Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 (2026)
Acquiring or obtaining possession of controlled substance, legend drug or prescription by misrepresentation, fraud and the like; penalty
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to acquire or obtain possession or attempt to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance or a legend drug by larceny, embezzlement, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.
- (2) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess, sell, deliver, transfer or attempt to possess, sell, deliver or transfer a false, fraudulent or forged prescription of a practitioner.
- (3) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be confined for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years and fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Laws, 1977, ch. 375, § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 336; Laws, 2012, ch. 430, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2003–2024 · leading case: Price v. Purdue Pharma Co., 920 So. 2d 479 (Miss. 2006).
Price v. Purdue Pharma Co., 920 So. 2d 479 (Miss. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-115(A)(a)(1)(xiv).”
Rushing v. State, 911 So. 2d 526 (Miss. 2005). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-144(2) (Rev.2001).”
James Richards v. Mississippi Dep't of Pub. Saf.; (Miss. Ct. App. 2020). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 (Rev. 2012). The indictment occurred after his termination and alleged that he was illegally receiving and using the drug Ambien because he had two separate prescriptions of the drug from two different providers and pharmacies.”
Soweto Ronnell Love a/k/a Soweto Love v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2024). “I plead guilty to the charge(s) of Forged Prescription - 2 counts in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 , as set forth in count[s] 2, 3 of the indictment in this cause number.”
Soweto Ronnell Love a/k/a Soweto Love v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2023). “The plea petition stated, “I plead guilty to the charge(s) of Forged Prescription - 2 counts in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 , as set forth in count[s] 2, 3 of the indictment in this cause number.”
Willie Rushing v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2003). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 (2) (Rev. 2001).”
Ernest Price v. The Purdue Pharma Co. (Miss. 2003). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144 (1). ¶13. This Court has long recognized the maxim, from the words of Lord Mansfield, in Holman v.”
Irons v. State, 886 So. 2d 726 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-144(1) (Rev.2001).”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144(1): 2 cases
Price v. Purdue Pharma Co., 920 So. 2d 479 (Miss. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-115(A)(a)(1)(xiv).”
Irons v. State, 886 So. 2d 726 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-144(1) (Rev.2001).”
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-144(2): 1 case
Rushing v. State, 911 So. 2d 526 (Miss. 2005). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-144(2) (Rev.2001).”
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