Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-1 (2026)
Abduction for purposes of marriage
✓ current as of July 2026
Every person who shall take any person over the age of fourteen (14) years unlawfully, against his or her will, and by force, menace, fraud, deceit, stratagem or duress, compel or induce him or her to marry such person or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than five (5) years and not more than fifteen (15) years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 1; 1871, § 2483; 1880, § 2697; 1892, § 949; 1906, § 1025; Hemingway's 1917, § 750; 1930, § 768; 1942, § 1994; Laws, 1980, ch. 356, eff. 4/23/1980.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2021 · leading case: McGrew v. State, 733 So. 2d 816 (Miss. 1999).
McGrew v. State, 733 So. 2d 816 (Miss. 1999). “Justice mandates that crimes against the person ( See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 97-3-1 et seq. (Rev.1994 & Supp.”
Jones v. Smith (N.D. Miss. 2021). “Thus, Mr, Jones was properly indicted for aggravated assault as a principal in accordance with Miss, Code Ann, § 97-3-1, and the evidence supported the accomplice-liability instruction given by the trial court.”
Charles Elliot McGrew v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1997). “Justice mandates that crimes against the person (See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-1 et seq. (Rev. 1994 & Supp.”
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