In addition to, and without limiting the other powers of the attorney general of the state of Mississippi and without altering or waiving any criminal penalty provision of this chapter, the attorney general shall have the power to bring an action in the name of the State of Mississippi in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin violations or threatened violations of this chapter, and for the return of items taken in violations of the provisions hereof, and for the restoration of alterations made in violation of the provisions hereof. The venue of such actions shall lie in the county in which the activity sought to be enjoined is alleged to be taking place, or in the county from which the items were taken. Any citizen in the State of Mississippi shall have the power to bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin violations or threatened violations of this chapter, and for the return of items taken in violation of the provisions hereof. The venue of such actions shall lie in the county in which the activity sought to be enjoined is alleged to be taking place, or in the county from which the items were taken.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
§ 39-7-3. Declaration of public policy
§ 39-7-5. Administration of chapter; inspection of record of proceedings
§ 39-7-7. General duties of board of trustees of department of archives and history
§ 39-7-9. Shipwrecks and buried treasure designated Mississippi landmarks and sole property of state
§ 39-7-15. Removal from designation
§ 39-7-17. Contracts for salvage; surveys; excavation
§ 39-7-19. Permits for excavation, salvage, studies, etc., at Mississippi landmarks
§ 39-7-25. Restoration of antiquities for private parties
§ 39-7-27. Reproduction, forging, etc., of antiquity with intent to deceive
§ 39-7-29. Defacing of American Indian or aboriginal markings or carvings
§ 39-7-31. Entry upon land of another to deface, remove or destroy archeological relics or sites
§ 39-7-33. Disfigurement, removal, destruction, etc., of historical structure or artifact
§ 39-7-37. Civil action to enjoin violations or threatened violations of chapter; venue
§ 39-7-39. Other agencies and governments to assist in enforcement of chapter
§ 39-7-41. Certain archaeological records exempt from requirement of public access