Mississippi Code
In General
§ 97-17-39. Penalties for injuring, destroying or defacing certain cemetery property, public buildings, schools or churches, or property thereof

If any person, by any means whatever, shall willfully or mischievously injure or destroy any of the burial vaults, urns, memorials, vases, foundations, bases or other similar items in a cemetery, or injure or destroy any of the work, materials, or furniture of any courthouse or jail, or other public building, or schoolhouse or church, or deface any of the walls or other parts thereof, or shall write, or make any drawings or character, or do any other act, either on or in said building or the walls thereof, or shall deface or injure the trees, fences, pavements, or soil, on the grounds belonging thereto, or an ornamental or shade tree on any public road or street leading thereto, such person, upon conviction, for such offense, shall be punished as follows:
If the damage caused by the destruction or defacement of such property has a value of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), any person who is convicted of this offense may be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both if the court finds substantial and compelling reasons why the offender cannot be safely and effectively supervised in the community, is not amenable to community-based treatment, or poses a significant risk to public safety. If such a finding is not made, the court shall suspend the sentence of imprisonment and impose a period of probation not exceeding one (1) year or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this subsection where the value of the property is not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding three (3) years or fined an amount not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or both.
If the damage caused by the destruction or defacement of such property has a value equal to or exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more but less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), any person who is convicted of this offense shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for up to five (5) years, or both.
If the damage caused by the destruction or defacement of such property has a value of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more but less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), any person who is convicted of this offense shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for up to ten (10) years, or both.
If the damage caused by the destruction or defacement of such property has a value of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, any person who is convicted of this offense shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for up to twenty (20) years, or both.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 97 - Crimes

Chapter 17 - Crimes Against Property

In General

§ 97-17-5. Arson; second degree; other buildings or structures

§ 97-17-7. Arson; third degree; personal property

§ 97-17-11. Arson; insured property

§ 97-17-14. Aggravated assault upon fire fighter, law enforcement officer or emergency medical personnel by injury-causing arson

§ 97-17-15. Boundary landmarks; altering or destroying

§ 97-17-17. Brands of saw-logs; altering or defacing

§ 97-17-25. Burglary; breaking out of dwelling

§ 97-17-29. Burglary; breaking inner door of dwelling by one lawfully in house

§ 97-17-31. Burglary; dwelling house defined

§ 97-17-35. Burglary; possession of burglar's tools

§ 97-17-37. Burglary; with explosives

§ 97-17-39. Penalties for injuring, destroying or defacing certain cemetery property, public buildings, schools or churches, or property thereof

§ 97-17-45. Larceny; stealing bond, note, bill, securities, etc.; proof of value

§ 97-17-47. Larceny; severing crops, or parts of improvements or enclosures

§ 97-17-49. Larceny; shearing wool from dead sheep

§ 97-17-51. Larceny; stealing dog

§ 97-17-55. Larceny; stealing milk from cow

§ 97-17-61. Larceny; taking and carrying away certain animals or motor vehicles not amounting to larceny

§ 97-17-63. Larceny; tenants in common

§ 97-17-71. Receiving stolen property; definitions; scrap metal dealers and other purchasers to keep records of purchases of metal property; content of records; metal property to be held separate and identifiable from other purchases for not less tha...

§ 97-17-73. Removing agricultural products subject to lien from premises where produced

§ 97-17-75. Removing personal property subject to lien from county, or selling same

§ 97-17-77. Removing personal property subject to lien out of state

§ 97-17-79. Trees; boxing pine trees

§ 97-17-81. Trees; cutting or rafting upon lands of another

§ 97-17-83. Trees; injuring or destroying shade or ornamental tree

§ 97-17-84. Penalty for removal of "sea oats" or "uniola paniculata" from shores

§ 97-17-85. Trespass; going upon inclosed land of another

§ 97-17-89. Trespass; destruction or carrying away of vegetation, etc. not amounting to larceny

§ 97-17-91. Trespass; defacing, altering or destroying notices posted on land

§ 97-17-95. Trespass; entry on premises where atomic machinery, rockets and other dangerous devices are manufactured, etc.