§ 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered
If any judge, justice court judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff’s employee, constable, assessor, collector, clerk, county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator, employee of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, employee of any contractor providing incarceration services or any other officer, shall knowingly demand, take or collect, under color of his office, any money fee or […]
§ 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense
If any judge, justice court judge, constable, member of the board of supervisors, sheriff, or other peace officer, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to return any person committing any offense against the laws, committed in his view or knowledge, or of which he has any notice, or shall wilfully absent himself when such offense is […]
§ 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty
If any person, being sheriff, clerk of any court, constable, assessor, or collector of taxes, or holding any county office whatever, or mayor, marshal, or constable, or any other officer of any city, town, or village, shall knowingly or wilfully fail, neglect, or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by law, […]
§ 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited
Any officer who shall offer to resign in order to evade obedience to a lawful order of his superior officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty days, or […]
§ 97-11-1. Alteration of records
If any clerk of any court, or public officer or any other person, shall wittingly make any false entry, or erase any work or letter, or change any record belonging to any court or public office, whether in his keeping or not, he shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term […]
§ 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals
If the attorney general or any district attorney shall, in any manner, consult, advise, counsel, or defend, within this state, a person charged with a crime or misdemeanor or the breach of a penal statute, he shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, be removed from office, and rendered […]
§ 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond
If any officer shall approve any official bond, knowing or having good reason to believe the sureties to be insufficient, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, the fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed six months in the county jail.
§ 97-11-11. Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action
Every person who shall promise, offer or give to any officer, agent or trustee, either public or private, while holding such office, agency or trust, or after he has become a candidate or applicant for the same, any money, goods, chattels, right in action, or other property, real or personal, with intent to influence his […]
§ 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe
If any officer, agent or trustee shall accept any gift, offer or promise, prohibited by Section 97-11-11, he shall, on conviction, be forever disqualified from holding any public office, trust or appointment, and shall forfeit his office, if any be held, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years, or be […]
§ 97-11-15. Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal
Any clerk of a circuit court who shall wilfully or negligently fail or refuse to send up the certificate of appeal, as provided in Section 99-35-121, Mississippi Code of 1972, within the time required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not more than two […]