Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-85 (2024)
Trespass; going upon inclosed land of another
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Except as otherwise provided in Sections 73-13-103 and 49-7-79, if any person shall go upon the enclosed land of another without his consent, after having been notified by such person or his agent not to do so, either personally or by published or posted notice, or shall remain on such land after a request by such person or his agent to depart, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for such offense. The provisions of this section shall apply to land not enclosed where the stock law is in force.
Codes, 1880, § 2980; 1892, § 1320; 1906, § 1394; Hemingway's 1917, § 1137; 1930, § 1168; 1942, § 2411; Laws, 1997, ch. 425, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 517, HB 1208,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1985–1985 · leading case: Harper v. State, 478 So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1985).
Harper v. State, 478 So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1985). “The instruction purports to have been predicated upon Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-85 (1972). We have held above that there was evidence in the record sufficient to render unassailable a jury finding of "intent to commit some crime therein".”
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