In General
- § 49-7-1. Definitions and interpretations
- § 49-7-1.1. Declaration of public policy
- § 49-7-2. “Social Security Administration” construed to include Railroad Retirement Board
- § 49-7-3. Issuance of resident hunting or fishing licenses; possession of license
- § 49-7-4. Exemption of records relating to hunting, fishing and trapping license applications and holders of such licenses from Mississippi Public Records Act
- § 49-7-5. Fees for resident hunting, fishing, and combination hunting and fishing licenses; exemptions
- § 49-7-7. Use of revenue from increase in license fees
- § 49-7-8. Hunting, fishing or trapping license for nonresident; fees; violations
- § 49-7-9. Resident fishing licenses
- § 49-7-9.1. Commercial fishing licenses; who is required to purchase; labeling of commercial fishing equipment; slat basket license; fees
- § 49-7-12. Reciprocal agreements with other states; nonresident freshwater commercial fishing licenses; fees; penalties
- § 49-7-12.1. Nonresident wholesale dealers who buy certain fish and nonresidents who import certain fish are required to obtain commercial fishing licenses
- § 49-7-13. Definitions; fee for resident trapper’s license; permission of landowners to trap; certain types of traps prohibited; identification of traps; placing or setting traps near public roads or streets; exemptions; selling of skins and meat of certain animals during and after trapping season
- § 49-7-16. Fur dealer or regular buyer of fur bearing animals; license; fees; possession of furs; tagging
- § 49-7-17. License agents; bonding requirements; additional license fee for officer or person issuing license; additional fee to recoup costs of issuing licenses
- § 49-7-19. Prohibition against issuing license to person physically or mentally unfit to carry or use firearm
- § 49-7-20. Requirement of satisfactory completion of hunter education course; resident apprentice hunting license; resident combination small game hunting and fishing license
- § 49-7-20.1. Child hunter safety; hunter education course; supervision by adult who holds valid Mississippi license for species being hunted
- § 49-7-21. License certificates; hunting, trapping or fishing without license prohibited; penalties
- § 49-7-22. Multiyear licenses; fees; additional license fee for person issuing license
- § 49-7-23. Sale of hunting and fishing licenses by constables designated as deputy conservation officers
- § 49-7-25. Records and reports
- § 49-7-26. Development of tagging and reporting program for deer and turkey to collect harvest data and monitor bag limit compliance; penalties for violation of turkey or deer tagging program
- § 49-7-27. Revocation and suspension of licenses and privileges; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing without license or privilege
- § 49-7-29. Wholesale minnow dealers
- § 49-7-30. Season for nongame gross fish
- § 49-7-31. Open season on deer
- § 49-7-31.1. Open season on deer; requirements for wearing hunter orange during any firearm season; exceptions; penalties
- § 49-7-31.2. Open season for game birds
- § 49-7-31.3. Open season for game animals other than deer
- § 49-7-31.4. Open season on fur-bearing animals; hunting raccoons and bobcats with dogs; additional open season on raccoons
- § 49-7-31.5. Hunting, trapping and taking of nuisance animals; unlawful to trap certain animals outside of open season for fur-bearing animals; hunting nuisance animals with dogs, electronic calls, bait and lures authorized; exceptions; hunting wild hogs; penalties
- § 49-7-32. Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season
- § 49-7-33. Use of scents, lures, sound devices or supplemental feed for hunting and trapping
- § 49-7-33.1. Taking deer with the use of supplemental feed
- § 49-7-34. Hunting enclosures; permits; regulations; penalties for violation
- § 49-7-35. Game season beginning on Sunday
- § 49-7-37. Hunting of game with falcons or hawks, bow and arrow or primitive firearms; special open seasons on deer and small game; license fees; penalties
- § 49-7-38. Certain persons authorized to hunt with bow and arrow or crossbow during any open season on deer, turkey or small game
- § 49-7-38.1. Special hunting permit for youth under age 18 who have life threatening illnesses
- § 49-7-39. Special hunt for youth and persons with disabilities in Natchez State Park; primitive weapon season in Natchez State Park; commission may establish such hunts in other state parks; commission may authorize special youth hunts for nonmigratory birds; special hunting season for youth to run concurrently with primitive weapon season on deer
- § 49-7-40. Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake
- § 49-7-41. Bag limits
- § 49-7-42. Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail
- § 49-7-43. Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government
- § 49-7-45. Certain acts declared unlawful; dismissal upon proper proof of actions for failure to register or possess boat’s registration card
- § 49-7-47. Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators
- § 49-7-49. Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing
- § 49-7-51. Sale of game birds, animals or fish
- § 49-7-53. Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish
- § 49-7-54. Importation and translocation of white-tailed deer into state prohibited; exception for university research facilities; commission to establish regulations governing importation with emphasis on disease prevention; penalties
- § 49-7-55. Unlawful to possess, etc
- § 49-7-56. Restaurants permitted to prepare and serve recreationally caught finfish to persons who caught the fish
- § 49-7-57. Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish; unlawful possession prohibited
- § 49-7-58. Temporary moratorium on importation of elk, red deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer and other cervids designated as susceptible to chronic wasting disease; penalties; authority of commission
- § 49-7-58.1. Regulation of enclosures preventing free egress of white-tailed deer
- § 49-7-58.2. Program of inspecting, monitoring, testing and preventing chronic wasting disease
- § 49-7-58.3. Regulation of hunting of nonnative cervids in noncommercial wildlife enclosures
- § 49-7-58.4. Regulation of commercial and noncommercial wild animal enclosures and facilities preventing free ingress and egress of native and nonnative cervids
- § 49-7-59. Hours for hunting
- § 49-7-61. Hunting on Sabbath
- § 49-7-63. Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited
- § 49-7-65. Unlawful to hunt, when
- § 49-7-67. Unlawful to sell, when
- § 49-7-68. Unlawful to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting; penalties
- § 49-7-69. Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited
- § 49-7-71. Unlawful to disturb traps
- § 49-7-73. Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs
- § 49-7-75. Unlawful to fire woods, when
- § 49-7-77. Game protected during high water or fire
- § 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited
- § 49-7-79. Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when
- § 49-7-80. Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit
- § 49-7-81. Unlawful methods of taking fish; exceptions; penalties
- § 49-7-83. Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net
- § 49-7-87. Fish, sale of, unlawful, when
- § 49-7-89. Fish dealers not to possess
- § 49-7-90. Possession of paddlefish in violation of law or regulation; penalties; permits and fees
- § 49-7-91. Unlawful to fish commercially in Muddy Bayou
- § 49-7-93. Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season; penalties
- § 49-7-95. Killing deer by headlighting or other lighting devices; killing livestock; harassment of wildlife; penalties
- § 49-7-96. Deer management zones; antler restrictions
- § 49-7-97. Liability of public officer for failure to perform duty
- § 49-7-101. General fines and penalties
- § 49-7-103. Seizure and confiscation of property used in illegal hunting or fishing, etc., as contraband
- § 49-7-133. Reciprocity agreement recognizing hunting and fishing licenses issued by participating states
- § 49-7-135. Compact concerning Pearl River authorized
- § 49-7-137. Lease of certain state lands for hunting, fishing and conservation purposes
- § 49-7-139. Seafoods excluded
- § 49-7-140. Importation, release and transportation of wild hogs; prohibition; permit; penalties
- § 49-7-141. Penalties; Class I violations
- § 49-7-143. Penalties; Class II violations
- § 49-7-147. Interference with lawful taking of wildlife
- § 49-7-148. Access for hunters with disabilities; use of mobility related device
