{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-19","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-19","body":"Every owner of livestock referred to in Section 69-13-1 shall be liable for damages for all injuries and trespasses committed by such animals by breaking and entering into or upon the lands, grounds, or premises of another person; and the person injured shall have a lien upon the animal, or animals, trespassing for all such damage. The damages for such trespass shall not be less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each horse, cow or hog, and five dollars ($5.00) for each of the other kinds of stock; and for every succeeding offense, after the owner has been notified of the first trespass or injury, double damages shall be recovered with costs. For breaking or entering into a pasture or waste ground, however, double damage shall not be recoverable, and the damages in such cases may be assessed as low as eight dollars ($8.00) for each horse, cow or hog and two dollars ($2.00) for each of the other kinds of livestock.","path":["MS Code","Title 69"],"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":"4446a37a0e08d1071dfaf515f105fe713d08b28d5a83f7c6e6d97aea405a6a53","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-17","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}