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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS
§ 97-15-45 - Obstructing waterways; permanently obstructing navigable waters

MS Code § 97-15-45 (2015) What's This?

If any person shall, in any manner, permanently obstruct any of the navigable waters, or shall place any obstruction therein and not remove the same within a reasonable time, the person offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both.

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