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Miss. Code Ann. § 95-5-23: To fences, bars, gates, bridges, buildings.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 95. Torts
- Chapter 5. Trespass
If any person shall put down any fence or bars, or open any gate, not his own, and leave the same down or open, without the permission of the owner, or shall in any manner injure or deface any bridge, building, or other structure not his own, he shall pay to the owner Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for every such offense, and shall be liable for all damages that may have resulted from such act.
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