Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-3 (2026)
Adultery and fornication; between teacher and pupil
✓ current as of July 2026
If any teacher and any pupil under eighteen (18) years of age of such teacher, not being married to each other, shall have sexual intercourse, each with the other, they shall, for every such offense, be fined in any sum, not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, and the teacher may be imprisoned not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months.
Codes, 1892, § 954; 1906 § 1030; Hemingway's 1917, § 755; 1930, § 773; 1942, § 1999; Laws, 1980, ch. 517, eff. 5/20/1980.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1997–2018 · leading case: State v. McKenzie-Adams, 915 A.2d 822 (Conn. 2007).
State v. McKenzie-Adams, 915 A.2d 822 (Conn. 2007). “Stat. Ann. § 21-3520 (a) (8) (Sup. 2005); Me.”
Leslie Danielle Dewitt v. State of Mississippi, 269 So. 3d 388 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018). “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-3 (emphasis added).”
Carter v. State, 775 So. 2d 91 (Miss. 1999). “Applying Miss.Code Ann § 97-29-3 (1994), Carter is under the mistaken impression that the maximum sentence that he could have legally received under the original sexual battery charge was six months.”
Adrian Carter v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1997). “See Miss. Code Ann. 97-29-3 (Rev. 1994) (when a teacher has sexual relations with a student who is under age eighteen, the maximum penalty is six months in jail and/or a $500 fine).”
Adrian Carter v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1997). “Applying Miss. Code Ann § 97-29-3 (1994), Carter is under the mistaken impression that the maximum sentence that he could have legally received under the original sexual battery charge was six months.”
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