Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 97-3-54.2. Human Trafficking Act; destruction, concealment, or confiscation of passport or other immigration document for purpose of preventing person's freedom of movement or ability to travel; penalties

Anyone who knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates or possesses, or attempts to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate or possess, any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document of any person to prevent or restrict, or attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, the person's liberty to move or travel in order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the person is or has been a victim of a violation set out in Section 97-3-54.1, shall be punished by commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 97 - Crimes

Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person

§ 97-3-1. Abduction for purposes of marriage

§ 97-3-3. Abortion; causing abortion or miscarriage

§ 97-3-5. Abortion; advertisement, sale or gift of drugs or instruments

§ 97-3-7. Simple assault; aggravated assault; simple domestic violence; simple domestic violence third; aggravated domestic violence; aggravated domestic violence third

§ 97-3-13. False confinement; sending sane person to psychiatric hospital or institution

§ 97-3-17. Homicide; excusable homicide

§ 97-3-23. Homicide; death following duels fought out of state

§ 97-3-27. Homicide; killing while committing felony

§ 97-3-29. Homicide; killing while committing a misdemeanor

§ 97-3-31. Homicide; killing unnecessarily, while resisting effort of slain to commit felony or do unlawful act

§ 97-3-33. Killing trespasser involuntarily

§ 97-3-35. Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion

§ 97-3-39. Homicide; drunken doctor, etc., unintentionally causing death

§ 97-3-41. Homicide; overloading boat

§ 97-3-43. Homicide; ignorant or negligent management of steamboat or railroad engine

§ 97-3-45. Homicide; owner of dangerous animal

§ 97-3-47. Homicide; all other killings

§ 97-3-49. Suicide; aiding

§ 97-3-53. Kidnapping; punishment

§ 97-3-54. Human Trafficking Act; short title

§ 97-3-54.2. Human Trafficking Act; destruction, concealment, or confiscation of passport or other immigration document for purpose of preventing person's freedom of movement or ability to travel; penalties

§ 97-3-54.3. Human Trafficking Act; aiding, abetting, or conspiring to violate human trafficking provisions

§ 97-3-54.4. Human Trafficking Act; definitions

§ 97-3-54.5. Human Trafficking Act; use of undercover operative in detection of offense permitted

§ 97-3-55. Libel; penalty

§ 97-3-57. Libel; truth as defense

§ 97-3-59. Mayhem

§ 97-3-61. Poisoning with intent to kill or injure

§ 97-3-63. Poisoning with intent to kill; where death does not ensue

§ 97-3-69. Rape; "chaste character" presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient

§ 97-3-71. Rape; assault with intent to ravish

§ 97-3-73. Robbery; definition

§ 97-3-75. Robbery; penalty

§ 97-3-77. Robbery; threat to injure person or relative at another time

§ 97-3-79. Robbery; use of deadly weapon

§ 97-3-81. Robbery; threatening letter demanding money, property

§ 97-3-83. Robbery; bonds, bills, notes, etc., cotton receipts and railroad tickets

§ 97-3-85. Threats and intimidation; by letter or notice

§ 97-3-87. Threats and intimidation; whitecapping

§ 97-3-89. Timber, trees and saw logs; tampering with to injure or harass the owner prohibited

§ 97-3-91. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when injury occurs

§ 97-3-93. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results

§ 97-3-97. Sexual battery; definitions

§ 97-3-99. Sexual battery; defense

§ 97-3-103. Sexual battery; relationship with other criminal statutes

§ 97-3-113. Mississippi Carjacking Act; short title

§ 97-3-115. Mississippi Carjacking Act; definitions