A person who willfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction for a first offense, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both. Upon conviction for a second offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or shall be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year, or both. Upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense within five (5) years, such person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years in the State Penitentiary, or both. It is not a violation of this statute for a woman to breast-feed.
Codes, 1892, § 1218; 1906, § 1294; Hemingway's 1917, § 1027; 1930, § 1058; 1942, § 2290; Laws, 1971, ch. 448, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 520, § 5; Laws, 2012, ch. 510, § 2, eff. 7/1/2012.
Notes of Decisions
Richmond v. City of Corinth, 816 So. 2d 373 (Miss. 2002).
· cites it 4× “Jacquelyn Richmond (Richmond) was found guilty by the Corinth Municipal Court of indecent exposure in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (2000). By writ of certiorari, Richmond appealed to the Circuit Court of Alcorn County.”
Ginn v. State, 860 So. 2d 675 (Miss. 2003).
· cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (Rev.2000) states: "A person who wilfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Delashmit v. State, 991 So. 2d 1215 (Miss. 2008).
“…imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both. It is not a violation of this statute for a woman to breast-feed. Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (Rev.2006).”
Steverson v. City of Vicksburg, Miss., 900 F. Supp. 1 (S.D. Miss. 1994).
· cites it 2× “Plaintiff claims that the City, through § 1014(A)(1)(g), has violated the state doctrine of state statutory preemption inasmuch as the State of Mississippi has addressed the issue of indecent exposure in its adoption of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (1972). Section 97-29-31 provides…”
Johnson v. State, 879 So. 2d 1057 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004).
“" Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (Rev.2000). The justice court affidavit quotes the language of the statute.”
Eason v. City of Senatobia (N.D. Miss. 2025).
· cites it 2× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-31 . However, since a ten-year-old cannot have the requisite state of mind, it was impossible for the child to violate that statute, and they could not have rationally concluded that he did so.”
Jacquelyn Richmond v. City of Corinth, Mississippi (Miss. 2000).
· cites it 4× “Jacquelyn Richmond (Richmond) was found guilty by the Corinth Municipal Court of indecent exposure in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (2000). By writ of certiorari, Richmond appealed to the Circuit Court of Alcorn County.”
Bettie Michelle Ginn v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2002).
· cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (Rev. 2000) states: “A person who wilfully and lewdly exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor .”
Stephen Joseph Delashmit v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2007).
“Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-31 (Rev. 2006). 10 The test is ultimately whether “this Court – can say, taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the accused, and considering all reasonable favorable inferences which may be drawn in favor of the accused from the evidence, that…”
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