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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 97 - Crimes » Chapter 31 - Intoxicating Beverage Offenses

§ 97-31-53. Penalty for violations where punishment not specifically prescribed

Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any part of this chapter for which there is not prescribed specifically the punishment for such violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not […]

§ 97-31-55. Immunity for certain persons who request emergency medical assistance for individuals appearing to need medical assistance due to alcohol consumption; immunity for peace officer for complying or failing to comply with this section

A peace officer shall not take a person into custody based solely on the commission of an offense involving alcohol if the peace officer, after making a reasonable determination and considering the facts and surrounding circumstances, reasonably believes that all of the following apply: The peace officer has contact with the person because the person […]

§ 97-31-7. Alcoholic preparations; permit to solicit or take orders

No person, firm or corporation, or any association whatsoever, except traveling salesmen engaged in selling exclusively to wholesale and retail merchants shall sell, barter or give away or keep for such purposes, or solicit or take orders therefor, any of the preparations, compounds, bitters, elixirs or extracts mentioned in Section 97-31-5, until a permit so […]

§ 97-31-9. Alcoholic preparations; record of purchases required

Every person, firm, or corporation, selling, bartering or giving away, keeping for sale or soliciting orders for any of the preparations mentioned in Sections 97-31-5 and 97-31-7 shall keep a complete record of such preparations so purchased, including invoice or freight bill, which record shall be open to the inspection of any member of the […]