Mississippi Code
Article 3 - Licensing of Family Foster Homes, Child-caring Agencies and Child-placing Agencies
§ 43-15-123. Criminal penalties

Any person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of illegal placement of children and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment not more than five (5) years, or both such fine and imprisonment.