If any person shall purchase, or otherwise acquire, except at a sale as provided in this chapter, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, from any person other than the owner thereof, any property of the character or description, and in the condition enumerated in the foregoing section, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double the value of the property so purchased, or acquired, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
§ 89-17-1. Abandoned logs, boats, etc., salvaged
§ 89-17-3. Replevin by owner; bond; lien for salvage
§ 89-17-5. Prima facie abandonment
§ 89-17-7. Jurisdiction limited
§ 89-17-9. How claims for salvage service rendered shall be filed and prosecuted
§ 89-17-11. Clerk to issue summons
§ 89-17-13. How notice given where parties are nonresidents of state
§ 89-17-15. Procedure on return of writ; defendant to plead to petition in case of contest
§ 89-17-17. Sheriff to advertise property for sale; proceeds held for result of suit
§ 89-17-19. Failure of defendant to appear at return term; funds condemned to satisfy judgment
§ 89-17-21. Jurisdiction of justice courts; time for trial; notice to parties
§ 89-17-23. Person claiming property admitted to defend
§ 89-17-25. Penalty for converting derelict property to own use
§ 89-17-27. Unlawful to purchase derelict property from finder thereof