{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-23-2","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2","body":"Any person who shall knowingly and willfully violate the lawful order of the county, district or state health officer where that person is afflicted with a life-threatening communicable disease or the causative agent thereof shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or by both.","path":["MS Code","Title 41"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"dde0675991996270c99c4983ae7c5f1a125ce651b6f37259c729ef9b1226473d","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-23-13","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-23-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}