Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176 (2026)
[Repealed]
✓ current as of July 2026
Laws, 1988, ch. 474, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 511, § 2; Laws, 2012, ch. 495, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 329, HB 812, 5, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 452, SB 2159, 22, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 501, HB 1231, 4, eff. 7/1/2014.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 484, HB 240, 1, eff. 7/1/2013, exp. 7/1/2018.
See Laws, 2015, ch. 452, SB 2159, § 23.
See Laws, 2014, ch. 501, HB 1231, § 5.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1992–2014 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Bureau of Narcotics v. Lincoln Cnty., 605 So. 2d 802 (Miss. 1992).
State Ex Rel. Bureau of Narcotics v. Lincoln Cnty., 605 So. 2d 802 (Miss. 1992). “The sole issue presented by this appeal is: Whether or not Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-29-176 through XX-XX-XXX conflict with Section 261, Article XIV, of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.”
Shannon v. North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, 815 So. 2d 1255 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). “(5)All money, deadly weapons, books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes and data which are used, or intended for use, in violation of this article [[Image here]] Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-153 (Rev.2001). ¶ 11.”
One (1) Charter Arms v. State, 721 So. 2d 620 (Miss. 1998). “Indeed, this Court has found the forfeitures provided for in Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176 to -181 (1993) to be civil in nature.”
Smith v. State, 716 So. 2d 1076 (Miss. 1998). “Smith's Honda presumably was forfeited pursuant to a provision of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law.”
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics v. Harrison Cnty., 623 So. 2d 267 (Miss. 1993). “The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics had previously filed a petition in county court seeking a forfeiture of the same money, pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-29-176 to 185 (1972, as amended).”
Fason v. City of Winona, 909 So. 2d 163 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176(4) (Rev.2001).”
1984 Chevy Camaro v. Lawrence Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 148 So. 3d 672 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176(5) (Rev. 2013).”
City of Hattiesburg v. Thirty-five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars, 872 So. 2d 701 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176 (Rev.2001). . .”
1999 Buick Century v. State, 966 So. 2d 841 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-29-176 and -179 (Rev.”
Frelessies Smith v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1995). “There, we held that the forfeitures in Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176 through 41-29-181 are civil in nature.”
Charter Arms v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1993). “Well, if the Court prefers to treat this as a civil issue, then the Court must abide by that area of law. If the State seizes, more aptly plunders, a defendant's property, that defendant should be allowed to automatically file suit to reclaim that property under Mississippi…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176(4) — 1 case
Fason v. City of Winona, 909 So. 2d 163 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176(4) (Rev.2001).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-176(5) — 3 cases
Shannon v. North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, 815 So. 2d 1255 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). “(5)All money, deadly weapons, books, records, and research products and materials, including formulas, microfilm, tapes and data which are used, or intended for use, in violation of this article [[Image here]] Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-153 (Rev.2001). ¶ 11.”
Fason v. City of Winona, 909 So. 2d 163 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176(4) (Rev.2001).”
1984 Chevy Camaro v. Lawrence Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 148 So. 3d 672 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-29-176(5) (Rev. 2013).”
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