-57 - Nuclear sabotage

Any person who shall, by any act or omission, (a) wilfully and maliciously destroy or cause or attempt to cause damage or loss to a nuclear electrical generating facility or its components, including the electrical transmission lines or switching equipment used in direct connection with such a facility; or (b) feloniously take, steal and carry away or remove, alter or otherwise render unusable or unsafe the spent or unspent nuclear fuel used or stored in a nuclear electrical generating facility or nuclear storage facility shall be guilty of the crime of nuclear sabotage and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
This section shall be construed to cover acts and omissions of persons employed at such nuclear facilities, or persons otherwise rightfully upon the premises of such a facility, as well as all other persons; provided, however, that this section does not apply to acts or omissions carried out in accordance with official rules or directives relating to plant operation, or within the scope of responsibility of judgment delegated to persons employed at such nuclear facilities.
Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 2, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-1 - Adulteration of food, drugs or candy

If any person shall manufacture, sell or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any adulterated food, or drug, as defined by law; or if any person shall manufacture, sell, or keep or offer or exhibit for sale any candy, confection, or sweetmeat, in making which any preparation of lime or other deleterious substance is used, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both.
Codes, 1880, § 2744; 1892, § 952; 1906, § 1028; Hemingway's 1917, § 753; 1930, § 771; 1942, § 1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-3 - Animals and fowl; diseased animals and fowl to be confined and segregated; burial

Owners of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, jacks and jennets dying of charbon or glanders or anything of the fowl species dying of cholera, or hogs dying of any disease on their premises, and which fact may be known to them, are hereby required to quick lime and bury such two feet from surface of ground, or burn the same within twenty-four hours from the death thereof. Any person or persons having herds or flocks, infected with any of the diseases enumerated in this section shall be required to confine same, upon his or her premises, in a manner that will seclude them from contact with other non-infected herds or flocks. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars or more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 761 et seq.; 1930, § 779; 1942, § 2005; Laws, 1914, ch. 133.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-5 - Animals and fowl; selling, exposing or using animal with infectious disease

If any person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale, or use or expose, or shall cause or procure to be sold or offered for sale, or used or exposed, any horse or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or any other like contagious or infectious disease, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding four months; or both.
Codes, 1880, § 809; 1892, § 1010; 1906, § 1087; Hemingway's 1917, § 813; 1930, § 836; 1942, § 2062.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-7 - Animals and fowl; glandered animals to be reported to board of supervisors; destruction or quarantine of diseased animals

If any person, being the owner or having the charge of any animal diseased with the glanders or farcy, shall not deprive the animal of life or closely confine it remote from all other animals liable to contract the disease, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section
97-41-13
.
Whenever a case of glanders or farcy is reported to the president of the board of supervisors, he may employ a competent veterinary surgeon, if necessary, at the expense of the county. If such veterinary surgeon declare the animal or animals affected with the glanders or farcy the sheriff shall immediately kill the animal or animals, for which service he shall be allowed not more than two dollars for each animal destroyed, to be paid out of the county treasury. And the said board of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered, in the discretion of said board, to allow to the owner of said animal or animals, to be paid out of the county treasury, such sum therefor as the board may deem proper. If any owner of stock, having good reason to suspect that his stock is diseased shall fail to report to the president of the board, or if any official named in this section shall fail to perform the duties herein imposed, such offender shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than two hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding two months or both. The board of supervisors when any animal shall have been exposed to glanders or farcy and not actually infected, may order all such animals to be quarantined until such time as the danger of contagion shall have passed, and the place where such animals are kept shall also be quarantined.
Codes, 1880, § 810; 1892, § 1019; 1906, § 1096; Hemingway's 1917, § 822; 1930, § 846; 1942, § 2072; Laws, 1914, ch. 136.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-9 - Beaches; bringing or leaving breakable containers or other injurious debris upon established beaches

(1)
Whoever shall bring, put, throw, dump or leave on any established beach any cans, bottles, jars, glassware or broken glass, or any debris of any kind that might cause injury to barefoot persons using the beach, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided for in subsection (3) of this section.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "established beach" shall include any sand beach, natural or man-made, along any natural coastline or inland lake within the State of Mississippi designated or used for public recreational purposes.
(3)
Any person who shall be found guilty of the violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.
Codes, 1942, § 2018.7; Laws, 1964, ch. 342, §§ 1-3, eff. 5/15/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-10 - Definition of harmful substances

As used in Sections
97-27-10
through
97-27-12
:
(a)
"Harmful biological substance" means a bacteria, virus or other microorganism or a toxic substance derived from or produced by an organism that can be used to cause death, injury or disease in humans, animals or plants.
(b)
"Harmful biological device" means a device designed or intended to release a harmful biological substance.
(c)
"Harmful chemical substance" means a solid, liquid, or gas that through its chemical or physical properties, along or in combination with one or more other chemical substances, can be used to cause death, injury or disease in humans, animals or plants.
(d)
"Harmful chemical device" means a device that is designed or intended to release a harmful chemical substance.
(e)
"Harmful radioactive material" means material that is radioactive and that can be used to cause death, injury or disease in humans, animals or growing plants by its radioactivity.
(f)
"Harmful radioactive device" means a device that is designed or intended to release a harmful radioactive material.
Laws, 2002, ch. 310, § 1, eff. 3/14/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-11 - Introduction of harmful biological substances into Mississippi prohibited; development, manufacture or possession of harmful biological substances prohibited except for authorized purposes; penalties

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly import, bring or send into this state a harmful biological substance including smallpox, anthrax or any other contagious or infectious disease, with the design to unlawfully spread the same or assist in spreading the same with intent to cause harm to human, animal or plant life and it shall likewise be unlawful for any person to develop, manufacture or possess such harmful biological substances, except for purposes authorized by law.
(2)
A person convicted of subsection (1) shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), and be imprisoned not more than twenty (20) years in the State Penitentiary, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 64; 1871, § 2719; 1880, § 2760; 1892, § 1008; 1906, § 1085; Hemingway's 1917, § 811; 1930, § 834; 1942, § 2060; Laws, 2002, ch. 310, § 2, eff. 3/14/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-12 - Unlawful hoaxes intended to cause belief that exposure to certain harmful substances or devices has occurred; penalties; imposition of costs for individual or governmental response to unlawful hoax

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an act intended to cause another person or persons to falsely believe that said person or persons have been exposed to a harmful biological substance, harmful biological device, harmful chemical substance, harmful chemical device, harmful radioactive material or harmful radioactive device.
(2)
Any person convicted of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years or shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(3)
In addition to any such imprisonment and/or fine which may be imposed upon a violation of subsection (1) of this section, the court shall also order that any person convicted for such violation shall reimburse any individual or governmental agency for the expenses incurred as a result of the violation.
Laws, 2002, ch. 310, § 3, eff. 3/14/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-13 - Contagious diseases; smallpox patient not to go abroad

A person having recently had the smallpox shall not, until after having obtained a certificate of the attending physician, and of his person qualified to give such certificate, of his recovery, or other being perfectly clean in his person and clothes, remove from the place where he shall have had the smallpox, to go abroad in the company of other persons who have not had the disease, or go into any public road or highway where travelers usually pass, without retiring out of the same or giving notice on the approach of any passenger, or go into any public place, or into any railroad car or coach, or upon any steamboat, under the penalty of one hundred dollars fine, or thirty days imprisonment in the county jail, or both.
Codes, 1871, § 2738; 1880, § 2761; 1892, § 1009; 1906, § 1086; Hemingway's 1917, § 812; 1930, § 835; 1942, § 2061.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-14 - Contagious diseases; causing exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly expose another person to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Prior knowledge and willing consent to the exposure is a defense to a charge brought under this subsection. A violation of this subsection shall be a felony.
(2)
(a)
A person commits the crime of endangerment by bodily substance if the person attempts to cause or knowingly causes a corrections employee, a visitor to a correctional facility or another prisoner or offender to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces or saliva.
(b)
As used in this subsection, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(i)
"Corrections employee" means a person who is an employee or contracted employee of a subcontractor of a department or agency responsible for operating a jail, prison, correctional facility or a person who is assigned to work in a jail, prison or correctional facility.
(ii)
"Offender" means a person who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
(iii)
"Prisoner" means a person confined in a county or city jail.
(c)
A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor unless the person violating this section knows that he is infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or hepatitis C, in which case it is a felony.
(3)
Any person convicted of a felony violation of this section shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years and a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(4)
Any person guilty of a misdemeanor violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one (1) year and may be fined One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(5)
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other provisions of law for which the actions described in this section may be prosecuted.
Laws, 2004, ch. 468, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 490, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-15 - Food sales; selling meat of animal not slaughtered, or unwholesome bread or drink

Any butcher or other person who shall knowingly sell the flesh of any animal dying otherwise than by slaughter, or slaughtered when diseased, or any baker, brewer, distiller, or other person, who shall knowingly sell unwholesome bread or drink, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years nor less than one year.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(14); 1857, ch. 64, art. 216; 1871, § 2703; 1880, § 2939; 1892, § 1262; 1906, § 1337; Hemingway's 1917, § 1071; 1930, § 1100; 1942, § 2336.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-17 - Food sales; flour and other provisions

Any person who shall knowingly and wilfully sell, or hold or offer for sale, any tainted, putrid, unsound, unwholesome, unmerchantable flour, or other provisions, as sound and good; or shall practice any fraud or deception, to put off and sell any damaged, unsound, or unmerchantable provisions, shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 217; 1871, § 2704; 1880, § 2940; 1892, § 1263; 1906, § 1338; Hemingway's 1917, § 1072; 1930, § 1101; 1942, § 2337.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-19 - Food sales; meat; sale of flesh of dead, diseased, and unclean animals; punishment

If any person shall sell or offer for sale as human food, the flesh of any animal which shall have died a natural death, or been killed or injured by any accident; or shall sell, or offer for sale, or ship for sale, as human food, the flesh of any diseased animal, or of any dog, cat, or other like unclean animal, such person shall be fined, on conviction, not less than one hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days.
Codes, 1892, § 1264; 1906, § 1339; Hemingway's 1917, § 1073; 1930, § 1102; 1942, § 2338.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-21 - Poisons; sale and giving away regulated

It shall not be lawful for any apothecary, druggist, or other person to sell or give away any article belonging to the class of medicines usually denominated poisons, except in compliance with Sections
97-27-23
and
97-27-25
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 31, art. 1; 1871, § 2742; 1880, § 2930; 1892, § 1248; 1906, § 1323; Hemingway's 1917, § 1056; 1930, § 1087; 1942, § 2320.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-23 - Poisons; register to be kept; label

Every druggist, apothecary, or other person, who shall sell or give away except on the written prescription of a physician, any article of medicine belonging to the class usually known as poisons, shall be required to register in a book kept for that purpose, the name, place of residence, age, sex, and color of the person obtaining such poison, the quantity sold, the purpose for which it was required, the day and date on which it was obtained, and the name and place of abode of the person for whom the article is intended; and he shall carefully mark the word "poison" upon the label or wrapper of each package.
Codes, 1857, ch. 31, art. 2; 1871, § 2743; 1880, § 2931; 1892, § 1249; 1906, § 1324; Hemingway's 1917, § 1057; 1930, § 1088; 1942, § 2321.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-25 - Poisons; arsenic to be mixed with soot or indigo

A druggist, apothecary, or other person shall not sell or give away, except to physicians, any quantity of arsenic less than one pound without first mixing soot or indigo therewith in the proportion of one ounce of soot or half an ounce of indigo to the pound of arsenic.
Codes, 1857, ch. 31, art. 4; 1871, § 2744; 1880, § 2932; 1892, § 1250; 1906, § 1325; Hemingway's 1917, § 1058; 1930, § 1089; 1942, § 2322.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-27 - Poisons; arsenic or other deadly poison not to be used in embalming fluid

A druggist, apothecary, or other person shall not sell or give away any embalming fluid for embalming the dead, which contains arsenic or other deadly poisons; nor shall any embalmer use any fluid containing arsenic or other deadly poison in embalming the dead.
Codes, 1906, § 1326; Hemingway's 1917, § 1059; 1930, § 1090; 1942, § 2323.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-29 - Poisons; penalty for violation of certain sections

Any person who shall violate the provisions of Sections
97-27-23
,
97-27-25
, or
97-27-27
, on conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or confined in the county jail thirty days, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 31, art. 5; 1871, § 2745; 1880, § 2933; 1892, § 1251; 1906, § 1327; Hemingway's 1917, § 1060; 1930, § 1091; 1942, § 2324.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-31 - Poisons; not to be sold to minors

A druggist, apothecary, or other person shall not sell or give away any poison to any minor, and for so doing he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1857, ch. 31, art. 3; 1880, § 2934; 1892, § 1252; 1906, § 1328; Hemingway's 1917, § 1061; 1930, § 1092; 1942, § 2325.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-33 - Poisons; inhalation of toxic vapors from model glue; unlawful glue sales to minors

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any type of model glue for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses or nervous system; or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting or disturbing the audio, visual or mental processes.
(2)
As used in this section, the term "model glue" shall mean any glue or cement of the type commonly used in the building of model airplanes, boats and automobiles and which contains one or more of the following volatile solvents:
(a)
toluol,
(b)
hexane,
(c)
trichlorethylene,
(d)
acetone,
(e)
toluene,
(f)
ethyl acetate,
(g)
methyl ethyl ketone,
(h)
trichlorochthane,
(i)
isopropanol,
(j)
methyl isobutyl ketone,
(k)
methyl cellosolve acetate,
(l)
cyclohexanone, or
(m)
any other solvent, material, substance, chemical or combination thereof having the property of releasing toxic vapors.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise transfer possession of any type of model glue to any minor for any purpose whatsoever, unless the minor receiving possession of the model glue is the child or ward of and under the lawful custody of such person.
(4)
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, for each such offense.
Codes, 1942, § 2329.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 347, §§ 1-4, eff. 8/11/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 27 - CRIMES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 97-27-1 — 97-27-35) › Section 97-27-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 578, § 15, eff. 2/1/1998.
Laws, 1994, ch. 486, § 9.
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 97-29-1 - Adultery and fornication; unlawful cohabitation

If any man and woman shall unlawfully cohabit, whether in adultery or fornication, they shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars each, and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months; and it shall not be necessary, to constitute the offense, that the parties shall dwell together publicly as husband and wife, but it may be proved by circumstances which show habitual sexual intercourse.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(58); 1857, ch. 64, art. 8; 1871, § 2486; 1880, § 2700; 1892, § 953; 1906, § 1029; Hemingway's 1917, § 754; 1930, § 772; 1942, § 1998.
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 97-29-3 - Adultery and fornication; between teacher and pupil

If any teacher and any pupil under eighteen (18) years of age of such teacher, not being married to each other, shall have sexual intercourse, each with the other, they shall, for every such offense, be fined in any sum, not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, and the teacher may be imprisoned not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months.
Codes, 1892, § 954; 1906 § 1030; Hemingway's 1917, § 755; 1930, § 773; 1942, § 1999; Laws, 1980, ch. 517, eff. 5/20/1980.
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 97-29-5 - Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry

Persons being within the degrees within which marriages are prohibited by law to be incestuous and void, or persons who are prohibited from marrying by reason of blood and between whom marriage is declared to be unlawful and void, who shall cohabit, or live together as husband and wife, or be guilty of a single act of adultery or fornication, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 9; 1871, § 2787; 1880, § 2701; 1892, § 955; 1906, § 1031; Hemingway's 1917, § 756; 1930, § 774; 1942, § 2000; Laws, 1956, ch. 241; Laws, 1960, ch. 240.
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 97-29-7 - Adultery and fornication; between guardian and ward

If any guardian and ward of such guardian, not being married to each other, shall have sexual intercourse each with the other, they shall for every such offense be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) each and the guardian shall be imprisoned not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months.
Codes, 1892, § 956; 1906, § 1032; Hemingway's 1917, § 757; 1930, § 775; 1942, § 2001; Laws, 1980, ch. 388, eff. 4/28/1980.