No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations
Chapter 3 - Traffic Regulations and Rules of the Road
Article 7 - Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings
§ 63-3-301. Adoption of uniform system of traffic-control devices
§ 63-3-307. Reflectors on bridges in state highway system
§ 63-3-309. Traffic-control signal colors and rules
§ 63-3-311. Flashing signal colors and rules
§ 63-3-313. Disobedience of official traffic-control devices
§ 63-3-315. Obedience of official traffic-control devices by emergency vehicles
§ 63-3-319. Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals
§ 63-3-321. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; offenses
§ 63-3-325. Destruction, removal, etc., of detour sign, warning sign, barricade, or fence; penalties