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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-17 - Customers, patrons or clients; right to choose or refuse to serve; penalty for violation

(1)
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in any public business, trade or profession of any kind whatsoever in the State of Mississippi, including, but not restricted to, hotels, motels, tourist courts, lodging houses, restaurants, dining room or lunch counters, barber shops, beauty parlors, theatres, moving picture shows, or other places of entertainment and amusement, including public parks and swimming pools, stores of any kind wherein merchandise is offered for sale, is hereby authorized and empowered to choose or select the person or persons he or it desires to do business with, and is further authorized and empowered to refuse to sell to, wait upon or serve any person that the owner, manager or employee of such public place of business does not desire to sell to, wait upon or serve. The provisions of this section shall not apply to corporations or associations engaged in the business of selling electricity, natural gas, or water to the general public, or furnishing telephone service to the public.
(2)
Any public place of business may, if it so desires, display a sign posted in said place of business serving notice upon the general public that "the management reserves the right to refuse to sell to, wait upon or serve any person," however, the display of such a sign shall not be a prerequisite to exercising the authority conferred by this section.
(3)
Any person who enters a public place of business in this state, or upon the premises thereof, and is requested or ordered to leave therefrom by the owner, manager or any employee thereof, and after having been so requested or ordered to leave, refuses so to do, shall be guilty of a trespass and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in jail not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 2046.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 257, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-21 - Embezzlement; evidence of debt negotiable by delivery but not delivered

Every officer, clerk, agent, or other person mentioned in Section
97-23-19
who shall embezzle or fraudulently secrete, conceal, or convert to his own use, by putting the same in circulation, any evidence of debt negotiable by delivery, but not delivered or issued as a valid instrument, shall be guilty of embezzlement, and punished, on conviction, as provided in the last section.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(60); 1857, ch. 64, art. 83; 1871, § 2548; 1880, § 2783; 1892, § 1059; 1906, § 1137; Hemingway's 1917, § 865; 1930, § 890; 1942, § 2116.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-23 - Embezzlement; buying or receiving embezzled goods

Every person who shall buy or in any way receive any money, goods, rights in action, or other valuable security, effects, or property, knowing the same to have been embezzled, taken or secreted contrary to law, on conviction thereof, shall suffer the penalty provided in Section
97-17-70
, for receiving stolen property.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(61); 1857, ch. 64, art. 84; 1871, § 2549; 1880, § 2784; 1892, § 1060; 1906, § 1138; Hemingway's 1917, § 866; 1930, § 891; 1942, § 2117; Laws, 1993, ch. 359, § 3, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-25 - Embezzlement; property held in trust or received on contract

If any person shall fraudulently appropriate personal property or money which has been delivered to him on deposit, or to be carried or repaired, or on any other contract or trust by which he was bound to deliver or return the thing received or its proceeds, on conviction, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten years, or be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or either.
Codes, 1880, § 2785; 1892, § 1061; 1906, § 1139; Hemingway's 1917, § 867; 1930, § 892; 1942, § 2118.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-27 - Embezzlement; property borrowed or hired

The fraudulent appropriation of certain specific property by one to whom it has been delivered on a contract or loan for use, or of letting and hiring, after the time at which, according to the contract, the right of use acquired thereby has ceased, or before that time by a disposition not authorized by the contract, shall be an offense within the meaning of Section
97-23-25
and shall be punished as therein prescribed.
Codes, 1880, § 2786; 1892, § 1062; 1906, § 1140; Hemingway's 1917, § 868; 1930, § 893; 1942, § 2119.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-29 - Enticing away servant or lessee without written consent; provisions applicable to minors

If any person shall wilfully interfere with, entice away, or who shall knowingly employ, or who shall in any manner induce a laborer or renter who has contracted with another person for a specified time to leave his employer or the leased premises, before the expiration of his contract without the consent of the employer or landlord in writing signed by said landlord or employer under or with whom said laborer had first contracted, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and in addition shall be liable to the employer or landlord for all advances made by him to said renter or laborer by virtue of his contract with said renter or laborer, and for all damages which he may have sustained by reason thereof. The provisions of this section shall apply to minors under contract made by a parent or guardian.
Codes, 1892, § 1068; 1906, § 1146; Hemingway's 1917, § 874; 1930, § 900; 1942, § 2129; Laws, 1924, ch. 160; Laws, 1928, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-31 - Insurance; acting as agent for company not complying with law

Any person who shall do or perform any of the acts or things mentioned in the laws governing insurance companies, the doing or performing of which is there provided, shall constitute such person the agent of the company, for any insurance company not organized under or incorporated by the laws of this state, without such company having first complied with the requirements of the laws of this state or having received the certificate of authority from the commissioner of insurance, as required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, be fined five hundred dollars and be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding twelve months, or by either; but the penalties of this section shall not apply to an adjuster of a loss, if the insurance could not have been obtained from a company which had complied with the laws of this state, or if the insurance was given at a rate fully one-half of one per centum less than that charged by such companies.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 63; 1871, § 2453; 1880, § 1086; 1892, § 1170; 1906, § 1248; Hemingway's 1917, § 978; 1930, § 1006; 1942, § 2236.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-33 - Interference with exercise of lawful trade or calling by printing or distributing of matter, etc

If any person shall wilfully and maliciously print, circulate or distribute, cause to be printed, circulated or distributed, or assist in printing, circulating or distributing, in any form whatever, any matter, the purpose and design of the contents thereof being to wilfully and maliciously interfere with, or prevent another from exercising a lawful trade or calling, or engaging in a lawful business, or engaging in lawful use and enjoyment of his property, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2236.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 344, eff. 3/3/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-35 - Newspapers and periodicals to print names of their editors

Newspapers and periodicals published in this state, for regular distribution through the mails or otherwise, shall print at the top of the editorial page of said publication the full name of its chief editor, the assistant editor, if any, or the person or persons directly responsible for the editorial utterances of said publication. The owner or owners of any newspaper or periodical published in this state in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 1023, 1024; 1930, § 1055; 1942, § 2287; Laws, 1912, ch. 156.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-37 - Oleomargarine and other imitation food to be branded

A person who sells or manufactures, exposes or offers for sale as an article of food, any oleomargarine or other substance in imitation of any article of food, without disclosing the imitation by a suitable and plainly visible mark or brand, indicating and naming what the substance really is, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one month, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1242; 1906, § 1316; Hemingway's 1917, § 1049; 1930, § 1081; 1942, § 2314; Laws, 1892, p. 85.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-39 - Preventing employment by force or violence; penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person by the use of force or violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to prevent or to attempt to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful vocation within this state. Any person guilty of violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both, or in the state penitentiary not more than two (2) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2126; Laws, 1942, ch. 323.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-41 - Preventing employment by force or violence; conspiracy

It shall be unlawful for any two or more persons to conspire together to use force or violence, or threats thereof, to prevent any person or persons from engaging in any lawful vocation or work in this state, and it shall be unlawful for any two or more persons in furtherance of such conspiracy to assemble or gather together at any place where a labor dispute exists or anywhere in this state for the purpose of carrying such unlawful conspiracy into effect. Any person violating this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or both, or in the state penitentiary not more than two years.
The term "labor dispute" as used in this section shall include any controversy between an employer and two (2) or more of his employees concerning the terms or conditions of employment or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2127, 2128; Laws, 1942, ch. 323.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-43 - Profession; practicing without license

If any person shall practice as an attorney and counsellor-at-law, or shall practice as a physician or surgeon, or shall practice as a dentist, or shall practice as a pharmacist, without having first been examined and obtained a license as required by law, he shall, on conviction, of the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months or more than twelve months or both; and such person, upon conviction of the second offense against this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred ($200.00) dollars or more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year or more than two years; and such person, upon conviction of any succeeding offense, shall be punished in the discretion of the court; provided, however, that such punishment shall in no case exceed the payment of a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment for five years.
Codes, Hutchinson's § 1848, ch. 26, art. 3(4); 1857, ch. 9, art. 3; 1871, § 2246; 1880, § 2398; 1892, § 1258; 1906, § 1334; Hemingway's 1917, § 1068; 1930, § 1099; 1942, § 2332; Laws, 1932, ch. 270.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-45 - through 97-23-53 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 556, § 3, eff. 7/1/1988.
§ 97-23-45. [Codes, 1942, § 2374-01; Laws, 1958, ch. 268, § 1] § 97-23-47. [Codes, 1942, § 2374-02; Laws, 1958, ch. 268, § 2; 1975, ch. 460] § 97-23-49. [Codes, 1942, § 2374-03; Laws, 1958, ch. 268, § 3] § 97-23-51. [Codes, 1942, § 2374-04; Laws, 1958, ch. 268, § 4] § 97-23-53. [Codes, 1942, § 2374-05; Laws, 1958, ch. 268, § 5]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-55 - Storage battery; unlawful to deface rental battery

It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or deface or alter or destroy, or cause to be removed or defaced or altered or destroyed the word "rental" or any letter, word, mark or character, printed or painted or stamped or branded upon or attached to, any electric storage battery which has been so placed upon or attached to such electric storage battery to identify the same as belonging to or being the property of another.
Codes, 1930, § 1140; 1942, § 2377; Laws, 1926, ch. 166.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-57 - Storage battery; unlawful to sell or give away rental battery

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, dispose of, deliver or give, or to attempt to sell, dispose of, deliver or give, to any person other than the owner thereof or his agent any electric storage battery upon which the word "rental" or letter, word, mark or character is printed, painted, stamped or branded, for the purpose of identifying said electric storage battery as being a rental battery belonging to or being the property of another.
Codes, 1930, § 1141; 1942, § 2378; Laws, 1926, ch. 166.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-59 - Storage battery; unlawful to retain or recharge rental battery

It shall be unlawful for any person to retain in his possession for a longer period than fourteen days, or to recharge, except in cases of emergency, without the consent of the owner thereof, any electric storage battery upon which the word "rental" or any letter, word, mark or character is printed, painted, stamped or branded for the purpose of identifying the said electric storage battery as belonging to or being the property of another.
Codes, 1930, § 1142; 1942, § 2379; Laws, 1926, ch. 166.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-61 - Storage battery; penalty

Any person violating any of the provisions of any one of Sections
97-23-55
through
97-23-59
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1930, § 1143; 1942, § 2380; Laws, 1926, ch. 166.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-63 - through 97-23-82 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 302, § 4, eff. 7/1/1986 (became law on 2/4/1986, without the Governor's signature).
§ 97-23-63. [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 4(4); 1857, ch. 64, art. 225; 1871, § 2679; 1880, § 2949; 1892, § 1291; 1906, § 1366; Hemingway's 1917, § 1102; 1930, § 1131; 1942, § 2368; Laws, 1926, ch. 277; 1932, ch. 248; 1954, ch. 252; 1956, ch. 247; 1982, ch. 401, § 1] § 97-23-65. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-02; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 2] § 97-23-67. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-03; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 3] § 97-23-69. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-04; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 4] § 97-23-71. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-05; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 5] § 97-23-73. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-06; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 6] § 97-23-75. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-07; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 7] § 97-23-77. [Codes, 1942, § 2369-01; Laws, 1964, ch. 353, § 1] § 97-23-79. [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 4(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 227; 1871, § 2681; 1880, § 2951; 1892, § 1293; 1906, § 1368; Hemingway's 1917, § 1104; 1930, § 1133; 1942, § 2370; Laws, 1948, ch. 401, § 1; 1954, ch. 239; 1966, ch. 361, § 1] § 97-23-81. [Codes, 1942, § 2370.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 401, § 2; 1966, ch. 361, § 2] § 97-23-82. [Laws, 1973, ch. 393, § 1]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-83 - Threats or coercion to prevent lawful conduct of business

If any person shall in any manner threaten with bodily harm, intimidate or coerce another person to prevent said person from lawfully trading or carrying on business, including buying or selling, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year in the county jail or be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2384.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 384, § 1, eff. 2/9/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-85 - Unlawful restraint of trade; boycott; civil liability

If two (2) or more persons conspire to prevent another person or other persons from trading or doing business with any merchant or other business and as a result of said conspiracy said persons induce or encourage any individual or individuals to cease doing business with any merchant or other person, and when such conspiracy is formed and effectuated because of a reasonable grievance of the conspirators over which the said merchant or place of business boycotted or against which a boycott is attempted has no direct control or no legal authority to correct, or when the conspiracy results from such alleged grievance against the merchant or other person boycotted when no notice of such grievance has been given the merchant or party boycotted and no reasonable opportunity to correct such alleged grievance has been given such merchant or other person against whom the conspiracy was formed, then each of such persons shall be guilty of the crime of unlawful restraint of trade and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than two (2) years and in addition each such person shall be liable in civil action for any damages suffered by said merchant or place of business so wrongfully boycotted and also for attorney fees incurred by said merchant or person boycotted in a civil action to recover damages.
Codes, 1942, § 2059.3; Laws, 1968, ch. 344, § 3, eff. 7/30/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-89 - Sale, distribution of recordings without display of required information

(1)
For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
(b)
"Manufacturer" means any individual, partnership, corporation or association which, after first having acquired the right to transfer sounds or images from the lawful owner thereof, actually transfers or causes the transfer thereon of such sounds or images recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, videocassette, film or other article on which sounds or images are recorded, or assembles and transfers any product containing such transferred sounds or images as a component thereof.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or knowingly (a) sell, rent, distribute or circulate, (b) cause to be sold, distributed or circulated, or (c) possess with intent to sell, rent, distribute or circulate, for any compensation, a recorded article or device containing sounds or images, including any phonograph record, tape, disc, videocassette, film or other article or device upon which sounds or images may be fixed or reproduced, without the actual name and street address of the manufacturer thereof and, when the recorded article or device contains sounds only, without the name of the actual performer or group of performers prominently disclosed on the cover, jacket, box or label containing such recorded article or device. Any person who is convicted of a first violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for not more than three (3) years, or both. Any person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for not more than seven (7) years, or both.
(3)
Each and every individual manufacture, distribution or sale or transfer for a consideration of such recorded article or device in violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
(4)
Property used in any way to violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to forfeiture under Sections
97-21-101
and
97-21-103
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 527, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 556, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 346, § 6, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-91 - Construction of Sections 97-23-87 through 97-23-91; private causes of action; confiscation of illegal recordings

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of Sections
97-23-87
through
97-23-91
shall not be construed or interpreted to enlarge or diminish the rights of parties in civil litigation. Such sections shall not be construed or interpreted to apply to the transfer by a television operator, radio or television broadcaster, librarian or archivist of any such sounds (other than from the sound track of a motion picture) intended for, or in connection with, broadcast transmission, retransmission or related uses, or for archival purposes only.
(2)
Any owner of a recorded article or device whose work is allegedly the subject of a violation of the provisions of Section
97-23-87
or
97-23-89
shall have a cause of action in the circuit courts of this state for all damages resulting therefrom, including actual, compensatory, incidental and punitive damages.
(3)
Any lawful producer of a recorded article or device whose product is allegedly the subject of a violation of the provisions of Section
97-23-87
or
97-23-89
shall have a cause of action in the circuit courts of this state for all damages resulting therefrom, including actual, compensatory, incidental and punitive damages.
(4)
It shall be the duty of any state, county or local law enforcement officer to confiscate all recorded articles and devices prohibited by the provisions of Sections
97-23-87
and
97-23-89
and all equipment and components used or intended to be used in the manufacture of the recordings prohibited by said sections. The law enforcement officer confiscating such materials and equipment shall deliver the prohibited recorded material, equipment and components to the State Attorney General or the appropriate local district attorney of the judicial district in which the confiscation was made, or cause the same to be stored in a safe place until such time as the court having jurisdiction over the confiscated recorded material and equipment shall determine the rights, if any, of any person in and to said confiscated materials and the appropriate disposition of such material and equipment. The provisions of this section shall apply to any prohibited recording, regardless of lack of knowledge or intent on the part of the person in possession of same to violate Section
97-23-87
or
97-23-89
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 527, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 556, § 3, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-92 - Unauthorized use of audiovisual recording device in motion picture theater

(1)
Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited without the consent of the motion picture theater owner commits a crime punishable as provided in subsection (7) of this section.
(2)
The term "audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology whether developed before or after July 1, 2005.
(3)
The term "motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the alleged offense.
(4)
The owner or lessee of a motion picture theater, or the authorized agent or employee of the owner or lessee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities by the owner, lessee, agent or employee in the course of subsequently detaining a person whom the owner, lessee, agent or employee in good faith believed to have violated this section unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing evidence that the measures were manifestly unreasonable or the period of detention was unreasonably long.
(5)
This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent of the local, state or federal government from operating any audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities.
(6)
Nothing in this section shall prevent prosecution under any provision of law providing for greater penalty.
(7)
A person convicted of violating this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or either.
Laws, 2005, ch. 336, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-94 - Aiding and abetting shoplifting by minor; penalty

(1)
In addition to any other offense and penalty provided by law, it shall be unlawful for any person eighteen (18) years of age or older to encourage, aid or abet any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to commit the crime of shoplifting as defined in Section
97-23-93
. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this section shall be punished as follows:
(a)
Upon a first conviction the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), or punished by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b)
Upon a second conviction the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or punished by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(c)
Upon a third or subsequent conviction the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and fined One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for a term not exceeding three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, the court is authorized to require the defendant to make restitution to the owner of the property where shoplifting occurred in an amount equal to twice the value of such property.
Laws, 1994, ch. 595, § 6, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 30, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-94.1 - Punishment for violation of Section 97-23-94

Any person aged eighteen (18) years or older who encourages, aids or abets any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to violate Section
97-23-93
shall be punished as provided in Section
97-23-94
and as otherwise provided by law.
Laws, 1994, ch. 595, § 8, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-95 - Shoplifting; detention of suspect for questioning without incurring civil liability

If any person shall commit or attempt to commit the offense of shoplifting, or if any person shall wilfully conceal upon his person or otherwise any unpurchased goods, wares or merchandise held or owned by any store or mercantile establishment, the merchant or any employee thereof or any peace or police officer, acting in good faith and upon probable cause based upon reasonable grounds therefor, may question such person in a reasonable manner for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not such person is guilty of shoplifting as defined herein. Such questioning of a person by a merchant, merchant's employee or peace or police officer shall not render such merchant, merchant's employee or peace or police officer civilly liable for slander, false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, unlawful detention or otherwise in any case where such merchant, merchant's employee or peace or police officer acts in good faith and upon reasonable grounds to believe that the person questioned is committing or attempting to commit the crime of shoplifting.
Laws, 1988, ch. 556, § 2, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-96 - Civil remedy for shoplifting violations; written demand prior to commencing civil proceedings; recovery from parents or legal guardians of minors; costs

(1)
Any person who proves by clear and convincing evidence that he has been injured in any fashion by reason of any violation of the provisions of Section
97-23-93
, Mississippi Code of 1972, has a cause of action for threefold the actual damages sustained or damages in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), whichever is greater, reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in the trial and in any proceedings in appellate courts. The recovery of stolen goods regardless of condition shall not affect the right to the minimum recovery provided herein.
(2)
Before filing an action for damages under this section, the person claiming injury must make a written demand for Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or threefold the actual damages sustained, whichever is greater, of the person or accused liable for damages under this section. If the accused to whom a written demand is made complies with such demand within thirty (30) days after receipt of the demand, he shall be given a written release from further civil liability for the specific act of shoplifting by the victim making the written demand.
(3)
Any victim who has a cause of action under this section may recover the damages allowed under this section from the parents or legal guardian of any unemancipated minor who lives with his parents or legal guardian and who is liable for damages under this section if it is proven that the parents or legal guardian had knowledge of the minor's intent to violate the provisions of Section
97-23-93
or aided and abetted the minor in such violations. Foster parents shall not be liable for the acts of children placed with them.
Nothing in this section shall in any way be construed as to abrogate, compromise or violate any minor's right to confidentiality under any other provision of the Mississippi Code of 1972 or otherwise.
(4)
In no event shall punitive damages be awarded under this section.
(5)
In awarding damages, attorney's fees, expenses or costs under this section, the court shall not consider the ability of the opposing party to pay such fees and costs. Nothing under this section shall be interpreted as limiting any right to recover damages, attorney's fees, expenses or costs provided under other provisions of law.
Laws, 1991, ch. 498, § 1, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-97 - Scalping of admission tickets at college events held on state property

It shall be unlawful for any admission ticket to any athletic contest of any college or university of the State of Mississippi or for any admission ticket to any entertainment event held on state property to be sold for a price in excess of the price printed on the face of the ticket.
It shall be unlawful to sell any such admission tickets at any place or in any manner except at such places and in such manner as designated by the proper authorities issuing such tickets.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a private individual from selling tickets bought for personal use at a price not to exceed the price on the face of the ticket.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Laws, 1990, ch. 342, § 1, eff. 7/1/1990.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-99 - Giving away of merchandise by employee without authorization of merchant

It shall be unlawful for any employee of a merchant engaged in the sale of goods to the public to willfully give away any merchandise of a value of less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) intended for sale without receiving full payment for such merchandise or to give away any merchandise without the specific authorization of the merchant. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year or both.
Laws, 1996, ch. 330, § 1, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 23 - OFFENSES AFFECTING TRADE, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (§§ 97-23-1 — 97-23-111) › Section 97-23-105 - Falsely using or producing retail sales receipts and universal product codes

(1)
A person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses, uses, utters transfers, makes, alters, counterfeits or reproduces a retail sales receipt or a universal product code label commits a misdemeanor which shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(2)
A person who, with intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possesses fifteen (15) or more retail sales receipts or universal product code labels or possesses a device the purpose of which is to manufacture fraudulent retail sale receipts or universal product code labels commits a felony punishable, upon conviction thereof, by imprisonment not to exceed five (5) years, a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
Laws, 2005, ch. 511, § 3, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-1 - Electric power lines and facilities; tampering, injury or unauthorized use; stealing or destroying fixtures and equipment

(1)
Any person who shall intentionally in anywise obstruct, injure, break, tamper with or destroy or in any manner interrupt any electric power line or the transmission of electric current in connection with such line, or who shall make or use electric power from any unauthorized connection with such line, or who shall intentionally injure or destroy any of the posts, wires, insulators, fixtures, equipment, installations or other things belonging to any electric power system, or used in connection with the furnishing of electric power service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and such person shall, on conviction, be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
(2)
Every person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, such property as listed in subsection (1) of this section, of the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, shall be guilty of grand larceny and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years, or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(3)
If any person shall feloniously take, steal and carry away any such property as listed in subsection (1) of this section, under the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00), he shall be guilty of petit larceny and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2114.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 252; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 1, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-4 - Railroads; offenses committed on railroad right-of-way

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts without first having obtained written permission from the owner or operator of the railroad line:
(a)
To attempt to board or disembark from a moving freight train;
(b)
To damage or deface, or attempt to damage or deface, railroad track, signals, switches, buildings, structures, bridges, rights-of-way, wire lines, motive power, rolling stock or other property; or
(c)
To dump, or cause to be dumped, upon railroad right-of-way any paper, ashes, sweepings, household wastes, glass, metal, tires, mattresses, furniture, dangerous substances or any other refuse or substance of any kind.
(2)
Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a)
Railroad employees engaged in the performance of their duties; or
(b)
Representatives of utilities or other agencies with easements across or along the railroad in the performance of their duties.
(3)
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) but not more than Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), or both, and may be required to pay any clean-up costs. In addition, any person who is convicted for a violation of subsection (1)(b) or subsection (1)(c) of this section shall be ordered by the court to make restitution to the owners or operators of the railroad line or property in an amount determined by the court to compensate for all damages caused by such person and all costs related to cleanup necessitated as a result of such person's unlawful conduct.
(4)
The penalties provided for in this section shall be in addition to any other penalties provided by law for the same or similar acts.
(5)
As used in this section the term "right-of-way" means track, roadbed and adjacent property which would be readily recognizable to a reasonable person as railroad property.
Laws, 2001, ch. 446, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 572, § 3, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-5 - Railroads; destroying crossing-sign, gate or warning-signals

If any person shall willfully obliterate, injure or destroy any railroad-gate, warning-signals, cattle-gap or any board or sign erected or maintained by a railroad company in pursuance of law, he shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or both. In addition, any person who is convicted for a violation of this section shall be ordered by the court to make restitution to the owners or operators of the railroad line or property in an amount determined by the court to compensate for all damages caused by such person and all costs related to cleanup necessitated as a result of such person's unlawful conduct.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 39; 1871, § 2425; 1880, § 1051; 1892, § 1268; 1906, § 1343; Hemingway's 1917, § 1077; 1930, § 1107; 1942, § 2343; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 4; Laws, 2007, ch. 572, § 4, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-7 - Railroads; driving vehicle or livestock on track

Any person who shall ride, drive any vehicle, drive any cattle, horses, mules or other livestock along or on any railroad track open and operated for traffic, unless by permission of the owners of said track, or their agent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). The penalty hereof shall not be incurred by operating a street railroad or by crossing a track.
Codes, 1892, § 1267; 1906, § 1342; Hemingway's 1917, § 1076; 1930, § 1106; 1942, § 2342; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 5, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-9 - Railroads; embezzlement of tickets

If any officer, agent, clerk, or employee of any railroad company, shall fraudulently embezzle, dispose of, or convert to his own use any passenger railroad ticket or tickets, whether such tickets be fully prepared for use or not, or who shall use such tickets which have been once used, and which have come to his hands or charge by virtue of his office or employment, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Codes, 1892, § 1067; 1906, § 1145; Hemingway's 1917, § 873; 1930, § 898; 1942, § 2124.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-11 - Railroads; stealing tickets

If any person shall steal any passenger railroad-ticket or tickets belonging to or issued by any railroad company, the amount of money which in the usual course of business it would have required to have purchased it or them from such railroad company, shall be deemed the value of the stolen ticket or tickets.
Codes, 1892, § 1177; 1906, § 1255; Hemingway's 1917, § 985; 1930, § 1013; 1942, § 2245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-13 - Railroads; intoxication of engineer or conductor

If any person, while on duty in charge of a locomotive-engine running or standing upon any railroad, or if any conductor in charge of a car or train on any railroad, shall be intoxicated, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than fifteen years.
Codes, 1880, § 1063; 1892, § 1275; 1906, § 1350; Hemingway's 1917, § 1084; 1930, § 1114; 1942, § 2350.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-15 - Railroads; jumping on or off cars in motion

If any person, other than passengers or employees engaged in operating the railroad, shall wilfully climb, jump or step upon, or in any way attach himself to, or shall jump off a locomotive, tender or car while in motion on a railroad track or siding, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than five (5) days nor more than twenty-five (25) days, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1272; 1906, § 1347; Hemingway's 1917, § 1081; 1930, § 1111; 1942, § 2347; Laws, 1981, ch. 541, § 6, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 25 - OFFENSES AFFECTING RAILROADS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 97-25-1 — 97-25-59) › Section 97-25-17 - Railroads; leaving switch open or improperly placed

If any brakeman, switchman, or other person in charge of any switch, shall wilfully or carelessly leave the same open or improperly placed, whereby any person shall be killed or injured, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fifteen years.
Codes, 1880, § 1061; 1892, § 1279; 1906, § 1354; Hemingway's 1917, § 1088; 1930, § 1118; 1942, § 2354.