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

Miss. Code Ann. § 99-7-29: Intoxicating beverage offenses.

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  1. Title 99. Criminal Procedure
  2. Chapter 7. Indictment

An indictment for a violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 31 of Title 97, Mississippi Code of 1972, entitled “Intoxicating Beverage Offenses” shall not be quashed or abated for want of form, and it shall not be necessary to aver the particular kind of liquors sold.

In any indictment or presentment for any violation of Chapter 31 of Title 97, Mississippi Code of 1972, it shall not be necessary to negative the exceptions therein contained, or that the liquors, bitters and drinks were not ordered, shipped, transported, or delivered for any of the purposes set out in Section 97-31-33 thereof but such exceptions may be relied upon as defense and the burden of establishing the same shall be upon the person claiming the benefits thereof.

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