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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-35 - Burglary; possession of burglar's tools

It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession implements, tools, or instruments designed to aid in the commission of burglary, larceny or robbery; and on the conviction of any person thereof, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year. The carrying concealed about one's person, or in one's baggage, implements, tools, or instruments peculiarly adapted to aid in the commission of burglary, larceny or robbery, shall be prima facie evidence of intention to use them for such purpose.
Codes, 1892, § 997; 1906, § 1074; Hemingway's 1917, § 802; 1930, § 818; 1942, § 2044; Laws, 1956, ch. 246.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-37 - Burglary; with explosives

Any person, who, with intent to commit crime, breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe or other secure place by the use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives.
Any person duly convicted of burglary with explosives shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than five (5) years nor more than forty (40) years.
Codes, 1930, §§ 819, 820; 1942, §§ 2045, 2046; Laws, 1926, ch. 176; Laws, 1940, ch. 240.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-42 - Larceny; taking possession of or taking away a motor vehicle; second or subsequent offense

(1)
Any person who shall, willfully and without authority, take possession of or take away a motor vehicle of any value belonging to another, with intent to either permanently or temporarily convert it or to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of possession or ownership, and any person who knowingly shall aid and abet in the taking possession or taking away of the motor vehicle, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) years, or both.
(2)
Any person convicted under this section who causes damage to any motor vehicle shall be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the owner or owners of the motor vehicle or vehicles damaged in the amount of damages caused to the vehicle and reasonable repair costs.
(3)
This section shall not apply to the enforcement of a security interest in a motor vehicle.
(4)
Any person who shall be convicted for a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be fined not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than five (5) years but not to exceed twenty (20) years, or both.
(5)
Notwithstanding the penalties authorized in subsections (1) and (4) of this section, the penalty for a person convicted of an offense under this section where the motor vehicle was in the possession of a commercial entity in the business of buying, selling, leasing, renting, storing or transporting motor vehicles shall be instead a fine of not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than ten (10) years but not to exceed thirty (30) years, or both.
(6)
As used in this section, "motor vehicle" includes every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway and shall also include any and all other land-based, self-propelled devices which are not designed for use upon a highway, including, but not limited to, farm machinery, construction equipment, all-terrain vehicles and off-road vehicles.
Laws, 1996, ch. 544, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 499, § 2; Laws, 2007, ch. 464, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 483, SB 2174,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 16, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-45 - Larceny; stealing bond, note, bill, securities, etc.; proof of value

If any person shall steal any bond, covenant, note, bank-bill, bill of exchange, draft, order, receipt, or other evidence of debt, or chose in action, or any public security issued by the United States, or any state, or any instrument whereby any demand, right, or obligation shall be created, increased, released, extinguished, or diminished, the money due thereon, or secured thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any event might be collected thereon, or the value of the property transferred or affected thereby, as the case may be, shall be deemed the value of the article sold, without further proof thereof.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(67); 1857, ch. 64, art. 193; 1871, § 2654; 1880, § 2904; 1892, § 1176; 1906, § 1254; Hemingway's 1917, § 984; 1930, § 1012; 1942, § 2244.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-47 - Larceny; severing crops, or parts of improvements or enclosures

If any person shall sever from the soil of another any produce growing thereon, or shall sever from any building, gate, fence, railing, or other improvement or enclosure any part thereof, and shall take and convert the same to his own use with intent to steal the same, he shall be guilty of larceny in the same manner and of the same degree as if the article so taken had been severed at some previous and different time and shall be punished based on the value of the property involved according to the schedule in Sections
97-17-41
and
97-17-43
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(69); 1857, ch. 64, art. 194; 1871, § 2655; 1880, § 2905; 1892, § 1178; 1906, § 1256; Hemingway's 1917, § 986; 1930, § 1014; 1942, § 2246.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 18, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-49 - Larceny; shearing wool from dead sheep

If any person shall shear or take off in any manner the wool from any sheep that has been killed by dog or otherwise, without first obtaining permission from the owner of such sheep so killed, with intent to convert to his own use or conceal the same, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not less than five days nor more than twenty days.
Codes, 1880, § 818; 1892, § 1180; 1906, § 1258; Hemingway's 1917, § 988; 1930, § 1016; 1942, § 2248.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-51 - Larceny; stealing dog

Every person who shall feloniously steal, take and carry away any dog, the property of another, shall be subject to indictment therefor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both, or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than two years.
Codes, 1880, § 2903; 1892, § 1175; 1906, § 1253; Hemingway's 1917, § 983; 1930, § 1011; 1942, § 2243; Laws, 1962, ch. 314, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-53 - Larceny; knowing and willful stealing or carrying away of livestock; obtaining livestock by means of fraudulent conduct; prima facie evidence of fraudulent conduct; restitution

(1)
(a)
If any person shall knowingly, willfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away livestock of any value belonging to another without the consent of the owner, he is guilty of larceny and punishable pursuant to Section
97-17-41
or
97-17-43
depending on the gravity of the offense. The total value of the livestock obtained from the individual owner or merchant shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense.
(b)
If any person obtains livestock belonging to another by means of any fraudulent conduct, practice or representation, he is guilty of fraud and punishable pursuant to Section
97-19-39
. The total value of the livestock obtained from the individual owner or merchant shall be aggregated in determining the gravity of the offense.
(c)
Obtaining livestock from a commission merchant or livestock owner by representing that prompt payment will be made pursuant to Section 409 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 USCS Section 228b, and failing to make prompt payment in accordance therewith, shall constitute prima facia evidence of fraudulent conduct, practices or representation.
(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 such stolen livestock. The measure for restitution in money shall be the amount of the actual financial loss to the owner of the livestock, including any loss of income, any court costs and attorney's fees incurred by the owner to recover the stolen livestock, the current replacement value of the stolen livestock if the livestock is not recovered, and any other costs incurred by the owner as a result of actions in violation of subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
For purposes of this section, the term "livestock" means horses, cattle, swine, sheep and other domestic animals produced for profit.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(19); 1857, ch. 64, art. 191; 1871, § 2653; 1880, § 2902; 1892, § 1174; 1906, § 1252; Hemingway's 1917, § 982; 1930, § 1010; 1942, § 2242; Laws, 1896, ch. 85; Laws, 1940, ch. 238; Laws, 1966, ch. 360, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 491, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 385, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 438, § 1, eff. 7/1/1993.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 458, HB 178, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-55 - Larceny; stealing milk from cow

Any person who shall milk the cow of another, knowingly, without his consent, or who shall pen or confine by any means any milk-cow, or the calf of any such cow, not his own, with intent to procure milk from such cow, without the consent of the owner, shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or both. Proof that any one penned or confined any cow or her calf not his own, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of an intent to procure milk in violation of this section.
Codes, 1880, § 1912; 1892, § 1187; 1906, § 1265; Hemingway's 1917, § 995; 1930, § 1023; 1942, § 2255.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-57 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1985, ch. 316, § 1, eff. 7/1/1985.
Codes, 1942, § 2244.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 346, § 1; 1972, ch. 313, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-58 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2003, ch. 403, § 2, eff. 7/1/2003.
Laws, 1974, ch. 463, eff. 3/28/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-59 - Larceny; stealing timber; restitution

(1)
Any person who shall knowingly, willfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away from the lands of another any merchantable timber on the property of another, of the value of less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), whether such timber is growing, standing or lying on the lands, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one hundred (100) days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(2)
Any person who shall knowingly, willfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away from the lands of another any merchantable timber on the property of another, of the value of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or more, whether such timber is growing, standing, or lying on the lands, shall be guilty of a felony; and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(3)
In addition to any such fine or imprisonment which may be imposed upon a convicted individual, the court shall order that restitution be made to the owner of any such stolen timber. The measure for restitution in money shall be the amount of the actual financial loss to the owner of the timber, including any loss of income, any court costs, expert fees and attorney's fees incurred by the owner to recover the loss and any other costs incurred by the owner as a result of actions in violation of subsections (1) and (2) of this section. The value of the timber shall be calculated by the fair market value of the timber at the time of the loss.
Codes, 1942, § 2386.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 221, §§ 1, 2(Para.Para. 1, 2); Laws, 2000, ch. 355, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 419, § 3, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-60 - Payment for timber acquired for resale; penalties

(1)
Any person who acquires, with the consent of an owner, any timber product from that owner and who receives payment for the timber product shall, within thirty (30) days of such receipt, make payment in full to the owner.
(2)
If the owner has not received payment within the required thirty (30) days, the owner shall notify the offender of his demand for payment at the offender's last known address by certified mail or by personal delivery of the written notice to the offender. The offender shall make payment in full within ten (10) days after the mailing or delivery of the written notice or the offender shall be in violation of this section.
(3)
A written agreement signed by the owner providing for a means of payment contrary to this section shall constitute an affirmative defense.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Timber product" means timber of all kinds, species or sizes, including, but not limited to, logs, lumber, poles, pilings, posts, blocks, bolts, cordwood and pulpwood, pine stumpwood, pine knots or other distillate wood, crossties, turpentine (crude gum), pine straw, firewood and all other products derived from timber or trees which have a sale or commercial value.
(b)
"Owner" means any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association or other legal entity having any interest in any timber product, any land upon which a timber product is growing or any land from which a timber product has been removed.
(5)
Whoever violates this section, upon conviction thereof, when the value of the timber product is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or less, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both. When the value of the timber product is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), the violator, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than ten (10) years, or both.
Laws, 2004, ch. 419, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-61 - Larceny; taking and carrying away certain animals or motor vehicles not amounting to larceny

Any person who shall, without the consent of the owner or his agent, take away any horse, mare, gelding, mule, jack, jennet, sheep, cow, bull, ox, hog, or other livestock or dog, or automobile, truck or other motor vehicle, where such taking and carrying away shall not amount to larceny, shall upon conviction, be fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year in the county jail, or both. A verdict of guilty of such taking and carrying away may be rendered under an indictment for larceny, if the evidence shall not warrant a verdict of guilty of larceny but shall warrant a conviction under this section. This section shall not apply to anyone who takes such property believing, in good faith, that he has a right to it. The court shall order any person convicted under this section to pay restitution for any damage caused to any property as a result of violating this section.
Codes, 1880, § 2911; 1892, § 1186; 1906, § 1264; Hemingway's 1917, § 994; 1930, § 1022; 1942, § 2254; Laws, 1940, ch. 239; Laws, 1996, ch. 544, § 3, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-62 - Larceny; theft of rental property

(1)
(a)
It is unlawful to obtain custody of personal property or equipment by trick, deceit, fraud or willful false representation with intent to defraud the owner or any person in lawful possession of the personal property or equipment.
(b)
It is unlawful to hire or lease personal property or equipment from any person who is in lawful possession of the personal property or equipment with intent to defraud that person of the rental due under the rental agreement.
(c)
It is unlawful to abandon or willfully refuse to redeliver personal property as required under a rental agreement without the consent of the lessor or the lessor's agent with intent to defraud the lessor or the lessor's agent.
(d)
A person who violates this subsection (1) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Section
97-17-43
, unless the value of the personal property or equipment is of a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more; in that event the violation constitutes a felony, and shall be punished based on the property involved according to the schedule in Section
97-17-41
.
(2)
(a)
In prosecutions under this section, the following acts are prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent: obtaining the property or equipment under false pretenses; absconding without payment; or removing or attempting to remove the property or equipment from the county without the express written consent of the lessor or the lessor's agent.
(b)
Demand for return of overdue property or equipment and for payment of amounts due may be made personally, by hand delivery, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the lessee's address shown in the rental contract.
(c)
In a prosecution under subsection (1)(c):
(i)
Failure to redeliver the property or equipment within five (5) days after hand delivery to or return receipt from the lessee is prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent. Notice that is returned undelivered after mailing to the address given by the lessee at the time of rental shall be deemed equivalent to return receipt from the lessee.
(ii)
Failure to pay any amount due which is incurred as the result of the failure to redeliver property after the rental period expires is prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent. Amounts due include unpaid rental for the time period during which the property or equipment was not returned, and include the lesser of the cost of repairing or replacing the property or equipment, as necessary, if it has been damaged or not returned.
Laws, 2007, ch. 489, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 19, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-63 - Larceny; tenants in common

Any tenant in common of personal property, or person who is in any manner interested in any such property in which any other person has an interest, who shall sell, give away, conceal, or in any way convert or dispose of such property, with intent to defraud his cotenant or other person interested in such property, shall be punished as if he had committed larceny of such property of the value of the interest of his cotenant or other person interested in such property.
Codes, 1880, § 2913; 1892, § 1188; 1906, § 1266; Hemingway's 1917, § 996; 1930, § 1024; 1942, § 2256.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-65 - Looting

(1)
A person commits looting when he knowingly without authority of law or of the owner enters any home or dwelling, or upon any premises of another, or enters any commercial, mercantile, business or industrial building, plant or establishment, in which a normal security of property is not present by virtue of a hurricane, fire or vis major of any kind or by virtue of a riot, mob, or other human agency and obtains or exerts control over or injures or removes property of the owner.
(2)
Any person who commits looting shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
The fact that a person may be subject to prosecution under this section shall not bar his prosecution or punishment under the statutes relating to larceny or burglary, or under any other statute or ordinance to the extent that such would otherwise be permitted in the absence of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 2257.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 348, §§ 1-3, eff. 7/11/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-68 - Coin operated devices; description of offenses and imposition of penalties; prosecution under this section does not bar prosecution or punishment under other statutes

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person:
(a)
to willfully open, enter, remove, break into or tamper with any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services with the intent to commit a larceny therefrom;
(b)
to possess a key or device designed and intended by him to aid in the commission of larceny from any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services;
(c)
to possess a drawing, print or mold of a key or device designed and intended by him to aid in the commission of larceny from any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services; or
(d)
to break into or enter any parking meter, coin telephone or other coin-operated vending machine dispensing goods or services with the intent to steal therefrom.
(2)
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished upon the first conviction by imprisonment in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not more than thirty (30) days, or by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon any subsequent conviction, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
The fact that a person may be subject to prosecution under this section shall not bar his prosecution or punishment under Section
97-17-67
relating to malicious mischief, under the statutes relating to larceny, or under any other statute or ordinance to the extent that such would otherwise be permitted in the absence of this section.
Laws, 1974, ch. 356, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 2009, ch. 379, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-69 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1993, ch. 359, § 5, eff. 7/1/1993.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(72); 1857, ch. 64, art. 196; 1871, § 2657; 1880, § 2907; 1892, § 1181; 1906, § 1259; Hemingway's 1917, § 989; 1930, § 1017; 1942, § 2249.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-71.2 - Scrap metal dealers prohibited from paying cash for air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser; scrap metal dealers permitted to purchase air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser only from certain contractors or companies; payment for scrap metal to be made by check or money order; penalties for violations

(1)
It is an offense for a scrap metal dealer to pay cash to a person who presents an air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser, in whole or in part, for sale as scrap.
(2)
Scrap metal described in subsection (1) may only be sold for scrap by an authorized agent, representative or employee of one (1) of the following:
(a)
A licensed HVAC contractor who acquired the evaporator coil or condenser in the performance as a contractor as defined in Section
31-3-1
;
(b)
A company meeting all local or municipal requirements to obtain a permit from that jurisdiction to repair, replace and install HVAC units containing copper evaporator coils or condensers;
(c)
Where the jurisdiction does not require a permit to repair, replace and install HVAC units containing copper evaporator coils or condensers, by a company holding a privilege license indicating the business as that of an HVAC installer or repairer; or
(d)
A company holding a privilege license indicating the business as that of an HVAC installer or repairer.
(3)
The person offering an air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser for sale as scrap on behalf of a company listed in subsection (2) shall have in the person's possession documentation that the company for whom it is being sold is a company described in subsection (2), and that the person selling the evaporator coil or condenser is an authorized agent, representative or employee of that company.
(4)
Payment for scrap metal described in subsection (1) must be made by check or money order, and the name of the company or the individual meeting the requirements of subsection (2) of this section must be the payee on the check.
(5)
(a)
A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per offense.
(b)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being prosecuted for any other applicable criminal offense.
(6)
Any purchase of any air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser, as described in this section, in whole or in part, is subject to the record keeping requirements required by Section
97-17-71
.
Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 29, § 3, eff. 8/8/2008.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 452, SB 2545,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-73 - Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced

Any person who, with notice of an employer's, employee's, laborer's, cropper's, part-owner's, or landlord's lien on any agricultural products, and with intent to defeat or impair the lien shall remove from the premises on which it was produced, or shall conceal, or aid or assist to remove or conceal, anything subject to such lien, and upon which any other person shall have such lien, without the consent of such person, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or by either.
Codes, 1880, § 1362; 1892, § 1183; 1906, § 1261; Hemingway's 1917, § 991; 1930, § 1019; 1942, § 2251.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-75 - Removing personal property subject to lien from county, or selling same

Any person who shall remove, or cause to be removed, or aid or assist in removing from the county in which it may be, any personal property which may be the subject of a pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lien of a lessor of lands, or lien by judgment, or any other lien of which such party has notice, without the consent of the holder of such encumbrance or lien, or who shall conceal or secrete such property, or who shall sell or dispose of the same or any part thereof without the consent of the mortgagee or beneficiary, or conditional vendor, with intent to defraud the holder of the encumbrance or lien, whether any of these acts shall be done before or after the maturity of the debt secured by the lien, and shall not immediately discharge such encumbrance or lien or pay to the holder of such lien or encumbrance the value of such property in event same is less than the amount of such lien or encumbrance, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than three (3) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1871, § 2659; 1880, § 2909; 1892, § 1184; 1906, § 1262; Hemingway's 1917, § 992; 1930, § 1020; 1942, § 2252; Laws, 1954, ch. 237, § 2; Laws, 2005, ch. 511, § 5, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-77 - Removing personal property subject to lien out of state

If any person shall move, or cause to be removed, to any place beyond the jurisdiction of this state, any personal property which shall at the time of such removal be under written pledge, or mortgage, or deed of trust, or conditional sales contract, or lien by judgment, or any other lien in this state, with intent to defraud the pledgee, mortgagee, trustee, cestui que trust, conditional vendor, or creditor, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than twelve (12) months, or both. The removal with intent to defraud of such property valued at four hundred dollars ($400.00) or more shall be a felony punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one (1) nor more than three (3) years, or by both.
Codes, 1871, § 2658; 1880, § 2908; 1892, § 1182; 1906, § 1260; Hemingway's 1917, § 990; 1930, § 1018; 1942, § 2250; Laws, 1954, ch. 237, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 459, eff. 7/1/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-79 - Trees; boxing pine trees

If any person shall box for turpentine, or cut or cause to be cut, a box or boxes in a pine tree growing on land known to belong to another, without the consent of the owner, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each tree so cut or boxed, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1317; 1906, § 1391; Hemingway's 1917, § 1134; 1930, § 1165; 1942, § 2408; Laws, 1890, p. 70.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-81 - Trees; cutting or rafting upon lands of another

If any person shall cut or raft any cypress, pine, oak, gum, hickory, pecan, walnut, mulberry, poplar, cottonwood, sassafras, or ash trees or timber upon any lands belonging to any other person or corporation, without permission from the owner thereof, or his agent duly authorized, such person shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than five months, or fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 12, art. 6(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 231; 1871, § 2685; 1880, § 2956; 1892, § 1305; 1906, § 1379; Hemingway's 1917, § 1119; 1930, § 1149; 1942, § 2386.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-83 - Trees; injuring or destroying shade or ornamental tree

If any person shall wilfully injure or destroy any shade tree or any ornamental tree not his own, on any highway or street, or in any yard, garden, or park, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each tree so injured or destroyed, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days for each offense.
Codes, 1892, § 1319; 1906, § 1393; Hemingway's 1917, § 1136; 1930, § 1167; 1942, § 2410.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-84 - Penalty for removal of "sea oats" or "uniola paniculata" from shores

Any person who removes a plant commonly known as "sea oats" or "uniola paniculata" from the shores of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Laws, 1989, ch. 453, § 1, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-85 - Trespass; going upon inclosed land of another

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 73-13-103 and 49-7-79, if any person shall go upon the enclosed land of another without his consent, after having been notified by such person or his agent not to do so, either personally or by published or posted notice, or shall remain on such land after a request by such person or his agent to depart, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for such offense. The provisions of this section shall apply to land not enclosed where the stock law is in force.
Codes, 1880, § 2980; 1892, § 1320; 1906, § 1394; Hemingway's 1917, § 1137; 1930, § 1168; 1942, § 2411; Laws, 1997, ch. 425, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 517, HB 1208,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-87 - Trespass; willful or malicious; penalty; enhanced penalties for willful trespass upon airport operations area

(1)
Any person who shall be guilty of a willful or malicious trespass upon the real or personal property of another, for which no other penalty is prescribed, shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not longer than six (6) months in the county jail, or both.
(2)
(a)
Any person who shall willfully trespass upon any air operations area or sterile area of an airport serving the general public shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for up to one (1) year, or both.
(b)
For the purposes of this subsection (2), "air operations area" means a portion of an airport designed and used for landing, taking off, or surface maneuvering of airplanes; "sterile area" means an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property in accordance with an approved security program.
Codes, 1880, §§ 969, 2967; 1892, § 1315; 1906, § 1389; Hemingway's 1917, § 1132; 1930, § 1163; 1942, § 2406; Laws, 2001, ch. 475, § 1, eff. 3/23/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-89 - Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny

Any person who shall enter upon the closed or unenclosed lands of another or of the public and who shall willfully and wantonly gather and unlawfully sever, destroy, carry away or injure any trees, shrubs, flowers, moss, grain, turf, grass, hay, fruits, nuts or vegetables thereon, where such action shall not amount to larceny, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months in the county jail, or both; and a verdict of guilty of such action may be rendered under an indictment for larceny, if the evidence shall not warrant a verdict of guilty of larceny, but shall warrant a conviction under this section.
Codes, 1942, § 2411.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 264; Laws, 1962, ch. 323, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-91 - Trespass; defacing, altering or destroying notices posted on land

Any person who shall deface, remove, alter or destroy any notice placed upon any lands by the owner thereof or his agent posting or otherwise prohibiting the entrance upon any lands in this state shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each such notice defaced, removed, altered or destroyed.
Codes, 1942, § 2409.3; Laws, 1962, ch. 323, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-93 - Entering lands of another without permission; enforcement; relation to other statutes; dismissal of prosecution

(1)
Any person who knowingly enters the lands of another without the permission of or without being accompanied by the landowner or the lessee of the land, or the agent of such landowner or lessee, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Upon conviction of any person for a second or subsequent offense, the offenses being committed within five (5) years of the last offense, such person shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to the landowner's or lessee's family, guests, or agents, to a surveyor as provided in Section
73-13-103
, or to persons entering upon such lands for lawful business purposes.
(2)
(a)
It shall be the duty of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and conservation officers to enforce this section.
(b)
Such officers shall enforce this section by issuing a citation to those charged with trespassing under this section.
(3)
The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
(4)
A prosecution under the provisions of this section shall be dismissed upon the request of the landowner, lessee of the land or agent of such landowner or lessee, as the case may be.
Codes, 1892, § 1318; 1906, § 1392; Hemingway's 1917, § 1135; 1930, § 1166; 1942, § 2409; Laws, 1962, ch. 323, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 404; Laws, 1978, ch. 417, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 504; Laws, 1987, ch. 331; Laws, 1997, ch. 425, § 3; Laws, 2008, ch. 545, § 2, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-95 - Trespass; entry on premises where atomic machinery, rockets and other dangerous devices are manufactured, etc

It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully enter or trespass within the premises of any person, firm or corporation manufacturing or constructing or erecting or assembling or maintaining or repairing or operating any nuclear powered machinery, equipment or vessels, or rockets, missiles, propulsion systems, explosives or other dangerous devices, or parts thereof, with the intent to commit any crime under the laws of this state, or of the United States, or pursuant to a conspiracy to commit any such crime or in an attempt to commit any such crime. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be adjudged guilty of a felony, and punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary not to exceed five (5) years, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Any person wilfully entering or trespassing within such premises, if found within any area designated as a restricted area therein, shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 2406.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 324, eff. 5/31/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-97 - Trespass; going into or upon, or remaining in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another after being forbidden to do so

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in Section
73-13-103
, if any person or persons shall without authority of law go into or upon or remain in or upon any building, premises or land of another, including the premises of any public housing authority after having been banned from returning to the premises of the housing authority, whether an individual, a corporation, partnership, or association, or any part, portion or area thereof, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing including any sign hereinafter mentioned, by any owner, or lessee, or custodian, or other authorized person, or by the administrators of a public housing authority regardless of whether or not having been invited onto the premises of the housing authority by a tenant, or after having been forbidden to do so by such sign or signs posted on, or in such building, premises or land, or part, or portion, or area thereof, at a place or places where such sign or signs may be reasonably seen, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 2409.7; Laws, 1960, ch. 246, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1997, ch. 471, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 425, § 4, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-99 - Trespass; inciting or soliciting etc., persons to go into or upon, or remain in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another

(1)
If any person or persons shall incite, or solicit, or urge, or encourage, or exhort, or instigate, or procure any other person or persons to go into or upon or to remain in or upon any building, or premises, or land of another whether an individual, a corporation, partnership, or association, or any part, portion or area thereof, knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden, either orally or in writing including any sign hereinafter mentioned, to do so by any owner, or lessee, or custodian, or other authorized person, or knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs posted in or upon such building, or premises, or land, or part, or portion thereof, at a place or places where it or they may be reasonably seen, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
The provisions of this section are supplementary to the provisions of any other statute of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 2409.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 245, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-101 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1989, ch. 469, § 9, eff. 7/1/1989.
Laws, 1980, ch. 368.