Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-9 (2026)

Capitol building; defacing

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If any person shall, by any means whatsoever, wilfully injure or destroy any of the works, materials, furniture, or ornaments of the capitol, or any of the buildings or monuments on the grounds belonging thereto, or shall wilfully deface any of the walls thereof, or shall write or make any drawing or characters thereon with pencil-mark, or otherwise, or do any indecent act, either on or to said walls, or within the same, or shall wilfully deface or injure the trees, fences, pavement, or soil on said grounds, such person, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or both.

Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art. 101; 1871, § 194; 1880, § 273; 1892, § 1000; 1906, § 1077; Hemingway's 1917, § 804; 1930, § 823; 1942, § 2049.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Brown v. State, 102 So. 3d 1087 (Miss. 2012).

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Brown v. State, 102 So. 3d 1087 (Miss. 2012). · cites it 2× “, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 97-7-9 (Rev.2006) (defacing capítol building), 97-9-3 (tampering with court records), 97-9-77 (willfully altering or destroying a will).”

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