§ 97-25-54. Theft of telephone and other communication services prohibited; definitions; manufacture and possession of devices to facilitate theft prohibited; penalties

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-54

(1) The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) "Telecommunication device" means any type of instrument, device, machine, or equipment that is designed for or capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic,...

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

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-41

(1) Any person who shall be convicted of taking and carrying away, feloniously, the personal property of another, of the value of One Thousand Dollars ($ 1,000.00) or more, but less than Five Thousand Dollars ($ 5,000.00), shall be guilty of grand larceny, and shall be imprisoned in the...

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

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-23

(1) Every person who shall be convicted of breaking and entering the dwelling house or inner door of such dwelling house of another, whether armed with a deadly weapon or not, and whether there shall be at the time some human being in such dwelling house or not, with intent to commit some crime...

§ 97-5-51. Mandatory reporting of sex crimes against minors; definitions; procedure; report contents; forensic samples; penalties.

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-51

(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this section:(a) "Sex crime against a minor" means any offense under at least one (1) of the following statutes when committed by an adult against a minor who is under the age of sixteen (16):(i) Section 97-3-65 relating to rape;(ii) Section 97-3-71...

§ 97-5-42. Protection of children from parents convicted of felony child sexual abuse; creation of local registry; penalties; standards for visitation

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-42

(1) (a) For purposes of this section, a conviction of felony parental child sexual abuse shall include any nolo contendere plea, guilty plea or conviction at trial to any offense enumerated in Section 93-15-103(3)(g) or any other statute of the State of Mississippi whereby a parent may be...

§ 97-5-40. Condoning child abuse

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-40

(1) Any parent, guardian, custodian, stepparent or any other person who lives in the household with a child, who knowingly condones an incident of felonious child abuse of that child, which consists of one or more violations of (a) subsection (2) of Section 97-5-39 or (b) felonious sexual battery...

§ 97-5-39. Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child; felonious abuse and/or battery of a child

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-39

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any parent, guardian or other person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits any act or omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission contributes to or tends to contribute to the neglect or delinquency of any child or which...

§ 97-5-37. Exploitation of children; other remedies

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-37

The provisions of Sections 97-5-31 through 97-5-37 are supplemental to any statute relating to child abuse or neglect, obscenity, enticement of children or contributing to delinquency of a minor and acquittal or conviction pursuant to any other statute shall not be a bar to prosecution under...

§ 97-5-33. Exploitation of children; prohibitions

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-33

(1) No person shall, by any means including computer, cause, solicit or knowingly permit any child to engage in sexually explicit conduct or in the simulation of sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct.(2) No person shall, by any means including...

§ 97-5-31. Exploitation of children; definitions

Statutes | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-31

As used in Sections 97-5-33 through 97-5-37, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this section:(a) "Child" means any individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years.(b) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated:(i)...