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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-75 (2026)

Resisting service of process

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Any person who knowingly and wilfully opposes or resists any officer or other authorized person in serving or attempting to serve or execute any legal writ or process, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Codes, 1880, § 2975; 1892, § 1221; 1906, § 1297; Hemingway's 1917, § 1030; 1930, § 1061; 1942, § 2293.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1979–2006 · leading case: State v. Bousman, 278 N.W.2d 15 (Iowa 1979).
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State v. Bousman, 278 N.W.2d 15 (Iowa 1979). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-75, § 99-19-31 ($500 and six months or either).”
Brassell v. Turner, 468 F. Supp. 2d 854 (S.D. Miss. 2006). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-75 (“Any person who knowingly or wilfully opposes any officer or other authorized person in serving or attempting to serve or execute any legal writ or process, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor”).”
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