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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-113 - Intimidating a witness

(1)
A person commits the crime of intimidating a witness if he intentionally or knowingly:
(a)
Attempts, by use of a threat directed to a witness or a person he believes will be called as a witness in any official proceedings, to:
(i)
Influence the testimony of that person;
(ii)
Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(iii)
Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned;
(b)
Harasses or intimidates or attempts to threaten, harass or intimidate a witness or a person reasonably expected to be a witness;
(c)
Attempts to influence the testimony of a witness or a person reasonably expected to be a witness by rendering criminal assistance to another being investigated for or charged with criminal activity; or
(d)
Solicits, encourages or requests a witness to provide false information intended to defeat or defend against an existing criminal charge or to hinder or interfere an ongoing investigation of a criminal act.
(2)
Intimidating a witness is a Class 1 felony.
(3)
It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section if the actual completion of the threat, harassment or intimidation was prevented from occurring.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 7, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 4, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-115 - Tampering with a witness

(1)
A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if he:
(a)
Intentionally or knowingly attempts to induce a witness or a person he reasonably believes will be called as a witness in any official proceeding to:
(i)
Testify falsely or unlawfully withhold testimony;
(ii)
Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned; or
(b)
Solicits, encourages, threatens, harasses or intimidates or attempts to solicit, encourage, threaten, harass or intimidate a witness in an effort to prevent or dissuade the witness from testifying or to provide a false version of events exonerating or incriminating another person of commission of a crime.
(2)
Tampering with a witness is a Class 2 felony.
(3)
It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section if the actual completion of the threat, harassment or intimidation was prevented from occurring.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 8, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 5, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-116 - Bribing a judge

(1)
A person commits the crime of bribing a judge if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a judge with the intent that the judge's decision, vote, recommendation or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding will thereby be influenced.
(2)
Bribing a judge is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years and by a fine three (3) times the amount of the bribe but in no case less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).
Laws, 2008, ch. 428, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-117 - Bribing a juror

(1)
A person commits the crime of bribing a juror if he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers or agrees or attempts to confer any benefit upon a juror with the intent that the juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced.
(2)
Bribing a juror is a Class 1 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 9, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 6, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-119 - Bribe receiving by a juror

(1)
A person commits the crime of bribe receiving by a juror if he intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced.
(2)
Bribe receiving by a juror is a Class 1 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 10, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-121 - Intimidating a juror

(1)
A person commits the crime of intimidating a juror if he intentionally or knowingly attempts, by the use of a threat, harassment or intimidations to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action as a juror.
(2)
Intimidating a juror is a Class 1 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 11, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 7, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-123 - Jury tampering

(1)
A person commits the crime of jury tampering if, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action in the case, he intentionally or knowingly attempts to communicate directly or indirectly with a juror other than as part of the proceedings in the trial of the case.
(2)
Jury tampering is a Class 2 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 12, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-125 - Tampering with physical evidence

(1)
A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, and acting without legal right or authority, he:
(a)
Intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or alters physical evidence with intent to impair its use, verity or availability in the pending criminal investigation or prospective official proceeding;
(b)
Knowingly makes, presents or offers any false physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or prospective official proceeding;
(c)
Intentionally prevents the production of physical evidence by an act of force, intimidation or deception against any person, or threatens, harasses or intimidates a witness or a person he reasonably believes may be a witness in a criminal investigation to not provide physical evidence or to hide, destroy or alter physical evidence; or
(d)
Solicits, encourages or assists another person to destroy, hide or conceal evidence of any type if it is reasonably likely the state or federal authorities would use the evidence during the prosecution of a criminal act by the state or federal authorities.
(2)
Tampering with physical evidence is a Class 2 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 13, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 8, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-127 - Retaliation against a public servant or witness

(1)
A person commits the offense of retaliation if he intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by any unlawful act in retaliation for anything lawfully done in the capacity of public servant, witness, prospective witness or informant.
(2)
Retaliation is a Class 2 felony.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 14, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 3 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-101 — 97-9-129) › Section 97-9-129 - Sentencing

(1)
A person who has been convicted of any Class 1 felony under this article shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not more than fifteen (15) years or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(2)
A person who has been convicted of any Class 2 felony under this article shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten (10) years or fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
(3)
A person who has been convicted of any misdemeanor under this article shall be sentenced to confinement in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year or fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Laws, 2006, ch. 387, § 15, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 382, HB 1367, 9, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-1 - Alteration of records

If any clerk of any court, or public officer or any other person, shall wittingly make any false entry, or erase any work or letter, or change any record belonging to any court or public office, whether in his keeping or not, he shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten years, and be liable to the action of the party aggrieved.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 10; 1871, § 2489; 1880, § 2703; 1892, § 959; 1906, § 1035; Hemingway's 1917, § 760; 1930, § 778; 1942, § 2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-3 - Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals

If the attorney general or any district attorney shall, in any manner, consult, advise, counsel, or defend, within this state, a person charged with a crime or misdemeanor or the breach of a penal statute, he shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, be removed from office, and rendered incapable thereafter of filling any office of profit or honor in this state.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 21, art. 3(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 69; 1871, § 2714; 1880, § 2758; 1892, § 1227; 1906, § 1303; Hemingway's 1917, § 1036; 1930, § 1067; 1942, § 2299.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-5 - and 97-11-7 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
§ 97-11-5. [Codes, 1880, § 2184; 1892, § 1235; 1906, § 1311; Hemingway's 1917, § 1044; 1930, § 1076; 1942, § 2309] § 97-11-7. [Codes, 1880, § 1825; 1892, § 1239; 1906, § 1315; Hemingway's 1917, § 1048; 1930, § 1080; 1942, § 2313]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-9 - Bond; approving worthless official bond

If any officer shall approve any official bond, knowing or having good reason to believe the sureties to be insufficient, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, the fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed six months in the county jail.
Codes, 1880, § 406; 1892, § 1234; 1906, § 1310; Hemingway's 1917, § 1043; 1930, § 1075; 1942, § 2308.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-11 - Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action

Every person who shall promise, offer or give to any officer, agent or trustee, either public or private, while holding such office, agency or trust, or after he has become a candidate or applicant for the same, any money, goods, chattels, right in action, or other property, real or personal, with intent to influence his vote, opinion, action or judgment on any question, matter, cause or proceeding which may be then pending, or may be thereafter subject to vote, opinion, action or judgment of such officer, agent or trustee, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both, and shall be forever disqualified from holding any public office, trust or appointment, and shall forfeit his office, if any be held.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 5(9); 1857, ch. 64, art. 34; 1871, § 2511; 1880, § 2727; 1892 § 981; 1906, § 1057; Hemingway's 1917, § 785; 1930, § 801; 1942, § 2027; Laws, 1995, ch. 463, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-13 - Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe

If any officer, agent or trustee shall accept any gift, offer or promise, prohibited by Section
97-11-11
, he shall, on conviction, be forever disqualified from holding any public office, trust or appointment, and shall forfeit his office, if any be held, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 5(10); 1857, ch. 64, art. 35; 1871, § 2512; 1880, § 2728; 1892, § 982; 1906, § 1058; Hemingway's 1917, § 786; 1930, § 802; 1942, § 2028; Laws, 1995, ch. 463, § 2, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-15 - Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal

Any clerk of a circuit court who shall wilfully or negligently fail or refuse to send up the certificate of appeal, as provided in Section
99-35-121
, Mississippi Code of 1972, within the time required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or both.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 50a; 1930, § 49; 1942, § 1183; Laws, 1920, ch. 147.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-17 - Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers

If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to make out and deliver within a reasonable time to the person having demanded and paid in advance the statutory charge for a certified copy of any paper, record, judgment, decree or entry on file, which is lodged or remaining in his office, such clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office.
Codes, 1880, § 2395; 1892, § 1232; 1906, § 1308; Hemingway's 1917, § 1041; 1930, § 1073; 1942, § 2306; Laws, 1971, ch. 487, § 1, eff. 3/31/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-19 - and 97-11-21 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
§ 97-11-19. [Codes, 1892, § 1229; 1906, § 1305; Hemingway's 1917, § 1038; 1930, §§ 1069, 1070; 1942, §§ 2301, 2302; Laws, 1922, ch. 230; 1924, ch. 238; 1934, ch. 293; 1975, ch. 388] § 97-11-21. [Codes, 1880, § 2759; 1892, § 1228; 1906, § 1304; Hemingway's 1917, § 1037; 1930, § 1068; 1942, § 2300.]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-23 - Drunkenness in office

Any officer who shall be guilty of habitual drunkenness, or who shall be drunk while in the actual discharge of the duties of his office, or when called on to perform them, may be indicted therefor, and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office.
Codes, 1880, § 424; 1892, § 1233; 1906, § 1309; Hemingway's 1917, § 1042; 1930, § 1074; 1942, § 2307.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-25 - Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use

If any state officer or any county officer, or an officer in any district or subdivision of a county, or an officer of any city, town or village, or a notary public, or any other person holding any public office or employment, or any executor, administrator or guardian, or any trustee of an express trust, any master or commissioner or receiver, or any attorney at law or solicitor, or any bank or collecting agent, or other person engaged in like public employment, or any other person undertaking to act for others and intrusted by them with business of any kind, or with money, shall unlawfully convert to his own use any money or other valuable thing which comes to his hands or possession by virtue of his office or employment, or shall not, when lawfully required to turn over such money or deliver such thing, immediately do so according to his legal obligation, he shall, on conviction, be committed to the department of corrections for not more than twenty (20) years, or be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
Codes, 1880, § 2787; 1892, § 1063; 1906, § 1141; Hemingway's 1917, § 869; 1930, § 894; 1942, § 2120; Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 13, eff. 11/15/1979 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment on 7/6/1979).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-27 - Embezzlement; officers and public agents failing to deliver money, records, etc. to successor

If any officer or agent of this state, or of any county or subdivision of a county, or of any city, town, or village therein, in whose hands money, books, records, papers, or anything else required by law to be delivered by him to his successor in office or other person authorized by law to receive or have charge of the same, may be, shall wilfully and not in good faith refuse or neglect, on demand, to so deliver the same, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years, or be fined not more than one thousand dollars and be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year.
Codes, 1880, § 2788; 1892, § 1064; 1906, § 1142; Hemingway's 1917, § 870; 1930, § 895; 1942, § 2121.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-29 - Embezzlement; accounts to be kept by all public officers; false entries, false certificates, loan of public funds and fraud on the treasury

The state treasurer, auditor of public accounts, assessors and collectors of taxes, and all other state and county officers, and officers of cities, towns and villages, shall make and keep in their offices, subject to inspection at all times, an accurate entry of each and every sum of public money, securities, stocks, or other public money whatever, by them received, transferred, or disbursed; and if any of said officers, either municipal, county or state, or a clerk, agent or employee of such officers, shall willfully and fraudulently make any false entry therein or make any certificate or endorsement of any warrant on the treasury that the same is genuine, when the same is in fact not a genuine warrant, or shall loan any portion of the public moneys, securities, stocks, or other public property intrusted to him, for any purpose whatever, or shall, by willful act or omission of duty whatever, defraud, or attempt to defraud, the state, or any county, city, town or village, of any moneys, security, or property, he shall, on conviction thereof, be guilty of embezzlement, and fined not less than double the amount or value of the moneys, security, stock or other property so embezzled, or committed to the department of corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 85; 1871, § 2550; 1880, § 2789; 1892, § 1065; 1906, § 1143; Hemingway's 1917, § 871; 1930, § 896; 1942, § 2122; Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 14, eff. 11/15/1979 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment on 7/6/1979).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-31 - Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office

If any officer, or other person employed in any public office, shall commit any fraud or embezzlement therein, he shall be committed to the department of corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1880, § 2790; 1892, § 1066; 1906, § 1144; Hemingway's 1917, § 872; 1930, § 897; 1942, § 2123; Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 15, eff. 11/15/1979 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment on 7/6/1979).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-33 - Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered

If any judge, justice court judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff's employee, constable, assessor, collector, clerk, county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator, employee of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, employee of any contractor providing incarceration services or any other officer, shall knowingly demand, take or collect, under color of his office, any money fee or reward whatever, not authorized by law, or shall demand and receive, knowingly, any fee for service not actually performed, such officer, so offending, shall be guilty of extortion, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both, and shall be removed from office.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 2(5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 99; 1871, § 2712; 1880, § 2805; 1892, § 1081; 1906, § 1161; Hemingway's 1917, § 888; 1930, § 914; 1942, § 2144; Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 16; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 40; Laws, 1997, ch. 431, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 462, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-35 - Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense

If any judge, justice court judge, constable, member of the board of supervisors, sheriff, or other peace officer, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to return any person committing any offense against the laws, committed in his view or knowledge, or of which he has any notice, or shall wilfully absent himself when such offense is being or is about to be committed, for the purpose of avoiding a knowledge of the same, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and may, in the discretion of the court, be removed from office.
Codes, 1871, § 2889; 1880, § 2756; 1892, § 1225; 1906, § 1301; Hemingway's 1917, § 1034; 1930, § 1065; 1942, § 2297; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 41, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-37 - Failure to perform any duty

If any person, being sheriff, clerk of any court, constable, assessor, or collector of taxes, or holding any county office whatever, or mayor, marshal, or constable, or any other officer of any city, town, or village, shall knowingly or wilfully fail, neglect, or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by law, or shall fail or refuse to keep any record required to be kept by law, or shall secrete the same, or shall violate his duty in any respect, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art. 14(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 62; 1871, § 2890; 1880, § 2757; 1892, § 1226; 1906, § 1302; Hemingway's 1917, § 1035; 1930, § 1066; 1942, § 2298; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 42, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-39 - Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited

Any officer who shall offer to resign in order to evade obedience to a lawful order of his superior officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court and in addition thereto, if the conviction be by a military court, he may be dismissed from the service of the state or suffer such punishment as the court martial may decide.
Codes, 1892, § 1231; 1906, § 1307; Hemingway's 1917, § 1040; 1930, § 1072; 1942, § 2305; Laws, 1916, ch. 245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-41 - Oath of office and bond; elected officials not to exercise duties before taking oath or giving bond, as required

If any person elected to any office shall undertake to exercise the same or discharge the duties thereof without first having taken the oath of office or given bond as required by law, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not longer than one year, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 81; 1871, § 320; 1880, § 2780; 1892, § 1057; 1906, § 1135; Hemingway's 1917, § 863; 1930, § 888; 1942, § 2114.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-43 - Railroad fares; government officials to pay same fare as general passengers; accepting and using free pass

If any officer, state, county, district, or municipal, except the Public Service Commissioners when in the actual discharge of official duties, shall travel or ride upon any railroad without paying absolutely and without any guile, trick, subterfuge, or evasion whatsoever, the same fare required of passengers generally, or if any railroad company, or officer or employee of any railroad company, shall permit any such state, county, district, or municipal officer, except Public Service Commissioners when in the actual discharge of official duties, to so travel or ride, he or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than sixty days, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1230; 1906, § 1306; Hemingway's 1917, § 1039; 1930, § 1071; 1942, § 2303; Laws, 1884, p. 45.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-45 - Tax collector and chancery clerk; failure to perform duty in respect to duplicate tax receipts

Any tax collector who shall fail to fill up, in case of the payment of taxes to him, the duplicate tax receipt required by law to be filled up by him, or to preserve the book of duplicate receipts filled, or to submit such book or books to the board of supervisors when required, or to deliver such book or books to the clerk of the chancery court shall, upon conviction, be removed from office, and be fined not less than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than six months; and any clerk who shall refuse to receive or receipt for such book or books when delivered or tendered to him, or to preserve the same as a record of his office, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months.
Codes, 1880, § 516; 1892, § 1236; 1906, § 1312; Hemingway's 1917, § 1045; 1930, § 1077; 1942, § 2310.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-47 - Tax collector; failure to make settlement

Any tax collector who shall wilfully fail or refuse for ten days after the time appointed by law for any monthly payment or final settlement, to make the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, he shall be removed from office and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Codes, 1880, § 553; 1892, § 1237; 1906, § 1313; Hemingway's 1917, § 1046; 1930, § 1078; 1942, § 2311.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-49 - Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license

If any tax collector, or deputy or agent of any tax collector, shall collect any privilege tax without issuing to the party from whom the tax is collected the auditor's license therefor as provided for by law, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than double the amount of the tax, and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one (1) week; and if the failure be wilful, he shall be removed from office.
Codes, 1892, § 1238; 1906, § 1314; Hemingway's 1917, § 1047; 1930, § 1079; 1942, § 2312; Laws, 1884, p. 15; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 2, eff. 1/1/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 11 - OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§§ 97-11-1 — 97-11-53) › Section 97-11-51 - Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income

It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees or other authority of any state-owned institution maintained in whole or in part by the state, or any state department, having charge of the disbursement or expenditure of the income provided by legislative appropriation and otherwise for such institution or department to expend, contract for the expenditure, or permit the incurring of any liability in excess of the income so provided, and it shall be and is hereby made the duty of any and all such authorities to keep the expenditures and obligations within the amount of said income, but in cases of extreme emergency arising from acts of Providence, epidemics, fire, storm, or flood, said authorities may, upon the written consent of a majority of the members of the state senate, and a majority of the members of the house of representatives and the approval of the governor, exceed such appropriation by the amounts to be so stipulated and agreed upon.
Any authority or member of a board of trustees violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto shall be personally liable, and liable on his bond, for the amount of the excess thus unlawfully expended, and shall be removed from office or from such employment.
Codes, 1942, § 2304; Laws, 1932, ch. 134.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-1 - Bribery; influencing electors or election officers

If any elector, manager, clerk or canvasser at any election, or any executive officer attending the same, shall receive any gift, money, financial award, reward, or promise thereof or if any person shall offer such gift, money, financial award, reward, or promise thereof to influence any elector, clerk, canvasser, or any executive officer attending any election in his vote, opinion, action, or judgment in relation to such election, the person so offending shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 37; 1871, § 2514; 1880, § 2370; 1892, § 984; 1906, § 1060; Hemingway's 1917, § 788; 1930, § 804; 1942, § 2030.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 1, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-3 - Bribery; hiring canvasser to use unlawful means

If any person shall offer or give a gift, money, financial award, reward or other promise thereof to another for the purpose of inducing him, by any unlawful means not amounting to bribery, to procure any person to vote at any election for or against any person or measure, the person so giving or offering such reward shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(3); 1857, ch. 64, art. 38; 1871, § 2515; 1880, § 2731; 1892, § 985; 1906, § 1061; Hemingway's 1917, § 789; 1930, § 805; 1942, § 2031.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 2, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-5 - Ballot boxes; holding election with box unlocked; reading ballot before putting in box

Any such manager who shall proceed to any election without having the ballot box locked and secured in the manner directed by law, or who shall open and read or consent to any other person opening and reading any ballot given him to be deposited in the box at such election, before it is put into the box, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 75; 1871, § 2539; 1880, § 2774; 1892, § 1046; 1906, § 1124; Hemingway's 1917, § 850; 1930, § 875; 1942, § 2101.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 3, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-7 - Ballot boxes; unauthorized disposal of box; giving key

Any manager of an election who, before the votes are counted, shall dispose of or deposit the ballot box in a manner not authorized by law, or shall, at any time after the election has begun and before the ballots are counted, give access to the ballot box with which he is entrusted to any other, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 76; 1871, § 2540; 1880, § 2775; 1892, § 1047; 1906, § 1125; Hemingway's 1917, § 851; 1930, § 876; 1942, § 2102.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 4, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-9 - Ballots; false entries on voting lists; stuffing; removing, altering, etc

If any manager or clerk of any election shall knowingly make or consent to any false entry on the list of persons voting, or shall permit to be put in the ballot box any ballot not given by a voter, or shall take out of such box, or permit to be so taken out, any ballot deposited therein except in the manner prescribed by law, or shall, by any other act or omission, designedly destroy or change the ballots given by the electors, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 74; 1871, § 2538; 1880, § 2773; 1892, § 1045; 1906, § 1123; Hemingway's 1917, § 849; 1930, § 874; 1942, § 2100.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 5, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 309, § 1, eff. 12/9/1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Codes, 1892, § 1053; 1906, § 1131; Hemingway's 1917, § 857; 1930, § 882; 1942, § 2108
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-13 - Ballots; removal before close of polls

If any person shall take or remove any ballot from a voting place before the close of the polls, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1054; 1906, § 1132; Hemingway's 1917, § 858; 1930, § 883; 1942, § 2109.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 6, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-15 - Limitations on corporate contributions to political party or candidate

It shall be unlawful for any corporation, incorporated company or incorporated association, by whatever name it may be known, incorporated or organized under the laws of this state, or doing business in this state, or for any servant, agent, employee or officer thereof, to give, donate, appropriate or furnish directly or indirectly, any money, security, funds or property of said corporation, incorporated company or incorporated association, in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per calendar year for the purpose of aiding any political party or any candidate for any public office, or any candidate for any nomination for any public office of any political party, or to give, donate, appropriate or furnish, directly or indirectly, any money, security, funds or property of said corporation, incorporated company or association in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to any committee or person as a contribution to the expense of any political party or any candidate, representative or committee of any political party or candidate for nomination by any political party, or any committee or other person acting in behalf of such candidate. The limit of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for contributions to political parties, candidates and committees or other persons acting in behalf of such candidates shall be an annual limitation applicable to each calendar year.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 861; 1930, § 886; 1942, § 2112; Laws, 1908, ch. 124; Laws, 1978, ch. 479, § 5; Laws, 1999, ch. 301, § 19, eff. 1/15/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-17 - Limitations on corporate contributions to political party or candidate; penalty

Any corporation, incorporated company or incorporated association, or agent, officer or employee violating any of the provisions of section
97-13-15
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 862; 1930, § 887; 1942, § 2113; Laws, 1908, ch. 124; Laws, 1978, ch. 479, § 6, eff. 4/14/1978 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection on 5/5/1978).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-18 - [Repealed]

Laws, 1999, ch. 301, § 20, eff. 1/15/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Repealed by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 204, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-19 - Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official

If any manager, clerk, or any other officer whatever, assisting or engaged in conducting any election, or charged with any duty in reference to any election, shall designedly omit to do any official act required by law, or designedly do any illegal act in relation to any election, by which act or omission the votes taken at any such election in any district shall be lost, or the electors thereof shall be deprived of their suffrage at such election, or shall designedly do any act which shall render such election void, or shall be guilty of any corrupt conduct or partiality in his official capacity at such election, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned, in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(9); 1857, ch. 64, art. 78; 1871, § 2542; 1880, § 3777; 1892, § 1049; 1906, § 1127; Hemingway's 1917, § 853; 1930, § 878; 1942, § 2104.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 7, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-21 - Disturbing election

If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 8, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-23 - Failure or refusal to make return of votes cast

If any manager or returning officer shall fail or refuse to make return of the votes cast in any election, as required of him, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1880, § 2781; 1892, § 1052; 1906, § 1130; Hemingway's 1917, § 856; 1930, § 881; 1942, § 2107.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 9, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-25 - Registration; falsely procuring registration

Any person who shall knowingly procure his or any person's registration as a qualified elector, when the person whose registration is being procured is not entitled to be registered as such, or under a false name, or as a qualified elector in any other election precinct than that in which he or she resides, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1880, § 113; 1892, § 1042; 1906, § 1120; Hemingway's 1917, § 846; 1930, § 871; 1942, § 2097.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 10, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-27 - Registration; neglect or misconduct by registrar

If any registrar appointed by law to register votes shall intentionally refuse or neglect to register any voter entitled to registration, or register any voter not entitled to registration, he shall be punished, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1871, § 2546; 1880, § 2977; 1892, § 1056; 1906, § 1134; Hemingway's 1917, § 860; 1930, § 885; 1942, § 2111.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 11, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-29 - Troops of armed men not to be brought near election place

It shall not be lawful for any military officer or other persons to order, bring, or keep any troops of armed men at any place within a mile of the place where any election is held, unless it be for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection, in the manner provided by law, or for the purpose of defense in time of war; and whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(11); 1857, ch. 64, art. 79; 1871, § 2543; 1880, § 2778; 1892, § 1050; 1906, § 1128; Hemingway's 1917, § 854; 1930, § 879; 1942, § 2105.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 12, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-31 - Voting; aid in preparing ballot prohibited

If any election officer or other person, except as authorized by law, shall aid or assist, or influence, a voter in preparing a ballot, or shall attempt so to do, he or she shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1055; 1906, § 1133; Hemingway's 1917, § 859; 1930, § 884; 1942, § 2110.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 13, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-33 - Voting; dishonest decisions by managers concerning qualifications of voters

When one who offers to vote at an election shall be objected to by any challenger as a person unqualified to vote, if the manager of such election shall permit him to vote without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall refuse the vote of such person without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall knowingly permit an unqualified person to vote, or shall knowingly refuse the vote of a qualified person, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 77; 1871, § 2541; 1880, § 2776; 1892, § 1048; 1906, § 1126; Hemingway's 1917, § 852; 1930, § 877; 1942, § 2103.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 14, eff. 1/1/2017.