Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 99-38-11: Offenses and penalties.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity to fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the violation, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
(3) Each day any such person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity continues in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
(4) Any action taken by any person accused or convicted of a crime or who enters a plea of guilty of a crime, or by a person or legal entity with whom any such person contracts as set forth in Section 99-38-5, whether by way of execution of a contract or agreement outside of this state, execution of a power of attorney, donation, creation of corporate entities, or otherwise, to defeat the purpose of this chapter shall be null and void as against the public policy of the state.
(5) In addition to such powers and duties of the Attorney General of this state as are otherwise authorized and prescribed by law, the Attorney General shall be authorized to bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the obligations of a contracting party to make payment to the Treasurer of such monies as are required to be paid to the Treasurer under the provisions of Section 99-38-5.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 99. Criminal Procedure
Chapter 38. Crime Victim’s Escrow Account Act

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity to fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the violation, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

(3) Each day any such person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity continues in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.

(4) Any action taken by any person accused or convicted of a crime or who enters a plea of guilty of a crime, or by a person or legal entity with whom any such person contracts as set forth in Section 99-38-5, whether by way of execution of a contract or agreement outside of this state, execution of a power of attorney, donation, creation of corporate entities, or otherwise, to defeat the purpose of this chapter shall be null and void as against the public policy of the state.

(5) In addition to such powers and duties of the Attorney General of this state as are otherwise authorized and prescribed by law, the Attorney General shall be authorized to bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the obligations of a contracting party to make payment to the Treasurer of such monies as are required to be paid to the Treasurer under the provisions of Section 99-38-5.

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