Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-31 (2026)
Penalty where none fixed elsewhere by statute
✓ current as of July 2026
Offenses for which a penalty is not provided elsewhere by statute, and offenses indictable at common law, and for which a statutory penalty is not elsewhere prescribed, shall be punished by fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or either.
Codes, 1957, ch. 64, art. 356; 1871, § 2863; 1880, § 3098; 1892, § 1454; 1906, § 1527; Hemingway's 1917, § 1289; 1930, § 1314; 1942, § 2562; Laws, 1984, ch. 353, § 3, eff. 7/1/1984.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1988–1995 · leading case: Purvis v. Purvis, 657 So. 2d 794 (Miss. 1995).
Purvis v. Purvis, 657 So. 2d 794 (Miss. 1995). “Contrary to Purvis' argument that Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-31 sets the potential penalty for constructive contempt at $1,000.”
Gardner v. State, 531 So. 2d 805 (Miss. 1988). “The petition to vacate the conviction is denied; however, the sentence is vacated and this case is remanded for resentencing as a misdemeanor in accord with the statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-31 . PETITION TO VACATE CONVICTION DENIED; SENTENCE IS VACATED AND CASE REMANDED TO…”
Harris v. State, 527 So. 2d 647 (Miss. 1988). “After an intervening term of court the appellant was re-indicted as an habitual offender pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-31 (1972). Harris was then found guilty resulting in this appeal.”
Gardner v. State, 547 So. 2d 806 (Miss. 1989). “The Court held, however, that this offense was a misdemeanor and not a felony and that the maximum punishment to which Gardner may lawfully be subjected was that provided by Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-31 (Supp.1989). Gardner, 531 So.”
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