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May 11, 2026The Statutes and Constitution are current with laws from the 2026 Regular Session effective through April 13, 2026. You can find all of Mississippi’s laws on the Mississippi Secretary of State website.
Selected Statutes: Mississippi
- Title 1. Laws and Statutes
- Title 9. Courts
- Title 43. Public Welfare
- Chapter 19. Support of Natural Children
- 43-19-31. Purpose of unit
- 43-19-33. Force and effect of written stipulated agreements regarding support and written admission of paternity containing agreement of support
- 43-19-34. Modification of support; written stipulated agreement; notice of proposed modification
- 43-19-44. Personal data; safeguarding against risk of harm
- 43-19-45. Parent locator service
- 43-19-101. Calculating support
- 43-19-103. Exceptions to guidelines
- Chapter 19. Support of Natural Children
- Title 45. Public Safety and Good Order
- Title 93. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 5. Divorce and Alimony
- 93-5-1. Causes allowed
- 93-5-2. Irreconcilable differences
- 93-5-5. Residence requirements
- 93-5-7. Procedure
- 93-5-23. Children; spousal maintenance or alimony; referrals for failure to pay child support
- 93-5-24. Custody order; access to information; custody by parent with history of perpetrating family violence
- 93-5-26. Noncustodial parent's right to information
- 93-5-34. Custody and visitation procedure upon parental temporary duty, deployment, or mobilization
- Chapter 9. Parentage
- Chapter 11. Enforcement of Support of Dependents
- Chapter 15. Mississippi Termination of Parental Rights Law
- Chapter 16. Grandparents' Visitation Rights
- Chapter 21. Protection From Domestic Abuse
- Article 1. Protection from Domestic Abuse Law
- 93-21-1. Short title
- 93-21-3. Definitions
- 93-21-5. Jurisdiction
- 93-21-7. Petitions alleging abuse; expedited proceedings; filing; costs; emergency relief
- 93-21-9. Petition contents
- 93-21-11. Hearing; notice; hearing in absentia
- 93-21-13. Emergency domestic abuse protection orders
- 93-21-15. Domestic abuse protection temporary and final orders
- 93-21-15.1. Appeals
- 93-21-16. Protective orders from other jurisdictions; validity and enforcement
- 93-21-17. Other relief; duration; amendment; title
- 93-21-19. No spousal disqualification
- 93-21-21. Violation of order or agreement
- 93-21-23. Civil and criminal immunity
- 93-21-25. Mississippi Protective Order Registry
- 93-21-27. Law enforcement officer immunity
- 93-21-28. Request for local law enforcement assistance
- 93-21-29. Remedy supplemental
- Article 1. Protection from Domestic Abuse Law
- Chapter 22. Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders
- Chapter 25. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Chapter 5. Divorce and Alimony
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 3. Crimes Against the Person
- 97-3-7. Simple and aggravated assault; simple and aggravated domestic violence
- 97-3-51. Noncustodial parent or relative removing or holding child out of state
- 97-3-53. Kidnapping; punishment
- 97-3-54.1. Human trafficking; offenses
- 97-3-55. Libel, punishment
- 97-3-59. Mayhem, definition and punishment
- 97-3-65. Statutory rape; forcible sexual intercourse; criminal sexual assault protection orders
- 97-3-71. Assault with intent to ravish
- 97-3-82. Extortion; definitions, violations and penalties
- 97-3-85. Threatening letters, punishment
- 97-3-87. Threats; abandoning home or job
- 97-3-95. “Sexual battery” defined
- 97-3-97. Sexual battery; definitions
- 97-3-101. Sexual battery; punishment; criminal sexual assault protection orders
- 97-3-107. Stalking and aggravated stalking; elements; venue; defenses; penalties; restraining orders; definitions; application
- 97-3-119.1. Definitions
- 97-3-119.2. Sexual extortion
- 97-3-119.3. Aggravated sexual extortion
- Chapter 5. Offenses Affecting Children
- 97-5-1. Abandoning child under six; punishment
- 97-5-3. Deserting, neglecting or refusing to support child under eighteen
- 97-5-5. Enticing child under fourteen; punishment
- 97-5-7. Enticing child under eighteen; punishment
- 97-5-23. Fondling child; punishment
- 97-5-27. Disseminating sexual material to children; computer luring
- 97-5-31. Definitions for sections 97-5-33 to 97-5-37
- 97-5-32. Grooming of a child
- 97-5-33. Depicting child engaging in sexual conduct
- 97-5-35. Depicting child engaging in sexual conduct, punishment
- 97-5-37. Relation to other statutes
- 97-5-39. Child neglect, delinquency or abuse
- 97-5-41. Carnal knowledge of certain children
- Chapter 29. Crimes Against Public Morals and Decency
- Chapter 35. Crimes Against Public Peace and Safety
- Chapter 37. Weapons and Explosives
- Chapter 45. Computer Crimes and Identity Theft
- Chapter 3. Crimes Against the Person
- Title 99. Criminal Procedure
- Mississippi Constitution
