Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-19 (2026)
Champerty and maintenance; penalty for false affidavit
✓ current as of July 2026
Every person or attorney who shall file a false affidavit shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided by law. Every attorney who shall file a false affidavit, or who shall violate any other provision of Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, upon final conviction thereof shall also be disbarred, by order of the court in which convicted. Any attorney who shall file a false affidavit, or violate any other provision of Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, and who is not a member of the Mississippi Bar shall, in addition to the other penalties provided by Sections 97-9-11 through 97-9-23, be forever barred from practicing before any court or administrative agency of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 2049-05; Laws, 1956, ch. 253, § 5.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1997–2015 · leading case: Demario Ferguson v. The Univ. of Mississippi Med. Ctr., 179 So. 3d 1060 (Miss. 2015).
Demario Ferguson v. The Univ. of Mississippi Med. Ctr., 179 So. 3d 1060 (Miss. 2015). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-19 (Rev. 2014); 18 U.”
Sneed v. Ford Motor Co., 735 So. 2d 306 (Miss. 1999). “The penalty for filing a false affidavit is contained in Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-19 (Rev.1994) which provides that: Every person or attorney who shall file a false affidavit shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided by law.”
United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Ford Motor Co., Inc. (Miss. 1997). “The penalty for filing a false affidavit is contained in Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-19 (Rev. 1994) which provides that: Every person or attorney who shall file a false affidavit shall be guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided by law.”
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