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U.S. State Codes
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Mississippi
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Title 97 - Crimes
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Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials
Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials
§ 97-11-1. Alteration of records
§ 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals
§ 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond
§ 97-11-11. Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action
§ 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe
§ 97-11-15. Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal
§ 97-11-17. Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers
§ 97-11-23. Drunkenness in office
§ 97-11-25. Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use
§ 97-11-27. Embezzlement; officers and public agents failing to deliver money, records, etc. to successor
§ 97-11-29. Embezzlement; accounts to be kept by all public officers; false entries, false certificates, loan of public funds and fraud on the treasury
§ 97-11-31. Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office
§ 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered
§ 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense
§ 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty
§ 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited
§ 97-11-41. Oath of office and bond; elected officials not to exercise duties before taking oath or giving bond, as required
§ 97-11-43. Railroad fares; government officials to pay same fare as general passengers; accepting and using free pass
§ 97-11-45. Tax collector and chancery clerk; failure to perform duty in respect to duplicate tax receipts
§ 97-11-47. Tax collector; failure to make settlement
§ 97-11-49. Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license
§ 97-11-51. Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income
§ 97-11-53. Offer of inducements to influence public official’s action on award of contracts or accomplishment of official acts