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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 37 - WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES (§§ 97-37-1 — 97-37-105) › HONESTY IN PURCHASING FIREARMS ACT (§§ 97-37-101 — 97-37-105) › Section 97-37-103 - Definition

For purposes of Sections
97-37-101
through
97-37-105
:
(a)
"Licensed dealer" means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 USCS, Section 923, to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.
(b)
"Private seller" means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.
(c)
"Ammunition" means any cartridge, shell or projectile designed for use in a firearm.
(d)
"Materially false information" means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
Laws, 2012, ch. 494, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 37 - WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES (§§ 97-37-1 — 97-37-105) › HONESTY IN PURCHASING FIREARMS ACT (§§ 97-37-101 — 97-37-105) › Section 97-37-105 - Crime of soliciting, persuading, encouraging or enticing illegal sale of firearms or ammunition; crime of providing false information to licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition

(1)
Any person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a felony.
(2)
Any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition is guilty of a felony.
(3)
Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than three (3) years, or both.
(4)
This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the officer's official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
Laws, 2012, ch. 494, § 3, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-1 - Giving, accepting, or carrying challenge; advising, attending or aiding duel; penalty

Every person who shall challenge another to fight a duel, or who shall send, deliver, or cause to be delivered, any written or verbal message purporting or intended to be such challenge, or who shall accept any such challenge or message, or who shall knowingly carry or deliver any such message or challenge, or who shall be present at the time of fighting any duel with deadly weapons, either as second, aid, or surgeon, or who shall advise or give assistance to such duel, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor exceeding one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned not less than six months in the county jail, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 9(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 51; 1871, § 2531; 1880, § 2745; 1892, § 1036; 1906, § 1114; Hemingway's 1917, § 840; 1930, § 865; 1942, § 2091.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-3 - Further penalties

If any person shall fight a duel, or give or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or knowingly carry or deliver such challenge or the acceptance thereof, or be second to either party to any duel, whether such act be done in the state or out of it, or who shall go out of the state to fight a duel, or to assist in the same as second, or to send, accept, or carry a challenge, shall be disqualified from holding any office, be disenfranchised, and incapable of holding or being elected to any post of honor, profit or emolument, civil or military, under the constitution and laws of this state; and the appointment of any such person to office, as also all votes given to any such person, are illegal, and none of the votes given to such person for any office shall be taken or counted.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 9(2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 52; 1871, § 2532; 1880, § 2746; 1892, § 1037; 1906, § 1115; Hemingway's 1917, § 841; 1930, § 866; 1942, § 2092.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-5 - Leaving the state for purposes of duel

If any person shall send, deliver, or cause to be sent or delivered, any challenge, written or verbal, in this state, to any person to fight a duel out of this state, or shall leave this state to fight a duel out of the same, or shall accept such challenge out of this state, and shall leave this state for the purpose of fighting a duel; or if any person shall leave this state for the purpose of sending, accepting, or bearing a challenge, or the acceptance thereof, to fight a duel or shall knowingly bear any challenge, or be concerned as second, aid, or surgeon, of either party, without this state, the person so offending shall be subject to the like punishment as is provided in Sections
97-39-1
and
97-39-3
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 9(4); 1857, ch. 64, art. 53; 1871, § 2533; 1880, § 2747; 1892, § 1038; 1906, § 1116; Hemingway's 1917, § 842; 1930, § 867; 1942, § 2093.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-7 - Posting or publishing or vilifying another

If any person shall post or publish another for not fighting a duel or for not sending or accepting a challenge to fight a duel, or shall use any reproachful or contemptuous language, whether oral, written, or printed, to or concerning another for not accepting or sending a challenge to fight a duel, or with intent to provoke a duel, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly.
Codes, 1880, § 2748; 1892, § 1039; 1906, § 1117; Hemingway's 1917, § 843; 1930, § 868; 1942, § 2094.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-9 - Arrest of person about to engage in duel; peace bond

Any person, being about to violate the provisions of this chapter against dueling, may be arrested, and be required by any conservator of the peace to furnish bail to keep the peace and not violate the law against dueling for the period of two years. In default of such bail, or on giving bail, he shall be dealt with as provided in other cases of security to keep the peace, and all the provisions of the statute on that subject shall apply to bail as herein provided for.
Codes, 1880, § 2749; 1892, § 1040; 1906, § 1118; Hemingway's 1917, § 844; 1930, § 869; 1942, § 2095.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 39 - DUELING (§§ 97-39-1 — 97-39-11) › Section 97-39-11 - Fighting in public place with deadly weapon, or seconding such a fight; penalty

If any person shall be guilty of fighting in any city, town, village, or other public place, and shall in such fight use any rifle, shotgun, sword, sword-cane, pistol, dirk, bowie-knife, dirk-knife, or any other deadly weapon, or if any person shall be second or aid in such fight, the person so offending shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars, and shall be imprisoned not less than three months; and if any person shall be killed in such fight, the person so killing the other may be prosecuted and convicted as in other cases of murder.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 9(5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 54; 1871, § 2534; 1880, § 2750; 1892, § 1041; 1906, § 1119; Hemingway's 1917, § 845; 1930, § 870; 1942, § 2096.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-1 - Living creatures not to be cruelly treated

Except as otherwise provided in Section
97-41-16
for a dog or cat, if any person shall intentionally or with criminal negligence override, overdrive, overload, torture, torment, unjustifiably injure, deprive of necessary sustenance, food, or drink; or cruelly beat or needlessly mutilate; or cause or procure to be overridden, overdriven, overloaded, tortured, unjustifiably injured, tormented, or deprived of necessary sustenance, food or drink; or to be cruelly beaten or needlessly mutilated or killed, any living creature, every such offender shall, for every offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1880, § 804; 1892, § 1014; 1906, § 1091; Hemingway's 1917, § 817; 1930, § 841; 1942, § 2067; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 2, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-3 - Authority to kill injured, neglected, etc. animals other than dogs or cats; authorization to euthanize injured, diseased, etc. dog or cat under certain circumstances; immunity of persons acting in good faith and without malice pursuant to section

(1)
Any sheriff, constable, policeman, or agent of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals may kill, or cause to be killed, any animal other than a dog or cat found neglected or abandoned, if in the opinion of three (3) respectable citizens it is injured or diseased past recovery, or by age has become useless.
(2)
(a)
After all reasonable attempts have been made to locate the legal owner of a dog or cat that is found maimed, wounded, injured or diseased, the dog or cat may be euthanized, or caused to be euthanized, by:
(i)
A law enforcement officer;
(ii)
A veterinarian licensed in Mississippi;
(iii)
An employee of an agency or department of a political subdivision that is charged with the control or welfare of dogs or cats within the subdivision; or
(iv)
An employee or agent of an organization that has the purpose of protecting the welfare of or preventing cruelty to dogs or cats and that possesses nonprofit status under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
(b)
The provisions of this subsection (2) shall not be construed to prevent the immediate euthanasia by the persons enumerated in this subsection or by any other person, if it is necessary to prevent unrelievable suffering of the dog or cat.
(3)
Any person acting in good faith and without malice pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for that action.
Codes, 1892, § 1015; 1906, § 1092; Hemingway's 1917, § 818; 1930, § 842; 1942, § 2068; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 3, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-5 - Carrying creature other than dog or cat in a cruel manner

If any person shall carry, or cause to be carried by hand or in or upon any vehicle or other conveyance, any creature other than a dog or cat in a cruel or inhuman manner, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1880, § 808; 1892, § 1018; 1906, § 1095; Hemingway's 1917, § 821; 1930, § 845; 1942, § 2071; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 4, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-7 - Confining creatures other than dogs or cats without food or water

If any person shall confine, or cause to be confined, in any stable, lot, or other place, any living creature other than a dog or cat, without supplying the same during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1880, § 806; 1892, § 1017; 1906, § 1094; Hemingway's 1917, § 820; 1930, § 844; 1942, § 2070; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 5, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-9 - Failure of owner or custodian to provide sustenance to creatures other than dogs or cats

If any person be the owner or have the custody of any living creature other than a dog or cat and unjustifiably neglect or refuse to furnish it necessary sustenance, food, or drink, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1892, § 1015; 1906, § 1092; Hemingway's 1917, § 818; 1930, § 842; 1942, § 2068; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 6, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-11 - Fighting animals or cocks

Any person who shall keep or use, or in any way be connected with or interested in the management of, or shall receive money for the admission of any person to, any place kept or used for the purpose of fighting any bear, cock or other creature, except a dog, or of tormenting or torturing the same, and every person who shall encourage, aid, or assist therein, or who shall permit or suffer any place to be so kept or used, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the law, county or municipal, to enter into any such place kept for such purpose, and to arrest each and every person concerned or participating therein.
Codes, 1880, § 805; 1892, § 1016; 1906, § 1093; Hemingway's 1917, § 819; 1930, § 843; 1942, § 2069; Laws, 1987, ch. 489, § 3, eff. 7/1/1987.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-13 - Penalty for violating certain sections

Any person who shall violate any of Sections
97-41-3
to
97-41-11
, or Section
97-27-7
on the subject of cruelty to animals shall, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days or both.
Codes, 1880, § 813; 1892, § 1020; 1906, § 1097; Hemingway's 1917, § 823; 1930, § 847; 1942, § 2073.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-15 - Malicious or mischievous injury to livestock; penalty; restitution

(1)
Any person who shall maliciously, either out of a spirit of revenge or wanton cruelty, or who shall mischievously kill, maim or wound, or injure any livestock, or cause any person to do the same, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction, shall be committed to the custody of the State Department of Corrections for not less than twelve (12) months nor more than five years, and fined an amount not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
(2)
In addition to any such fine or imprisonment which may be imposed, the court shall order that restitution be made to the owner of any animal listed in subsection (1) of this section. The measure for restitution in money shall be the current replacement value of such loss and/or the actual veterinarian fees, special supplies, loss of income and other costs incurred as a result of actions in violation of subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
For purposes of this section, the term "livestock" shall mean horses, cattle, swine, sheep and other domestic animals produced for profit.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 7(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 201; 1871, § 8708; 1880, § 2917; 1892, § 1022; 1906, § 1099; Hemingway's 1917, § 825; 1930, § 849; 1942, § 2075; Laws, 1981, ch 448, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 438, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-17 - Poisons; administering to animals

Every person who shall willfully and unlawfully administer any poison to any horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet, cattle, deer, dog, cat, hog, sheep, chicken, duck, goose, turkey, pea-fowl, guinea-fowl, or partridge, or shall maliciously expose any poison substance with intent that the same should be taken or swallowed by any horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, jennet, cattle, dog, cat, hog, sheep, chicken, duck, goose, turkey, pea-fowl, guinea-fowl, or partridge, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, and by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Codes, Hutchinson's 848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(13); 1857, ch. 64, art. 215; 1871, § 2671; 1880, § 2938; 1892, § 1256; 1906, § 1332; Hemingway's 1917, § 1065; 1930, § 1096; 1942, § 2329; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 7, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-18 - Prohibition against intentionally conducting fight between canine and hog; exceptions; penalties

(1)
For the purposes of this section, "hog" means a pig, swine or boar.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person to organize or conduct any commercial event commonly referred to as a "catch" wherein there is a display of combat or fighting among one or more domestic or feral canines and feral or domestic hogs and in which it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated or killed.
(3)
It is unlawful for any person to organize, conduct or financially or materially support any event prohibited by this section.
(4)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any competitive event in which canines trained for hunting or herding activities are released in an open or enclosed area to locate and corner hogs, commonly referred to as a "bay event," and in which competitive points are deducted if a hog is caught and held.
(5)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the lawful hunting of hogs with canines or the use of canines for the management, farming or herding of hogs which are livestock or the private training of canines for the purposes enumerated in this subsection provided that such training is conducted for the field using accepted dog handling and training practices and is not in violation of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
(6)
Any person convicted under the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
Laws, 2006, ch. 491, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 387, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 421, § 1, eff. 4/18/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (§§ 97-41-1 — 97-41-23) › Section 97-41-23 - Injury and killing of public service animals; penalties

(1)
It is unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or to administer, expose or inject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals or substance to any public service animal. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and be imprisoned not more than five (5) days, or both.
(2)
Any person who, without just cause, purposely kills or injures any public service animal is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.
(3)
For purposes of this section, the term "public service animal" means any animal trained and used to assist a law enforcement agency, public safety entity or search and rescue agency.
(4)
A conviction and imposition of a sentence under this section does not prevent a conviction and imposition of a sentence under Section
97-41-16
pertaining to the offenses of simple or aggravated cruelty to a dog or cat, or under any other applicable provision of law.
(5)
Any person guilty of violating subsection (2) of this section shall also be required to make restitution to the law enforcement agency or owner aggrieved thereby.
(6)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the lawful practice of veterinary medicine.
Laws, 2003, ch. 498, § 1; Laws, 2011, ch. 536, § 9, eff. 4/26/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 43 - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO) › Section 97-43-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act."
Laws, 1984, ch. 433, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 461, § 1, eff. 4/11/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 43 - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO) › Section 97-43-3.1 - Organized theft or fraud enterprise

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, organize, supervise or manage, directly or indirectly, an organized theft or fraud enterprise. Organized theft or fraud enterprise applies to conduct proscribed in the following provisions:
(a)
Section
97-23-93
, which relates to shoplifting;
(b)
Sections
97-45-3
and
97-45-5
, which relate to computer fraud;
(c)
Section
97-45-19
, which relates to fraudulent use of identity;
(d)
Section
97-9-79
, which relates to false information;
(e)
Section
97-19-83
, which relates to fraud by mail or other means of communication;
(f)
Section
97-19-85
, which relates to the fraudulent use of a social security number, credit card or debit card number or other identifying information; and
(g)
Section
97-45-19
, which relates to obtaining personal identity information of another person without authorization.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person who has, with criminal intent, received any proceeds or services derived, directly or indirectly, from an organized theft or fraud enterprise.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, an "organized theft or fraud enterprise" means any association of two (2) or more persons who engage in the conduct of or are associated for the purpose of effectuating the transfer or sale of merchandise, services or information that has a pecuniary value that causes a loss to the victim.
(4)
The value of the merchandise or services or the pecuniary loss involved in a violation of this section may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense where the acts or conduct constituting a violation were committed pursuant to one (1) scheme or course of conduct, whether from the same person or several persons, or were committed in furtherance of or in conjunction with an organized theft or fraud enterprise.
(5)
Any person convicted under this section shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a felony and punished by a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty (20) years or fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 36, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 43 - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO) › Section 97-43-5 - Prohibited activities

(1)
It is unlawful for any person who has with criminal intent received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt to use or invest, whether directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds or the proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, real property or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property.
(3)
It is unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity or the collection of an unlawful debt.
(4)
It is unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of the provisions of subsections (1), (2) or (3) of this section.
Laws, 1984, ch. 433, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 461, § 3, eff. 4/11/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 43 - RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO) › Section 97-43-7 - Penalties

(1)
Any person convicted of engaging in activity in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or imprisoned not more than twenty (20) years, or both.
(2)
In lieu of a fine otherwise authorized by law, any person convicted of engaging in conduct in violation of the provisions of this chapter, through which he derived pecuniary value, or by which he caused personal injury or property damage or other loss, may be sentenced to pay a fine that does not exceed three (3) times the gross value gained or three (3) times the gross loss caused, whichever is the greater, plus court costs and the costs of investigation and prosecution, reasonably incurred.
(3)
The court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the fine authorized by subsection (2) of this section.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, "pecuniary value" means:
(a)
Anything of value in the form of money, a negotiable instrument, or a commercial interest or anything else the primary significance of which is economic advantage; or
(b)
Any other property or service that has a value in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Laws, 1984, ch. 433, § 4; reenacted, 1986, ch. 461, § 4, eff. 4/11/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Streetgang Act."
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-5 - Cause of action

(1)
A civil cause of action is hereby created in favor of any public authority expending money, allocating or reallocating police, firefighting, emergency or other personnel or resources, or otherwise incurring any loss, deprivation or injury, or sustaining any damage, impairment or harm whatsoever, proximately caused by any criminal activity.
(2)
The cause of action created by this chapter shall lie against:
(a)
Any streetgang in whose name, for whose benefit, on whose behalf or under whose direction the act was committed; and
(b)
Any gang officer or director who causes, orders, suggests, authorizes, consents to, agrees to, requests, acquiesces in or ratifies any such act; and
(c)
Any gang member who, in the furtherance of or in connection with, any gang-related activity, commits any such act; and
(d)
Any gang officer, director, leader or member.
(3)
The cause of action authorized by this chapter shall be brought by the Attorney General, the district attorney or attorneys, or the county attorney, or by his or their respective designees. This cause of action shall be in addition to any other civil or criminal proceeding authorized by the laws of this state or by federal law, and shall not be construed as requiring the prosecutor to elect a civil, rather than criminal, remedy, or as replacing any other cause of action. Liability of the gang, its officers, directors, leaders and members shall be joint and several subject only to the apportionment and allocation of punitive damage authorized under Section
97-44-13
.
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 3, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-7 - Filing of complaint

(1)
An action may be commenced under this chapter by the filing of a complaint as in civil cases.
(2)
A complaint filed under this chapter, and all other ancillary or collateral matters arising therefrom, including matter relating to discovery, motions, trial and the perfection or execution of judgments shall be subject to the Rules of Civil Procedure, except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter, or except as the court may otherwise order upon motion of the prosecutor in matters relating to immunity or the physical safety of witnesses.
(3)
The complaint shall name the Attorney General or his designee, if a complainant, each complaining district attorney or his designee, each complaining county attorney, and the public authority represented by him or by them.
(4)
The complaint shall also name as defendants the gang, all known gang officers, and any gang members specifically identified or alleged in the complaint as having participated in a gang-related criminal activity. The complaint may also name, as a class of defendants, all unknown gang members.
(5)
When, at any point prior to trial, other specific gang officers or members become known, the complaint may be amended to include any such person as a named defendant.
(6)
Any individual who suffers any injury under the provisions of this chapter shall have the right to file a civil action in his or her name.
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 4, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-9 - Venue

(1)
In an action brought under this chapter, venue shall lie in any county where an act charged in the complaint as part of a gang-related criminal activity was committed.
(2)
It shall not be necessary for all offenses necessary to establishing a criminal activity to have occurred in any one county where the district attorneys or county attorneys of several counties, or their designees, each complaining of any offense, elected to join in a complaint. In such instance, it shall be sufficient that the complaint, taken as a whole, alleges a gang-related criminal activity, and each count of any such joint complaint shall be considered as cumulative to other counts for purposes of alleging or demonstrating such an activity.
(3)
Where an activity is alleged to have been committed or to have occurred in more than one county, the district attorney or county attorney of each such county, or their designees, may join their several causes of action in a single complaint, which may be filed in any such county agreed to by or among them, but no such joinder shall be had without the consent of the district attorney or county attorney having jurisdiction over each offense alleged as part of the activity.
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 5, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-11 - Service of process

(1)
All streetgangs and streetgang members engaged in a gang-related criminal activity within this state impliedly consent to service of process upon them as set forth in this section, or as may be otherwise authorized by the Rules of Civil Procedure.
(2)
Service of process upon a streetgang may be had by leaving a copy of the complaint and summons directed to any officer of such gang, commanding the gang to appear and answer the complaint or otherwise plead at a time and place certain:
(a)
With any gang officer; or
(b)
With any individual member of the gang simultaneously named therein; or
(c)
In the manner provided for service by publication in a civil action; or
(d)
With any parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of any persons charged with a gang-related offense when any person sued civilly under this chapter is under seventeen (17) years of age and is also charged criminally or as a delinquent minor; or
(e)
With the director of any agency or department of this state who is the legal guardian, guardianship administrator or custodian of any person sued under this chapter; or
(f)
With the probation or parole officer of any person sued under this chapter; or
(g)
With such other person or agent as the court may, upon petition of the district attorney or his designee or the county attorney, authorize as appropriate and reasonable under all of the circumstances.
(3)
If after being summoned a streetgang does not appear, the court shall enter an answer for the streetgang neither affirming nor denying the allegations of the complaint but demanding strict proof thereof, and proceed to trial and judgment without further process.
(4)
When any person is named as a defendant streetgang member in any complaint, or subsequently becomes known and is added or joined as a named defendant, service of process may be had as authorized or provided for in the Rules of Civil Procedure for service of process in a civil case.
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 6, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-13 - Punitive damages

(1)
In any action brought under this chapter, and upon the verified application of the district attorney or his designee or the county attorney, the circuit court may at any time enter such restraining orders, injunctions or other prohibitions, or order such other relief as it deems proper, including but not limited to ordering any person to divest himself of any involvement or interest, direct or indirect, in any illegal streetgang activity and imposing other reasonable restrictions on the future illegal activities of any defendant.
(2)
A final judgment in favor of a public authority under this chapter shall entitle it to recover compensatory damages for all damages, losses, impairments or other harm proximately caused, together with the costs of the suit and reasonable attorney's fees. Punitive damages may be assessed against any streetgang, against any streetgang officer or member found guilty of actual participation in, or to be legally accountable for, a criminal activity under this chapter. One hundred percent (100%) of punitive damages awarded will be expended by the public authority to implement preventative programs for juveniles or to fund existing programs.
Laws, 1996, ch. 513, § 7, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 44 - MISSISSIPPI STREETGANG ACT (§§ 97-44-1 — 97-44-19) › Section 97-44-19 - Penalties for criminal street gang activity

(1)
Any person who intentionally directs, participates, conducts, furthers, or assists in the commission of illegal gang activity shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than one-half (1/2) of the maximum term of imprisonment provided for an underlying offense and may be fined an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Any sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition and consecutive to any sentence imposed for the underlying offense.
(2)
Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempted felony which is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the intent to promote, further, or assist in the affairs of a criminal gang, shall, upon conviction of that felony, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which he or she has been convicted, be imprisoned for not less than one (1) year nor more than one-half (1/2) of the maximum term of imprisonment provided for that offense.
(3)
Any person who is convicted of an offense other than a felony which is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further or assist in any criminal conduct or enterprise by gang members, shall, in addition and consecutive to the penalty provided for that offense, be imprisoned for an additional period of not more than one (1) year.
(4)
Any person who knowingly and willfully sells or buys goods or performs services for a criminal street gang in furtherance of illegal activity shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than one-half (1/2) of the maximum term of imprisonment provided for the underlying offense and may be fined an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
(5)
The court may elect to suspend all or a part of any additional mandatory punishment or enhanced punishment provided for in this chapter to impose alternative punishment in the form of properly supervised community service or placement in an appropriate adolescent offender program, if available, only in an unusual case where the interest of justice would best be served, and if the court specifies on the record and enters into the minutes the circumstances and reasons that the interests of justice would best be served by that suspension of enhanced punishment.
Laws, 2001, ch. 525, § 3, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT (§§ 97-45-1 — 97-45-33) › Section 97-45-5 - Offense against computer users; penalties

(1)
An offense against computer users is the intentional:
(a)
Denial to an authorized user, without consent, of the full and effective use of or access to a computer, a computer system, a computer network or computer services; or
(b)
Use or disclosure to another, without consent, of the numbers, codes, passwords or other means of access to a computer, a computer system, a computer network or computer services.
(2)
Whoever commits an offense against computer users when the damage or loss or attempted damage or loss amounts to a value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail, or by both if the court finds substantial and compelling reasons why the offender cannot be safely and effectively supervised in the community, is not amenable to community-based treatment, or poses a significant risk to public safety. If such a finding is not made, the court shall suspend the sentence of imprisonment and impose a period of probation not exceeding one (1) year or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. The total value of property taken, stolen or carried away by the person from a single victim shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this subsection where the value of the property is not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding three (3) years or fined an amount not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(3)
Whoever commits an offense against computer users when the damage or loss amounts to a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
Whoever commits an offense against computer users when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more but less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(5)
Whoever commits an offense against computer users when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws, 1985, ch. 319, § 3, eff. 7/1/1985.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 32, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT (§§ 97-45-1 — 97-45-33) › Section 97-45-7 - Offense against computer equipment; penalties

(1)
An offense against computer equipment or supplies is the intentional modification or destruction, without consent, of computer equipment or supplies used or intended to be used in a computer, computer system or computer network.
(2)
Whoever commits an offense against computer equipment or supplies when the damage or loss or attempted damage or loss amounts to a value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail, or both if the court finds substantial and compelling reasons why the offender cannot be safely and effectively supervised in the community, is not amenable to community-based treatment, or poses a significant risk to public safety. If such a finding is not made, the court shall suspend the sentence of imprisonment and impose a period of probation not exceeding one (1) year or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. The total value of property taken, stolen or carried away by the person from a single victim shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this subsection where the value of the property is not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding three (3) years or fined an amount not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(3)
Whoever commits an offense against computer equipment or supplies when the damage or loss amounts to a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
Whoever commits an offense against computer equipment or supplies when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more but less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(5)
Whoever commits an offense against computer equipment or supplies when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws, 1985, ch. 319, § 4, eff. 7/1/1985.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 33, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT (§§ 97-45-1 — 97-45-33) › Section 97-45-9 - Offense against intellectual property; penalties

(1)
An offense against intellectual property is the intentional:
(a)
Destruction, insertion or modification, without consent, of intellectual property; or
(b)
Disclosure, use, copying, taking or accessing, without consent, of intellectual property.
(2)
Whoever commits an offense against intellectual property when the damage or loss or attempted damage or loss amounts to a value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail, or by both if the court finds substantial and compelling reasons why the offender cannot be safely and effectively supervised in the community, is not amenable to community-based treatment, or poses a significant risk to public safety. If such a finding is not made, the court shall suspend the sentence of imprisonment and impose a period of probation not exceeding one (1) year or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. The total value of property taken, stolen or carried away by the person from a single victim shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this subsection where the value of the property is not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding three (3) years or fined an amount not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both.
(3)
Whoever commits an offense against intellectual property when the damage or loss amounts to a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), the offender may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
Whoever commits an offense against intellectual property when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more but less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(5)
Whoever commits an offense against intellectual property when the damage or loss amounts to a value of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, may be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(6)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the disclosure, use, copying, taking, or accessing by proper means as defined in this chapter.
Laws, 1985, ch. 319, § 5, eff. 7/1/1985.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 34, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT (§§ 97-45-1 — 97-45-33) › Section 97-45-11 - Venue

For the purposes of venue under the provisions of this chapter, any violation of this chapter shall be considered to have been committed:
(a)
In any county in which any act was performed in furtherance of any transaction violating this chapter; and
(b)
In any county from which, to which or through which any access to a computer, computer system or computer network was made, whether by wire, electromagnetic waves, microwaves or any other means of communication.
Laws, 1985, ch. 319, § 6, eff. 7/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 45 - COMPUTER CRIMES AND IDENTITY THEFT (§§ 97-45-1 — 97-45-33) › Section 97-45-13 - Effect on other offenses

The criminal offenses created by this chapter shall not be deemed to supersede, or repeal, any other criminal offense.
Laws, 1985, ch. 319, § 7, eff. 7/1/1985.