Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (2026)
Voyeurism; trespass by "peeping Tom"; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1)
- (a) Any person who enters upon real property, whether the original entry is legal or not, and thereafter pries or peeps through a window or other opening in a dwelling or other building structure for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felonious trespass.
- (b) Any person who looks through a window, hole or opening, or otherwise views by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a periscope, telescope, binoculars, drones, camera, motion-picture camera, camcorder or mobile phone, into the interior of a bedroom, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room, spa, massage room or therapy room or tanning booth, or the interior of any other area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside and without the consent or knowledge of every person present, for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupant or occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.
- (2)
- (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person who is over the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense and is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than five (5) years.
- (b) When one or more occupants spied upon is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who was over the age of twenty-one (21) at the time of the offense who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than ten (10) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2412.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 281; Laws, 1980, ch. 391; Laws, 2012, ch. 557, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 423, SB 2245,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 489, SB 2022, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Glasper v. State, 914 So. 2d 708 (Miss. 2005).
Glasper v. State, 914 So. 2d 708 (Miss. 2005). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (Rev. 2000), Mississippi's voyeurism statute.”
Simoneaux v. State, 29 So. 3d 26 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). “" See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (Rev.2006). ¶ 65.”
Commonwealth v. Swan, 897 N.E.2d 1015 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). “720, § 5/26-l(a)(5) (1993); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (1994); N.C. Gen.”
Commonwealth v. LePore, 666 N.E.2d 152 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996). “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (1994), the Mississippi “Peeping Tom” statute makes it unlawful for “|a]ny person who enters upon real property .”
Gaddy v. State, 21 So. 3d 677 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (Rev.2006). He was also convicted of touching for lustful purposes in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-5-23(1) (Rev.”
Eddie Parks, Jr. a/k/a Eddie Will Parks, Jr. a/k/a Soon v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2021). “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (1). Because the statute does not require that the person be a “male,” we find no merit to the first assignment of error.”
United States v. Watkins (10th Cir. 2026). “746 ;1 Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 ;2 MPC § 250.12;1 Mont.”
Oscar Lee Glasper v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2002). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-61 (Rev. 2000), Mississippi’s voyeurism statute.”
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