If any clerk of any court, or public officer or any other person, shall wittingly make any false entry, or erase any work or letter, or change any record belonging to any court or public office, whether in his keeping or not, he shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten years, and be liable to the action of the party aggrieved.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials
§ 97-11-1. Alteration of records
§ 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals
§ 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond
§ 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe
§ 97-11-15. Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal
§ 97-11-17. Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers
§ 97-11-23. Drunkenness in office
§ 97-11-25. Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use
§ 97-11-31. Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office
§ 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered
§ 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense
§ 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty
§ 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited
§ 97-11-47. Tax collector; failure to make settlement
§ 97-11-49. Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license
§ 97-11-51. Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income