Mississippi

§ 97-17-1. Arson; first degree; burning dwelling house or outbuilding.

§ 97-17-3. Arson; first degree; place of worship; failure to report accidental fires; juvenile offenders.

§ 97-17-4. Forfeiture of property used in commission of arson.

§ 97-17-5. Arson; second degree; other buildings or structures.

§ 97-17-7. Arson; third degree; personal property.

§ 97-17-9. Arson; fourth degree; attempt to burn.

§ 97-17-11. Arson; insured property.

§ 97-17-13. Arson; willfully or negligently firing woods, marsh, meadow, etc.; restitution of fire suppression costs.

§ 97-17-14. Aggravated assault upon fire fighter, law enforcement officer or emergency medical personnel by injury-causing arson.

§ 97-17-15. Boundary landmarks; altering or destroying.

§ 97-17-17. Brands of saw-logs; altering or defacing.

§§ 97-17-19 and 97-17-21. Repealed.

§ 97-17-23. Burglary; breaking and entering inhabited dwelling; home invasion.

§ 97-17-25. Burglary; breaking out of dwelling.

§ 97-17-27. Repealed.

§ 97-17-29. Burglary; breaking inner door of dwelling by one lawfully in house.

§ 97-17-31. Burglary; dwelling house defined.

§ 97-17-33. Burglary; breaking and entering building other than dwelling; railroad car; vessels; automobiles.

§ 97-17-35. Burglary; possession of burglar’s tools.

§ 97-17-37. Burglary; with explosives.

§ 97-17-39. Penalties for injuring, destroying or defacing certain cemetery property, public buildings, schools or churches, or property thereof.

§ 97-17-41. Grand larceny; felonious taking of personal property; felonious taking of property of established place of worship; penalties.

§ 97-17-42. Larceny; taking possession of or taking away a motor vehicle; second or subsequent offense.

§ 97-17-43. Petit larceny defined; penalty.

§ 97-17-45. Larceny; stealing bond, note, bill, securities, etc.; proof of value.

§ 97-17-47. Larceny; severing crops, or parts of improvements or enclosures.

§ 97-17-49. Larceny; shearing wool from dead sheep.

§ 97-17-51. Larceny; stealing dog.

§ 97-17-53. Larceny; knowing and willful stealing or carrying away of livestock; obtaining livestock by means of fraudulent conduct; prima facie evidence of fraudulent conduct; restitution.

§ 97-17-55. Larceny; stealing milk from cow.

§ 97-17-57. Repealed.

§ 97-17-58. Repealed.

§ 97-17-59. Larceny; stealing timber; restitution.

§ 97-17-60. Payment for timber acquired for resale; penalties.

§ 97-17-61. Larceny; taking and carrying away certain animals or motor vehicles not amounting to larceny.

§ 97-17-62. Larceny; theft of rental property.

§ 97-17-63. Larceny; tenants in common.

§ 97-17-64. Larceny; under lease or rental agreement.

§ 97-17-65. Looting.

§ 97-17-67. Malicious mischief.

§ 97-17-68. Coin operated devices; description of offenses and imposition of penalties; prosecution under this section does not bar prosecution or punishment under other statutes.

§ 97-17-69. Repealed.

§ 97-17-70. Receiving stolen property; dual charges of both stealing and receiving same property not to be brought against single defendant in same jurisdiction; penalties.

§ 97-17-71. Receiving stolen property; definitions; scrap metal dealers and other purchasers to keep records of purchases of metal property; content of records; metal property to be held separate and identifiable from other purchases for not less than three (3) business days from date of purchase; inspection by law enforcement personnel; hold notice; recovery of metal property by rightful owner; restitution to dealer by unlawful seller; false statement of ownership; cash transactions for purchase of scrap metal prohibited; failure to maintain appropriate records; interstate transportation of metal property; purchase and possession of metal beer kegs and/or metal syrup tanks generally used by soft drink industry prohibited except in limited circumstances; sales and purchases of bronze memorials prohibited except in limited circumstances; purchase of utility access covers or metal property identified as belonging to political subdivision except in limited circumstances; purchases of metal property from minors prohibited; limitation on hours of purchase; penalties.

§ 97-17-71.1. Registration by scrap metal dealers with office of Secretary of State required; penalties for violations; enforcement.

§ 97-17-71.2. Scrap metal dealers prohibited from paying cash or making payment of any kind at time of transaction for air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser; scrap metal dealers permitted to purchase air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser only from certain contractors or companies; payment for scrap metal to be made by check or money order and mailed to business address of company for whom metal being sold; penalties for violations.

§ 97-17-73. Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced.

§ 97-17-75. Removing personal property subject to lien from county, or selling same.

§ 97-17-77. Removing personal property subject to lien out of state.

§ 97-17-79. Trees; boxing pine trees.

§ 97-17-81. Trees; cutting or rafting upon lands of another.

§ 97-17-83. Trees; injuring or destroying shade or ornamental tree.

§ 97-17-84. Penalty for removal of “sea oats” or “uniola paniculata” from shores.

§ 97-17-85. Trespass; going upon inclosed land of another.

§ 97-17-87. Trespass; willful or malicious; penalty; enhanced penalties for willful trespass upon airport operations area.

§ 97-17-89. Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny.

§ 97-17-91. Trespass; defacing, altering or destroying notices posted on land.

§ 97-17-93. Entering lands of another without permission; enforcement; relation to other statutes; dismissal of prosecution.

§ 97-17-95. Trespass; entry on premises where atomic machinery, rockets and other dangerous devices are manufactured, etc.

§ 97-17-97. Trespass; going into or upon, or remaining in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another after being forbidden to do so.

§ 97-17-99. Trespass; inciting or soliciting etc., persons to go into or upon, or remain in or upon, buildings, premises or lands of another.

§ 97-17-101. Repealed.

§ 97-17-103. Prohibition of recovery for injuries sustained during criminal trespass.

§ 97-29-1. Adultery and fornication; unlawful cohabitation.

§ 97-29-3. Adultery and fornication; between teacher and pupil.

§ 97-29-5. Adultery and fornication; between certain persons forbidden to inter-marry.

§ 97-29-7. Adultery and fornication; between guardian and ward.

§ 97-29-9. Adultery and fornication; going out of state to marry.

§ 97-29-11. Illegitimate children; person becoming natural parent of second illegitimate child; jurisdiction.

§ 97-29-13. Bigamy; definition; penalty.

§ 97-29-15. Bigamy; exceptions.

§ 97-29-17. Bribery; participant in professional or amateur games or other athletic contests; wrestling excepted.

§ 97-29-19. Dead bodies; disinterment for sale or wantonness.

§ 97-29-21. Dead bodies; buying or receiving.

§ 97-29-23. Dead bodies; opening graves for certain purposes.

§ 97-29-25. Desecration of cemetery; desecration of human corpse.

§ 97-29-27. Incest; marriage within prohibited degrees.

§ 97-29-29. Incest; persons divorced for incest not to cohabit or copulate.

§ 97-29-31. Indecent exposure.

§ 97-29-33. Repealed.

§ 97-29-35. Repealed.

§§ 97-29-37 through 97-29-41. Repealed.

§ 97-29-43. Polygamy; teaching of.

§ 97-29-45. Obscene electronic communications.

§ 97-29-47. Profanity or drunkenness in public place.

§ 97-29-49. Prostitution; report to Department of Child Protection Services for suspected child sexual abuse or neglect if minor involved; immunity from prosecution if trafficked person involved.

§ 97-29-51. Prostitution; misdemeanor procuring services of prostitute; felony promoting prostitution; penalties.

§ 97-29-53. Repealed.

§ 97-29-55. Seduction of female over age of eighteen by promised or pretended marriage.

§ 97-29-57. Stallion or jack not to be kept in public view or permitted to run at large.

§ 97-29-59. Unnatural intercourse.

§ 97-29-61. Voyeurism; trespass by “peeping Tom”; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen.

§ 97-29-63. Photographing or filming another without permission where there is expectation of privacy; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen.

§ 97-29-65. Strip clubs prohibited within one-fourth mile of church, school, kindergarten, or courthouse.

§ 97-33-1. Betting, gaming or wagering; exception from prohibition; penalty.

§ 97-33-3. Gambling; penalties on certain officers; penalty for use of public money.

§ 97-33-5. Gambling; additional fine against winning gambler for amount won.

§ 97-33-7. Gambling devices defined; prohibition; pin ball machines; penalties; exceptions.

§ 97-33-8. Illegal gambling; Internet sweepstakes cafes prohibited.

§ 97-33-9. Gambling; keeping, exhibiting, etc. games or gaming tables; exceptions; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-11. Gambling; clubs not to have interest in gaming; each member fined; grand jury investigation; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-13. Gambling; building owners, lessees, etc. not to permit gambling; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-15. Gambling; hotel, tavern and boarding-house keepers to inform on gamblers.

§ 97-33-17. Gambling; money and appliances forfeited; exceptions.

§ 97-33-19. Gambling; money and appliances forfeited; penalty for resisting seizure.

§ 97-33-21. Gambling; gambling with minor; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-23. Gambling; gambling with minor knowing him to be under-age; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-25. Gambling; pool-selling; exceptions.

§ 97-33-27. Gambling; betting on horse or yacht race or shooting match; exceptions.

§ 97-33-29. Gambling; laws remedial, not penal.

§ 97-33-31. Lotteries; penalty for putting on; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-33. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-35. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; publication or circulation of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-37. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; sale of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-39. Lotteries; sale of tickets; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-41. Lotteries; buying tickets in state prohibited; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-43. Lotteries; railroads; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-45. Lotteries; steamboats; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-47. Lotteries; acting as agent for; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.

§ 97-33-49. Raffles; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law.