{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-27-13-61","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-61","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 27-13-61","body":"Any person who knowingly makes or presents or aids, or assists in the preparation or presentation of a false or fraudulent report, return, affidavit or document authorized or required by this chapter to be filed with the commissioner or who knowingly procures, counsels, or advises the preparation or presentation of such false or fraudulent report, return or affidavit, or document, or who knowingly changes, alters, or amends, or knowingly procures, counsels or advises such change, alteration or amendment of the books of any organization liable under this chapter to file a return, affidavit or pay a tax, with intent to defraud the State of Mississippi, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or both.","path":["MS Code","Title 27"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T20:49:39Z","sha256":"48ebbbb2ad6b83a110aeaed236ac0f572bb99bdd0bcdcc5241e2302864ebaaa8","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-27-13-59","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-27-13-63","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}