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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 19 - FALSE PRETENSES AND CHEATS (§§ 97-19-1 — 97-19-87) › Section 97-19-85 - Fraudulent use of identity, Social Security number, credit card or debit card number or other identifying information to obtain thing of value

(1)
Any person who shall make or cause to be made any false statement or representation as to his or another person's or entity's identity, social security account number, credit card number, debit card number, DD-214 or other identifying information for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining or with the intent to obtain goods, services or any thing of value, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, for a first offense shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or both. For a second or subsequent offense such person, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or both. In addition to the fines and imprisonment provided in this section, a person convicted under this section shall be ordered to pay restitution as provided in Section
99-37-1
et seq.
(2)
A person is guilty of fraud under subsection (1) who:
(a)
Shall furnish false information willfully, knowingly and with intent to deceive anyone as to his true identity or the true identity of another person; or
(b)
Willfully, knowingly, and with intent to deceive, uses a social security account number to establish and maintain business or other records; or
(c)
With intent to deceive, falsely represents a number to be the social security account number assigned to him or another person, when in fact the number is not the social security account number assigned to him or such other person; or
(d)
With intent to deceive, falsely represents to be a representative of an entity in order to open banking accounts, obtain credit cards, or other services and supplies in the entity's name; or
(e)
Knowingly alters a social security card, buys or sells a social security card or counterfeit or altered social security card, counterfeits a social security card, or possesses a social security card or counterfeit social security card with intent to sell or alter it; or
(f)
Willfully and knowingly, with intent to deceive, falsely uses a form DD-214, Military Retiree Identification Card, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Identification Card, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Identification Card or National Guard Form NGB 22, for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a veterans driver's license or any other state or federal government benefit available only to honorably discharged veterans.
Laws, 1993, ch. 387, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 555, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 391, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 416, SB 2294,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Brought forward by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 76, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-1 - Account books kept in public offices

Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make any false entry, or shall falsely alter any entry made in any book of accounts kept in the office of the auditor of public accounts, or in the office of the treasurer of this state, or in the office of any county treasurer, or in any other public office, by which any demand or obligation, claim, right, or interest, either against or in favor of this state, or any county, city, town, or village, or any individual, shall be or purport to be discharged, diminished, increased, created, or in any manner affected, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(34); 1857, ch. 64, art. 118; 1871, § 2582; 1880, § 2828; 1892, § 1107; 1906, § 1188; Hemingway's 1917, § 918; 1930, § 945; 1942, § 2174.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-3 - Account books kept by corporations

Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make any false entry, or shall falsely alter any entry made in any book of accounts kept by any moneyed corporation within this state, or in any book of accounts kept by any corporation or its officers, and to be delivered or intended to be delivered to any person dealing with such corporation, by which any pecuniary obligation, claim, or credit shall be or shall purport to be discharged, diminished, increased, created, or in any manner affected, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(35); 1857, ch. 64, art. 119; 1871, § 2583; 1880, § 2829; 1892, § 1108; 1906, § 1189; Hemingway's 1917, § 919; 1930, § 946; 1942, § 2175.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-5 - Certain instruments deemed writings

Every instrument, partly written and partly printed, or wholly printed, with a written signature thereto, and every signature of an individual, firm, or corporate body, or of any officer of such body, and every writing purporting to be such signature, shall be deemed a writing and a written instrument within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(45); 1857, ch. 64, art. 127; 1871, § 2591; 1880, § 2836; 1892, § 1115; 1906, § 1196; Hemingway's 1917, § 926; 1930, § 953; 1942, § 2183.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-7 - Certificate of acknowledgment or proof of deeds and other recordable instruments

If any officer authorized to take the proof or acknowledgment of any conveyance of real or personal estate, or of any other instrument which by law may be recorded, shall wilfully and falsely certify that any such conveyance or instrument was acknowledged by any party thereto, when in truth such acknowledgment was not made, or that any such instrument or conveyance was proved, when in truth such proof was not made, he shall, upon conviction, be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(27); 1857, ch. 64, art. 111; 1871, § 2575; 1880, § 2821; 1892, § 1097; 1906, § 1178; Hemingway's 1917, § 908; 1930, § 935; 1942, § 2164.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-9 - Certificate or public security, share in public stock or indorsement thereof

Every person who shall be convicted of having forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered any certificate or other public security issued or purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state by virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public security the payment of any money, absolutely or upon contingency, shall be promised, or the receipt of any money, goods, or valuable thing shall be acknowledged; or any certificate of any share, right or interest in any public stock, created by virtue of any law of this state, issued or purporting to have been issued by any public officer, or any other evidence of any debt or liability of this state, either absolute or contingent, issued or purporting to be issued by any public officer; or any indorsement or other instrument transferring or purporting to transfer the right or interest of any holder of any such certificate, public security, certificate of stock, evidence of debt or liability, or of any person entitled to such right or interest, with intent to defraud this state, or any public officer thereof, or any other person, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(23); 1857, ch. 64, art. 108; 1871, § 2572; 1880, § 2818; 1892, § 1094; 1906, § 1175; Hemingway's 1917, § 905; 1930, § 932; 1942, § 2161.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-11 - Coin operated machines; use or sale of slug or other device

Any person who shall operate or cause to be operated, or who shall attempt to operate, or attempt to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated, or foreign coin or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle, or who shall take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such machine, coin box telephone or receptacle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both.
Any person, who, with intent to cheat or defraud the owner, lessee, licensee, or other person entitled to the contents of any automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone or other receptacle, depository, or contrivance designed to receive lawful coin of the United States of America in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, or who, knowing that the same is intended for unlawful use, shall manufacture for sale, or sell or give away any slug, device or substance whatsoever intended or calculated to be placed or deposited in any such automatic vending machine, slot machine, coin box telephone or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply when a privilege license for the operation of said automatic vending machines has not been procured for the operation of said automatic vending machines by the owners thereof.
Codes, 1842, § 2178; Laws, 1932, ch. 267.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-13 - Counterfeiting: currency or treasury notes of United States

Every person who shall be convicted of having counterfeited any currency which shall be at the time current, by custom or usage, within this state, or the treasury notes of the United States, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(28); 1857, ch. 64, art. 112; 1871, § 2576; 1880, § 2822; 1892, § 1098; 1906, § 1179; Hemingway's 1917, § 909; 1930, § 936; 1942, § 2165; Laws, 1924, ch. 161.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 388, SB 2470,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-15 - Counterfeiting: currency of foreign countries

Every person who shall be convicted of having counterfeited currency of any foreign government or country, with the intent of exporting the same to injure or defraud any foreign government or the subjects or citizens thereof, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(29); 1857, ch. 64, art. 113; 1871, § 2577; 1880, § 2823; 1892, § 1099; 1906, § 1180; Hemingway's 1917, § 910; 1930, § 937; 1942, § 2166.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 388, SB 2470,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-17 - Counterfeiting: possession of counterfeit currency with intention to utter

Every person who shall have in his possession any counterfeit of any currency, which shall be at the time current in this state, knowing the same to be counterfeited, with intention to defraud or injure, by uttering the same, as true or false, or by causing the same to be so uttered, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(38); 1857, ch. 64, art. 121; 1871, § 2585; 1880, § 2831; 1892, § 1110; 1906, § 1191; Hemingway's 1917, § 921; 1930, § 948; 1942, § 2177.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 388, SB 2470,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-19 - Corporate evidences of debt signed by pretended officer

The false making, forging, or counterfeiting of any evidence of debt issued, or purporting to have been issued, by any corporation having authority for that purpose, to which shall be affixed the pretended signature of any person as an agent or officer of such corporation, shall be forgery, in the same manner as if such person was at the time an officer or agent of such corporation, notwithstanding there never was any such person in existence.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(47); 1857, ch. 64, art. 129; 1871, § 2593; 1880, § 2838; 1892, § 1117; 1906, § 1198; Hemingway's 1917, § 928; 1930, § 955; 1942, § 2185.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-21 - Destruction, erasure, or obliteration of writing deemed forgery

The total erasure, obliteration, or destruction of any instrument of writing, with the intent to defraud, by which any pecuniary obligation or any right, interest, or claim to property, shall be or shall be intended to be created, increased, discharged, diminished, or in any manner affected, shall be forgery in the same manner and in the same degree as the false alteration of any part of such instrument of writing.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(43); 1857, ch. 64, art. 125; 1871, § 2589; 1880, § 2834; 1892, § 1113; 1906, § 1194; Hemingway's 1917, § 924; 1930, § 951; 1942, § 2181.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-23 - Engraving or possessing plate for printing bank check, note or other evidence of debt; possessing impressions made from such plate

Every person who shall be convicted of having made or engraved, or having caused or procured to be made or engraved, any plate in the form or similitude of any promissory note, bill of exchange, draft, check, certificate of deposit, or other evidence of debt, issued by any incorporated bank in this state, or by any bank incorporated under the laws of the United States, or of any state or territory, or under the laws of any foreign country or government, without the authority of such bank, with the intent of using or having the same used for the purpose of taking therefrom any impression, to be passed, sold, or altered, or of having made or caused to be made, or having in his custody or possession any plate upon which shall be engraved any figures or words which may be used for the purpose of falsely altering any evidence of debt issued by any such incorporated bank, with the intent of having the same used for such purpose, or of having or keeping in his custody or possession, without the authority of such bank, any impression taken from any such plate, with intent to have the same filled up and completed for the purpose of being passed, sold, or uttered, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(30); 1857, ch. 64, art. 114; 1871, § 2578; 1880, § 2824; 1892, § 1103; 1906, § 1184; Hemingway's 1917, § 914; 1930, § 941; 1942, § 2170.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-25 - Engraving or possessing plate for printing bank check, note or other evidence of debt; when plate deemed imitation of genuine instrument

Every plate specified in Section
97-21-23
, shall be deemed to be in the form and similitude of the genuine instrument imitated, in either of the following cases: When the engraving on such plate resembles and is intended to conform to such parts of the genuine instrument as are engraved; or when such plate shall be partly finished, and the part so finished resembles and is intended to conform to similar parts of the genuine instrument.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(31); 1857, ch. 64, art. 115; 1871, § 2579; 1880, § 2825; 1892, § 1104; 1906, § 1185; Hemingway's 1917, § 915; 1930, § 942; 1942, § 2171.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-27 - Intent to defraud

Whenever, by any of the provisions of this chapter, an intent to defraud is required to constitute a forgery, it shall be sufficient if such intent appear to defraud the United States, any state or territory, and body-corporate, county, city, town, or village, or any public officer in his official capacity, any copartnership, or any one of such partners, or any real person whatever.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(46); 1857, ch. 64, art. 128; 1871, § 2592; 1880, § 2837; 1892, § 1116; 1906, § 1197; Hemingway's 1917, § 927; 1930, § 954; 1942, § 2184.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-29 - Making and uttering instrument in own name under pretense that it is act of another of same name

If any person shall, with intent to injure or defraud, make any instrument in his own name, intended to create, increase, discharge, defeat, or diminish any pecuniary obligation, right or interest, or to transfer or affect any property whatever, and shall utter and pass it under the pretense that it is the act of another who bears the same name, he shall be guilty of forgery and shall be punished according to the schedule in Section
97-21-33
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(41); 1857, ch. 64, art. 123; 1871, § 2587; 1880, § 2833; 1892, § 1112; 1906, § 1193; Hemingway's 1917, § 923; 1930, § 950; 1942, § 2180.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 24, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-31 - Parts of several genuine instruments connected to make one instrument

When different parts of several genuine instruments shall be so placed or connected together as to produce one instrument, with intent to defraud, the same shall be forgery, in the same manner as if the parts so put together were falsely made or forged.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(44); 1857, ch. 64, art. 126; 1871, § 2590; 1880, § 2835; 1892, § 1114; 1906, § 1195; Hemingway's 1917, § 925; 1930, § 952; 1942, § 2182.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-35 - Pleadings, process and other court papers, licenses, or written instruments generally

Every person who, with the intent to injure or defraud, shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit any instrument or writing being or purporting to be any process issued by any competent court, magistrate, or officer, or being or purporting to be any pleading or proceeding filed or entered in any court of law or equity, or being or purporting to be any certificate, order, or allowance, by any competent court, board, or officer, or being or purporting to be any license or authority authorized by any statute, or any instrument or writing being or purporting to be the act of another, by which any pecuniary demand or obligation shall be or purport to be created, increased, discharged, or diminished, or by which any right or property whatever shall be or purport to be transferred, conveyed, discharged, diminished, or in any manner affected, by which false making, forging, altering or counterfeiting any person may be affected, bound, or in any way injured in his person or property, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(33); 1857, ch. 64, art. 117; 1871, § 2581; 1880, § 2827; 1892, § 1106; 1906, § 1187; Hemingway's 1917, § 917; 1930, § 944; 1942, § 2173.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-37 - Possession of counterfeit bank notes or other instrument with intention to utter

Every person who shall have in his possession any forged, altered or counterfeited negotiable note, bill, draft, or other evidence of debt issued or purported to have been issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that purpose by the laws of the United States or of this state, or of any other state, government, or country, or any other forged, altered, or counterfeit, instrument the forgery of which is declared by the provisions of this chapter to be punishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered, or counterfeited, with intention to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the same to be uttered, with intent to injure or defraud, shall be guilty of forgery and shall be punished according to the schedule in Section
97-21-33
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(36); 1857, ch. 64, art. 120; 1871, § 2584; 1880, § 2830; 1892, § 1109; 1906, § 1190; Hemingway's 1917, § 920; 1930, § 947; 1942, § 2176.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 26, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-39 - Railroad tickets; definition

The words "railroad passenger ticket," as used in Sections
97-21-41
and
97-21-43
, shall be construed to embrace any ticket, card, pass, certificate, or paper, providing or intending to provide for the carriage or transportation of any person or persons upon any railroad, and shall include not only such tickets fully prepared for use, but those not so fully prepared, and all others which have been once used.
Codes, 1892, § 1102; 1906, § 1183; Hemingway's 1917, § 913; 1930, § 940; Laws, 1942, § 2169.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-41 - Railroad tickets; making or altering

Every person who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit any railroad passenger ticket, purporting to be made or issued by any railroad company or companies, with intent to injure or defraud, or who shall, with like intent, alter any railroad passenger ticket made or issued by any railroad company or companies, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, 1892, § 1100; 1906, § 1181; Hemingway's 1917, § 911; 1930, § 938; 1942, § 2167.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-43 - Railroad tickets; possession of forged or altered tickets

Every person who shall sell or offer to sell, or who shall have in his possession with intent to sell, any such false, forged, altered or counterfeit railroad passenger ticket, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeit, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, 1892, § 1101; 1906, § 1182; Hemingway's 1917, § 912; 1930, § 939; 1942, § 2168.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-45 - Record of will or other instrument constituting evidence, judgment or decree of court, or return on process

Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall falsely alter, destroy, corrupt, or falsify the record of any will, conveyance or other instrument the record of which shall by law be evidence, or any record or any judgment or decree of a court of record, or the enrollment of any such judgment or decree, or the return of an officer, court, or tribunal, to any process of any court, or who shall falsely make, forge, or alter any entry in any book of record, or any instrument purporting to be any such record or return, with intent to defraud, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(25); 1857, ch. 64, art. 110; 1871, § 2574; 1880, § 2820; 1892, § 1096; 1906, § 1177; Hemingway's 1917, § 907; 1930, § 934; 1942, § 2163.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-47 - Seal of state and other government and corporate seals or their impressions

Every person who shall forge or counterfeit the great seal of this state, the seal of any public office or officer authorized by law, the seal of any court of record, the seal of any county, city, town or village, or the seal of any body-corporate, duly incorporated, or who shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit any impression purporting to be the impression of any such seal, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 109; 1871, § 2573; 1880, § 2819; 1892, § 1095; 1906, § 1176; Hemingway's 1917, § 906; 1930, § 933; 1942, § 2162.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-49 - Selling or offering to sell counterfeit notes or other evidence of debt, etc

Every person who shall be convicted of having sold, exchanged, or delivered, for any consideration, any forged or counterfeited promissory note, check, bill, draft or other evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of money, absolutely, or upon contingency, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, with the intent to have the same uttered or passed; or of having offered any such notes or other instruments for sale, exchange, or delivery, for any consideration, with the like knowledge and with the like intention, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 116; 1871, § 2580; 1880, § 2826; 1892, § 1105; 1906, § 1186; Hemingway's 1917, § 916; 1930, § 943; 1942, § 2172.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-51 - Unauthorized use or signing of another's name to telegram, petition or related communication

If any person shall wilfully and falsely, or fraudulently forge, sign, or otherwise use the name of another person to a telegram, petition or related communication or instrument of writing with intent to deceive, defraud, or for personal gain or benefit, or for the benefit of another person, without the express written approval of such person, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days and by a fine of not more than $500.00, or both in the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1942, § 2187.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 316, eff. 5/16/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-53 - Trade-marks; counterfeiting and forging of

(1)
Every person who shall knowingly and willfully forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any representation, likeness, similitude, copy, or imitation of the private stamp, wrappers, or labels usually fixed by any mechanic or manufacturer to, and used by such mechanic or manufacturer on, in, or about the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever, shall be punished as follows:
(a)
If the goods or services to which the forged or counterfeit representation, likeness, similitude, copy of imitation of the private stamp, wrappers or labels are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of the goods if they were not forged or counterfeited of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or more, the person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for up to five (5) years and fined up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00); or
(b)
If the goods or services to which the forged or counterfeit representation, likeness, similitude, copy, or imitation of the private stamp, wrappers, or labels are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for up to one (1) year and fined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
(2)
Property used in any way to violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to forfeiture under Sections
97-21-101
and
97-21-103
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 131; 1871, § 2595; 1880, § 2841; 1892, § 1306; 1906, § 1380; Hemingway's 1917, § 1123; 1930, § 1153; 1942, § 2390; Laws, 2009, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 2011, ch. 346, § 3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-55 - Trade-marks; possession of dies, plates, printed label or any imitation for purpose of vending imitation goods

(1)
Every person who shall have in his possession any die, plate, engraving, or printed label, stamp, or wrapper, or any representation, likeness, similitude, copy, or imitation of the private stamp, wrapper, or label usually fixed by any mechanic or manufacturer to, and used by such mechanic or manufacturer on, in, or about the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, with intent to use or sell the said die, plate or engraving, or printed stamp, label, or wrapper, for the purpose of aiding or assisting, in any way whatever, in vending any goods, wares, or merchandise in imitation of, or intended to resemble and be sold for the goods, wares, or merchandise of such mechanic or manufacturer, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years and a fine of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
(2)
Property used in any way to violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to forfeiture under Sections
97-21-101
and
97-21-103
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 132; 1871, § 2596; 1880, § 2842; 1892, § 1307; 1906, § 1381; Hemingway's 1917, § 1124; 1930, § 1154; 1942, § 2391; Laws, 2009, ch. 378, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 346, § 4, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-57 - Trade-marks; sale of goods bearing counterfeit stamp or label

(1)
Every person who shall sell, vend, or possess with intent to sell or vend any goods, wares, or merchandise having thereon any forged or counterfeit stamp or label, imitating, resembling, or purporting to be the stamp or label of any mechanic or manufacturer, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, and resembling or purporting to be imitations of the stamps or labels of such mechanic or manufacturer shall be punished as follows:
(a)
If the goods or services to which the forged or counterfeit representation, likeness, similitude, copy, or imitation of the private stamp, wrappers, or labels are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of the goods if they were not forged or counterfeited of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or more, the person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for up to five (5) years and fined up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00); or
(b)
If the goods or services to which the forged or counterfeit representation, likeness, similitude, copy, or imitation of the private stamp, wrappers, or labels are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of the goods if they were not forged or counterfeited of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for up to one (1) year and fined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
(2)
Property used in any way to violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to forfeiture under Sections
97-21-101
and
97-21-103
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 133; 1871, § 2597; 1880, § 2843; 1892, § 1308; 1906, § 1382; Hemingway's 1917, § 1125; 1930, § 1155; 1942, § 2392; Laws, 2009, ch. 378, § 3; Laws, 2011, ch. 346, § 5; Laws, 2012, ch. 389, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-59 - Uttering counterfeit instrument or coin

Every person who shall be convicted of having uttered or published as true, and with intent to defraud, any forged, altered, or counterfeit instrument, or any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forgery, altering, or counterfeiting of which is declared by the provisions of this chapter to be an offense, knowing such instrument or coin to be forged, altered, or counterfeited, shall suffer the punishment herein provided for forgery, pursuant to Section
97-21-33
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(39); 1857, ch. 64, art. 122; 1871, § 2586; 1880, § 2832; 1892, § 1111; 1906, § 1192; Hemingway's 1917, § 922; 1930, § 949; 1942, § 2179.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 27, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-61 - Warrants on state treasury, United States treasury, or county, city, town or village treasury

If any person shall falsely or fraudulently make, forge, or alter any writing, being, or pretending to be, an auditor's warrant on the state treasury, or any order or warrant on the treasury of this state or the treasury of the United States, or of any county, or of any city, town, or village, with intent to defraud the state, the United States, or any county, city, village, or town, or any person, he shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 130; 1871, § 2594; 1880, § 2839; 1892, § 1118; 1906, § 1199; Hemingway's 1917, § 929; 1930, § 956; 1942, § 2186.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 21 - FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-103) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 97-21-1 — 97-21-63) › Section 97-21-63 - Will, deed, certificate of acknowledgment or proof of recordable instrument

Every person who shall be convicted of having forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered any will of real or personal property, or any deed or other instrument, being or purporting to be the act of another by which any right or interest in real or personal property shall be or purport to be transferred, conveyed, or in any way changed or affected; or any certificate or indorsement of the acknowledgment of any person of any deed or other instrument which by law may be recorded, made or purporting to have been made by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate or indorsement; or any certificate of the proof of any deed or other instrument which by law may be recorded, made or purporting to have been made by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of forgery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(22); 1857, ch. 64, art. 107; 1871, § 2571; 1880, § 2817; 1892, § 1093; 1906, § 1174; Hemingway's 1917, § 904; 1930, § 931; 1942, § 2160.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-1 - False advertising and misrepresentation of nature of business

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to misrepresent the true nature of its business by use of the words "manufacturer," "wholesaler," "retailer," or words of similar import or for any person, firm, association or corporation to represent itself as selling at wholesale, or use the word "wholesale" in any form of sale or advertising unless such person, firm, association or corporation is actually selling at wholesale those items advertised for the purpose of resale. For the purpose of this section, the term "wholesale" shall be defined as a sale made for the purpose of resale by the purchaser on which a wholesale sales tax is charged, and not one made to a consuming purchaser on which a retail sales tax is charged.
However, this section shall in nowise affect or prohibit a corporation from using the word "wholesale" in its corporate name even though such corporation also does a retail business. However, if it does a retail business, it must indicate in its advertisements that such business is being conducted by its retail division, or that such advertised products are to be sold only at retail.
(2)
The violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and any person or firm convicted of violating this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Codes, 1942, § 2144.3; Laws, 1962, ch. 315, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-3 - Advertising; untrue, deceptive, or misleading

Any person who, with intent to sell or in any way dispose of merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered by such person, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or who, with intent to increase the consumption of or demand for such merchandise, securities, service or other thing, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or an interest therein, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates or places before the public, or causes, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public within the state, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet or letter, or by a label affixed to the merchandise or its container, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service or anything so offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue, deceptive or misleading, including but not limited to representing himself as selling at wholesale unless he is actually selling at wholesale those items so represented, and which such person knew, or might on reasonable investigation have ascertained to be untrue, deceptive or misleading, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and the offending person, whether found guilty or not, may be held civilly responsible in tort for damages to persons or property proximately resulting from a violation of this section. This section shall not apply to any owner, publisher, printer, agent or employee of a newspaper or other publication, periodical or circular, or to any agent of the advertiser who in good faith and without knowledge of the falsity or deceptive character thereof publishes, causes to be published, or participates in the publication of such advertisement. Firms with the word "wholesale" in their corporate title are not in violation of this section so long as they identify the sales as being made by their retail division.
Codes, 1942, § 2003.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 317, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-5 - Advertising; pulling down advertisements

If any person shall pull down any advertisement authorized by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than six months.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(74); 1857, ch. 64, art. 337; 1871, § 2830; 1880, § 2702; 1892, § 958; 1906, § 1034; Hemingway's 1917, § 759; 1930, § 777; 1942, § 2003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-7 - Cotton; fraudulent packing

If any person shall fraudulently pack or bale any cotton, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 56, art. 12; 1857, ch. 64, art. 65; 1871, § 2720; 1880, § 2762; 1892, § 1011; 1906, § 1088; Hemingway's 1917, § 814; 1930, § 837; 1942, § 2063.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-9 - Cotton; seed-cotton not sold at night

Any person who shall buy, sell, or exchange or receive or deliver, in pursuance of any contract of sale or exchange, any cotton in the seed or ginned and not baled, between sunset on one day and sunrise on the next, shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1880, § 2763; 1892, § 1012; 1906, § 1089; Hemingway's 1917, § 815; 1930, § 838; 1942, § 2064.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-11 - Cotton; scalage; deductions from true weight of bale prohibited

If any purchaser or weigher of cotton shall deduct from the true weight of any bale or package thereof any amount whatever, as scalage, with intent to diminish the sum to be paid or credited to the seller, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars.
Codes, 1892, § 1296; 1906, § 1370; Hemingway's 1917, § 1106; 1930, § 1135; 1942, § 2372; Laws, 1888, p. 91.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-13 - Cotton; scalage; purchasers of cotton to account for actual weight

If any purchaser of cotton shall fail to account to the seller for the actual weight of the cotton bought, except where the amount of the deduction is agreed upon between them, or adjudged by a disinterested person for them, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished as prescribed in the last section.
Codes, 1892, § 1297; 1906, § 1371; Hemingway's 1917, § 1107; 1930, § 1136; 1942, § 2373; Laws, 1888, p 91.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-15 - Cottonseed meal; adulterated meal to be branded

It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to adulterate any cottonseed meal with hulls, sawdust or anything else, without noting such adulteration in plain and legible characters on each sack, and it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or barter in this state any cottonseed meal adulterated with sawdust or anything else without such adulteration being noted in plain and legible characters on each sack or receptacle thereof. Any person or corporation violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
Codes, 1906, § 1317; Hemingway's 1917, § 1050; 1930, § 840; 1942, § 2066; Laws, 1912, ch. 138.