{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-39-131","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-131","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-39-131","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.\n\n(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.","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":"327f84d0720ffc4f65abb535c447fcd53c99726b677641e8ce651d30d89dc8ca","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-39-13","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-39-133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}