2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials.
97-11-31 - Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office.
§ 97-11-31. Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office.
If any officer, or other person employed in any public office, shall commit any fraud or embezzlement therein, he shall be committed to the department of corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2790; 1892, § 1066; 1906, § 1144; Hemingway's 1917, § 872; 1930, § 897; 1942, § 2123; Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 15, eff from and after November 15, 1979 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment on July 6, 1979).
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