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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-13 - Conspiracy to defraud state; defeating or preventing prosecution of just claim due state

If any person, with intent to defraud the State of Mississippi, or any department or political subdivision thereof, shall enter into any agreement, combination or conspiracy to defeat, by any unlawful or fraudulent means, the payment of any just claim or penalty due the State of Mississippi, or any department or political subdivision thereof, or to prevent, by any unlawful or fraudulent means, the prosecution of suit for the proper enforcement of any such claim or penalty, or to defraud the State of Mississippi or any department or political subdivision thereof, in any manner, or for any purpose, he shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not to exceed five years, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by fine of not more than $1000.00, or by both such imprisonment and fine, within the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1930, § 832; 1942, § 2058; Laws, 1930, ch. 97.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-15 - Conspiracy to defraud state; each party guilty of felony when one or more conspirators act

If two or more persons, with intent to defraud the State of Mississippi, or any department or political subdivision thereof, shall conspire to defeat by any unlawful or fraudulent means, the payment of any just claim or penalty due the State of Mississippi, or any department or political subdivision thereof, or shall conspire to prevent by any unlawful or fraudulent means, the prosecution of suit for the proper enforcement of any such claim or penalty, or shall conspire to defraud the State of Mississippi, or any department or political subdivision thereof, in any manner, or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties shall do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section
97-7-13
.
Codes, 1930, § 833; 1942, § 2059; Laws, 1930, ch. 97.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-17 - Conspiracy to prevent holding a public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of force, etc

If two (2) or more persons conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the State of Mississippi, or any subdivision thereof, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the State of Mississippi or subdivision thereof, to leave the place where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties, each of such persons shall be fined upon conviction not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2059.1; Laws, 1968, ch. 344, § 1, eff. 7/30/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-19 - Conspiracy to prevent holding public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of boycott

If two (2) or more persons conspire to prevent any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the State of Mississippi or any subdivision thereof, or to induce any officer of the State of Mississippi or subdivision thereof to leave the place where his duties as an officer are required to be performed and as a means of carrying out the object of such conspiracy, shall cause or attempt to cause, or induce or encourage any individual or individuals to cease doing business with any other person or to cease using, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in the products of any other person, each of such persons shall be fined upon conviction not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2059.2; Laws, 1968, ch. 344, § 2, eff. 7/30/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-21 - through 97-7-27 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2009, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 3/17/2009.
§ 97-7-21. [Codes, 1942, § 2066.5-01; Laws, 1964, ch. 323, § 1, eff. 6/11/1964.] § 97-7-23. [Codes, 1942, § 2066.5-02; Laws, 1964, ch. 323, § 2, eff. 6/11/1964.] § 97-7-25. [Codes, 1942, § 2066.5-03; Laws, 1964, ch. 323, § 3, eff. 6/11/1964.] § 97-7-27. [Codes, 1942, § 2066.5-04; Laws, 1964, ch. 323, § 4, eff. 6/11/1964.]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-29 - Destroying, injuring, etc. property to hinder war efforts

Whoever intentionally destroys, impairs, injures, interferes or tampers with real or personal property with reasonable grounds to believe that such act will hinder, delay or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United States, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2400; Laws, 1942, ch. 183.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-31 - Destroying, injuring, etc. state or federally licensed communication systems

Whoever intentionally destroys, impairs, injures, or tampers or interferes with any real or personal property used or useful in the maintenance, repair or operation of any telephone or telegraph system or radio station which is subject to regulation or licensing by any agency of the United States of America or of the State of Mississippi, with reasonable grounds to believe that such act will hinder, delay or interfere with the maintenance, repair or operation of such telephone or telegraph system or radio station, on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section
97-7-29
.
Codes, 1942, § 2401; Laws, 1942, ch. 183.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-33 - False statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully and knowingly, whether orally or in writing, make or cause to be made, to any agency, or board, or commission, or member, or officer or official, or appointee, or employee, or representative thereof, of the executive, or the legislative, or the judicial department, of the United States or any subdivision thereof, which may be now in existence, or who may be now appointed, or hereafter created or appointed, including but not limited to any commissioner, or referee, or voting referee now appointed or who may be hereafter appointed by any court of the United States or any judge thereof, and further including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any agent or representative, or investigator, or member of the Commission on Civil Rights of the United States, or the Advisory Committee or Board of the Commission on Civil Rights of the United States appointed in and for the State of Mississippi, any false or fictitious or fraudulent statement or statements, or to use any false writing or document asserting or claiming, that such person, or persons, or any other person or persons have been, or are about to be denied or deprived of any right, or privilege, or immunity granted or secured to them, or to any of them, by the United States Constitution and laws, or by the Mississippi Constitution and laws, by any officer, or agency, or employee, or representative, or board, or commission, or any member thereof of the State of Mississippi, or of any county or municipality, of the State of Mississippi, or of any other political subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or by the State of Mississippi and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the crime of making a false statement, which is created by this section, a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 2155.4; Laws, 1960, ch. 263, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-35 - False swearing; false sworn statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully and knowingly make any oral or written sworn false statement, or affidavit, or attestation, or complaint, or allegation before any individual or officer authorized to administer oaths, to any agency, or board, or commission, or member, or official, or appointee, or employee, or representative thereof, of the executive, or the legislative, or the judicial department, of the United States, or any subdivision thereof, which may be now in existence, or who may be now appointed, or hereafter created or appointed, including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any agent, or representative, or investigator, or member of the Commission on Civil Rights of the United States, or the Advisory Committee or Board of the Commission on Civil Rights of the United States appointed in and for the State of Mississippi, that such person, or persons, or other persons have been or are about to be deprived of any right, or privilege, or immunity granted or secured by the United States Constitution and Laws or by the Mississippi Constitution and Laws, by any officer, or agency, or employee, or representative, or board, or commission, or any member thereof of the State of Mississippi, or of any county or municipality, of the State of Mississippi, or of any other political subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or by the State of Mississippi, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the crime of false swearing which is created by this section, a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Corroboration or proof by more than one witness to establish the falsity of testimony or statements under oath is not required in prosecutions under this section. It shall not be necessary to prove, to sustain or charge under this section, that the oath or matter sworn to was material, or, if before an executive, legislative or judicial tribunal committee or commission that the tribunal committee or commission had jurisdiction.
Codes, 1942, § 2155.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 256, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-37 - False swearing; false sworn statements to federal authorities as to denial of constitutional rights by the state or its agents with intent or purpose to deceive or cause investigation

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wilfully make any oral or written sworn false statements or affidavit or attestation or complaint or allegation before any individual or officer authorized to administer oaths, that such person or persons or other persons have been or are about to be deprived of any right or privilege or immunity granted or secured by the United States Constitution and laws, or either, or by the Mississippi Constitution and laws, or either, knowing the same, or any material part thereof to be false, with the intent or purpose to cause or encourage an investigation or which causes or contributes in any way to causing an investigation thereof, or any other action to be taken as a result thereof by any executive or legislative or judicial department, officer or agent, or representative of the United States, including but not limited to any member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or member or representative or employee of, the Commission on Civil Rights created by an act of the Congress of the United States, or the State Advisory Group or Council, or Committee of the Commission on Civil Rights appointed in or for the State of Mississippi, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the crime of false swearing which is created by this section, a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years in the penitentiary, or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
Corroboration or proof by more than one witness to establish the falsity of testimony or statements under oath is not required in prosecutions under this section. It shall not be necessary to prove, to sustain any charge under this section, that the oath or matter sworn to was material, or, if before an executive, legislative or judicial tribunal, committee, or commission that the tribunal, committee, or commission had jurisdiction.
Codes, 1942, § 2155.6; Laws, 1960, ch. 255, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-41 - Food commodity donated by federal or state government; obtaining fraudulently, sale or unauthorized disposition

(1)
Whoever obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, any food commodity donated under any program of the federal or state government:
(a)
to which he is not entitled; or
(b)
being an employee of the state, makes any unauthorized disposition of such food commodity; or
(c)
not being an authorized recipient thereof converts to his own use or benefit any such donated food commodities; or
(d)
being an authorized recipient, sells, exchanges or makes an unauthorized disposition of such donated food commodity in any other way than as prescribed or directed by lawful rules and regulations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty the court shall take into consideration the value of the commodities.
(2)
Any person who purchases, barters, exchanges or otherwise obtains any donated food commodities from any authorized recipient knowing it to have been furnished said recipient by the state or federal government, or places the same in a channel of trade shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1942, § 2159.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 339, §§ 1, 2, eff. 6/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-42 - Fraudulent use of food coupons dispensed by state welfare department

Whoever knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain food coupons, by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or in any manner not authorized by law or regulations issued by the state department of welfare, or presents or causes to be presented any food coupons to which he is not entitled or food coupons of a greater value than that to which he is justly entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both in the discretion of the court; provided further, that any person who sells or gives coupons which he legally possesses to another person, and any person not legally entitled to coupons who accepts or purchases same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both in the discretion of the court. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense; and any person committing a third offense shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years, or both in the discretion of the court.
Laws, 1973, ch. 420, § 1, eff. 3/29/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-43 - Impersonating state, county or municipal officer or employee

Whoever falsely and willfully assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the State of Mississippi or any department, agency or officer thereof; or of any county, municipality or any other subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or of any department, agency or officer of such county, municipality or subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished for each separate such offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 2144.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-44 - Impersonation of state, county, municipal or other public officer or employee prohibited; penalties

Any person who falsely and willfully assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the State of Mississippi or any department, agency or officer thereof; or of any county, municipality or any other subdivision of the State of Mississippi, or of any department agency or officer of such county, municipality or subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished for each separate such offense by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws, 2001, ch. 322, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-45 - Legislature; preventing or attempting to prevent meetings

Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents, or attempts to prevent, the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof, from meeting or organizing, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not exceeding ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1189; 1906, § 1267; Hemingway's 1917, § 997; 1930, § 1026; 1942, § 2258.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-47 - Legislature; disturbing proceedings

Every person who wilfully disturbs the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in session; or who commits any disorderly conduct in the view and presence of either house, tending to interrupt its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine, not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months.
Codes, 1892, § 1190; 1906, § 1268; Hemingway's 1917, § 998; 1930, § 1027; 1942, § 2259.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-49 - Legislature; altering bills or resolutions before passage

Every person who fraudulently alters, destroys, or mutilates the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either house composing the legislature, or the engrossed copy thereof, to be passed or adopted, with intent to procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or signed or certified by the presiding officer of either house, in language different than that intended by such house, shall be guilty of a felony, and, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1191; 1906, § 1269; Hemingway's 1917, § 999; 1930, § 1028; 1942, § 2260.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-51 - Legislature; altering bills or resolutions after passage

Every person who fraudulently alters, destroys, or mutilates the enrolled copy of any bill or resolution which has been passed or adopted by the legislature of this state, with intent to procure it to be approved by the governor, or certified by the secretary of state, or printed or published as a statute or law, in language different from that in which it was passed or adopted by the legislature, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1192; 1906, § 1270; Hemingway's 1917, § 1000; 1930, § 1029; 1942, § 2261.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-53 - Legislature; bribing or influencing member

Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any member of the legislature, or to another person for him, or attempts by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or any corrupt means to influence a member in giving or withholding his vote, or in not attending the house or any committee of which he is a member, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1193; 1906, § 1271; Hemingway's 1917, § 1001; 1930, § 1030; 1942, § 2262.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-55 - Legislature; member accepting or agreeing to accept bribes

Every member of either house composing the legislature who asks, receives, or agrees to receive any bribe, upon any understanding, express or implied, that his official vote, opinion, judgment, or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be given in any particular manner or upon any particular side of any question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official capacity, or gives or offers or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the legislature shall give any such vote, either upon the same or another question, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1194; 1906, § 1272; Hemingway's 1917, § 1002; 1930, § 1031; 1942, § 2263.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-57 - Legislature; influence peddling

Every person who obtains, or seeks to obtain, money or other thing of value from another person upon a pretense, claim or representation that he can or will improperly influence, in any manner, the action of any member of the legislature or officer thereof, in regard to any vote or legislative matter, shall be guilty of felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years.
Codes, 1892, § 1195; 1906, § 1273; Hemingway's 1917, § 1003; 1930, § 1032; 1942, § 2264.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-59 - Military service; failure to report for active duty

Any officer or enlisted man of the Mississippi national guard called out or notified for active duty, who shall fail to report at the time and place appointed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, and if the conviction be by a military court in addition thereto, may be dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the military service of the state.
Codes, 1892, § 1211; 1906, § 1289; Hemingway's 1917, § 1021; 1930, § 1052; 1942, § 2284; Laws, 1916, ch. 245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-61 - Military service; organizing military body for public drill or parade; license required

It shall be unlawful for any body of men whatsoever, other than the regularly organized land and naval militia of this state, the land and naval forces of the United States, and the students of public or of regularly chartered educational institutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction, to associate themselves together as a military organization for drill or parade in public with firearms in this state, without special license from the governor for each occasion, and application for such license must be approved by the mayor and board of aldermen or commissioners of the town or city where such organization may propose to parade, and any person or persons participating in such unlawful association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction of same shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Provided that the governor may permit the passage through or the attendance in the state of the organized militia of other states for the purpose of attending joint maneuvers, rifle competitions, or for such other purposes as he may deem proper.
Codes, 1892, § 1212; 1906, § 1290; Hemingway's 1917, § 1022; 1930, § 1053; 1942, § 2285; Laws, 1916, ch. 245.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-63 - Picketing which interferes with access to government buildings, property, streets and sidewalks

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person, singly or in concert with others, to engage in picketing or mass demonstrations in such a manner as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with free ingress or egress to and from any public premises, state property, county or municipal courthouses, city halls, office buildings, jails, or other public buildings or property owned by the State of Mississippi, or any county or municipal government located therein, or with the transaction of public business or administration of justice therein or thereon conducted or so as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with free use of public streets, sidewalks, or other public ways adjacent or contiguous thereto.
(2)
Any person guilty of violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, 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.
(3)
This section shall not be construed to affect any suit or prosecution pending on July 9, 1964 in any court.
Codes, 1942, § 2318.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 343, §§ 1-3; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess ch. 23.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-65 - Timber; cutting and rafting from state lands

If any person shall be guilty of cutting or rafting any cypress, pine, oak, persimmon, gum, hickory, pecan, walnut, mulberry, poplar, cottonwood, sassafras, or ash trees, or other merchantable timber upon any lands belonging to this state or held in trust by this state, such person shall be guilty of crime, and on conviction, if the value of the trees or timber so cut or rafted shall be twenty-five dollars or more, such person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years; and if the value of the said trees or timber so cut or rafted shall be under twenty-five dollars, such person shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months or fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 230; 1871, § 2684; 1880, § 2955; 1892, § 1304; 1906, § 1378; Hemingway's 1917, § 1118; 1930, § 1148; 1942, § 2385; Laws, 1930, ch. 152.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-67 - Treason; punishment

If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 236; 1871, § 2688; 1880, § 2965; 1892, § 1313; 1906, § 1387; Hemingway's 1917, § 1130; 1930, § 1160; 1942, § 2397; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 8, eff. 4/13/1977.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-69 - Treason; essential proof

A person shall not be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 237; 1871, § 2689; 1880, § 2966; 1892, § 1314; 1906, § 1388; Hemingway's 1917, § 1131; 1930, § 1161; 1942, § 2398.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-71 - Advocacy of violent overthrow of constitution or government; punishment

Any person who advocates in writing or in print or verbally, or otherwise, the overthrow of the constitution or government of the United States or the constitution or the government of the State of Mississippi, by violence, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction be imprisoned in the state penitentiary not less than three and not more than twenty years.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 1142f; 1930, § 1162; 1942, § 2399; Laws, 1920, ch. 216.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-73 - Offering a false instrument for recording against a public servant; penalties

(1)
A person commits the crime of offering a false instrument for recording against a law enforcement officer, public official or public employee if the person offers, for recording, a lien or encumbrance that relates to or affects the real or personal property, or an interest therein, or a contractual relationship of a law enforcement officer, public official or public employee, knowing that the lien or encumbrance contains a materially false statement or materially false information, with the intent to defraud, intimidate, or harass the law enforcement officer, public official or public employee, or to impede the law enforcement officer, public official or public employee in the performance of his or her duties.
(2)
Any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:
(a)
For a first offense, by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(b)
For a subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 530, SB 2385, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-75 - Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law; offense of making a terroristic threat; requisite intent; defense; penalties

(1)
This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Terroristic Threats Law."
(2)
(a)
A person commits the offense of making a terroristic threat when the person makes a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person if the threat does in fact cause a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the imminent commission of an offense and if, in making the threat, the person has the intent to:
(i)
Intimidate or coerce a civilian population or segment of a civilian population; or
(ii)
Influence or affect, by intimidation or coercion, the policy or conduct of a unit of government, educational institution, business or segment of the civilian population.
(b)
It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that, at the time the defendant made the terroristic threat, the defendant did not have the intent or capability to actually commit the specified offense, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act.
(3)
A person convicted of the offense of making a terroristic threat is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 418, SB 2127,§ 1, eff. 3/21/2023.
Added by Laws, 2019, ch. 361, SB 2141,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 7 - CRIMES AGAINST SOVEREIGNTY OR ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT (§§ 97-7-1 — 97-7-77) › Section 97-7-77 - Fraudulent display or use of tribal identification card; reproduction of tribal identification card with intent that it be offered as valid card prohibited; punishment for violation

(1)
"Tribal identification card" means a valid identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe that contains a color photograph of the card holder and the card holder's legal name, residence address and date of birth.
(2)
(a)
It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
(i)
Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the person's possession, any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, forged, counterfeited or fraudulently obtained tribal identification card;
(ii)
Permit the use of a tribal identification card issued to the person or lend a tribal identification card to another person;
(iii)
Display or represent a tribal identification card not issued to the person as being the person's card;
(iv)
Display or have in the person's possession a fraudulently altered, forged or counterfeited tribal identification card with intent that the altered, forged or counterfeited card be offered, accepted or mistaken for a valid tribal identification card.
(b)
A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(3)
(a)
It is unlawful for a person to photograph, copy, duplicate, alter, forge, counterfeit or in any way reproduce, manufacture, sell or distribute a tribal identification card or facsimile thereof with intent that it be offered, accepted or mistaken for a valid tribal identification card.
(b)
A violation of this subsection (3) shall be punished as follows:
(i)
If the person was twenty-one (21) years of age or older at the time of the offense, the person is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or both.
(ii)
If the person was under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of the offense, a first offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, and a second or subsequent offense committed by a minor is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 378, HB 277,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-1 - Court forms and legal process; printing, selling or distributing simulated legal documents prohibited

(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to print for the purpose of sale or distribution, to circulate or offer for sale, to send or deliver, to cause to be sent or delivered, any letter, paper, document, notice of intent to bring suit, or other notice or demand which simulates a form of court or legal process, the intention of which document is to lead the recipient or addressee to believe the same to be a genuine court or legal process, for the purpose of obtaining anything of value.
(2)
The printing, circulating, selling, sending or delivery of such simulating document shall be prima facie evidence of such intent, and it shall be no defense to show that the document bears any statement to the contrary, nor shall it be a defense to show that the thing of value sought to be obtained was to apply as payment on a valid obligation.
(3)
In prosecutions for violation of this section, the prosecution may show that the simulating document was deposited in the post office for mailing or was delivered to any person with intent to be forwarded, and such showing shall be sufficient proof to the sending or delivery.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall prevent the printing, publication, sale or distribution of genuine legal forms for the use of attorneys, clerks of court or justices of the peace.
(5)
Any person, firm or corporation violating subsection (1) of this section shall be fined, for the first offense, not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such a fine and imprisonment; for subsequent offenses, not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such a fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 2150.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 386, §§ 1-5, eff. 2/17/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-3 - Court records and public papers; stealing, concealing, destroying, etc

The stealing and carrying away, or fraudulently withdrawing, concealing, or destroying or taking away any record, paper, or proceeding of a court of justice, or any paper or proceeding filed or deposited with any officer or in any public office, shall be larceny without reference to the value of the record, paper, or proceeding so stolen, taken away, or destroyed, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than five years, or in the county jail not more than one year, and by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(70); 1857, ch. 64, art. 195; 1871, § 2656; 1880, § 2906; 1892, § 1179; 1906, § 1257; Hemingway's 1917, § 987; 1930, § 1015; 1942, § 2247.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-5 - Bribery; jurors, arbitrators, and referees accepting, and person promising them, punished

If any person drawn, summoned, chosen, or appointed as a juror, arbitrator, or referee shall, corruptly take or receive any gratuity, gift, or reward whatever, or any promise thereof, or if the wife of such person, with his knowledge and consent, shall so take or receive, to influence any verdict, award, or report of such juror, arbitrator, or referee, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or in the county jail not more than one year, or fined one thousand dollars, or both, and any person who shall make or offer any such gratuity, reward, or any promise thereof, shall, on conviction, suffer the same penalty.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 5(11); 1857, ch. 64, art. 36; 1871, § 2513; 1880, § 2729; 1892, § 983; 1906, § 1059; Hemingway's 1917, § 787; 1930, § 803; 1942, § 2029.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-7 - Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing, etc. crime punishable by death or life imprisonment

Every person having a knowledge of the actual commission of any offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, who shall take any money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal any such crime, or to abstain from any prosecution thereof, or to withhold any evidence thereof, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(17); 1857, ch. 64, art. 40; 1871, § 2517; 1880, § 2733; 1892, § 987; 1906, § 1063; Hemingway's 1917, § 791; 1930, § 807; 1942, § 2033.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-9 - Bribery; taking reward for compounding or concealing crime punishable by less than life imprisonment

Every person having a knowledge of the actual commission of any offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any other term than for life, who shall take any money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, to compound or conceal any such crime, or to abstain from any prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding three years, or in the county jail not exceeding six months.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(18); 1857, ch. 64, art. 41; 1871, § 2518; 1880, § 2732; 1892, § 988; 1906, § 1064; Hemingway's 1917, § 792; 1930, § 808; 1942, § 2034.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-10 - Bribery; commercial bribery

(1)
Commercial bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any private agent, employee or fiduciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or employer, with the intent to influence such agent's, employee's or fiduciary's action in relation to the principal's or employer's affairs.
(2)
The agent's, employee's or fiduciary's acceptance of or offer to accept, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value under the circumstances set forth in subsection (1) of this section shall also constitute commercial bribery.
(3)
The offender under this section who states the facts, under oath, to the district attorney charged with prosecution of the offense, who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under this section and who testifies in support of the evidence he gives when requested by the district attorney, may, in the discretion of the district attorney, be granted full immunity from prosecution for commercial bribery, in respect to the particular offense reported.
(4)
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine or imprisonment.
Laws, 1983, ch. 515, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 9 - OFFENSES AFFECTING ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-129) › Article 1 - IN GENERAL (§§ 97-9-1 — 97-9-79) › Section 97-9-11 - Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association, either incorporated or unincorporated from this state or any other state, either before or after proceedings commenced:
(a)
to promise, give, or offer, or to conspire or agree to promise, give, or offer,
(b)
to receive or accept, or to agree or conspire to receive or accept,
(c)
to solicit, request, or donate, any money, bank note, bank check, chose in action, personal services, or any other personal or real property, or any other thing of value, or any other assistance as an inducement to any person to commence or to prosecute further, or for the purpose of assisting such person to commence or prosecute further, any proceeding in any court or before any administrative board or other agency, regardless of jurisdiction; provided, however, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the constitutional right of regular employment of any attorney at law or solicitor in chancery, for either a fixed fee or upon a contingent basis, to represent such person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association before any court or administrative agency.
Codes, 1942, § 2049-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 253, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 359, eff. 7/1/1976.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 556, SB 2223, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.