Mississippi Code
Chapter 27 - Proceedings for Intoxicating Beverage Offenses
§ 99-27-23. Clubs, boats, places where liquor found may be abated as nuisance

Except as authorized in Section 67-1-51(1), any club, vessel or boat, place or room where liquors are found, kept or possessed on any boat or vessel used in any of the waters of this state in conveying any intoxicating liquors or any person with intoxicating liquor in their possession or under their control into or in this state shall be deemed to be a common nuisance and may be abated by writ of injunction issued out of a court of equity upon a bill filed in the name of the state by the attorney general or any district or county attorney whose duty requires him to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state, in the county where the nuisance is maintained, or by any citizen or citizens of such county, such bill to be filed in the county in which the nuisance exists. And all rules of evidence and the practice and procedure that pertain to courts of equity generally in this state may be invoked and applied in any injunction procedure hereunder. Upon the abatement of any such place as a nuisance the person found to be the possessor or owner of such liquor may be required by the court to enter into a good and sufficient bond in such amount as may be deemed proper by the court, to be conditioned that the obligor therein will not violate any of the prohibition laws of the State of Mississippi for a period not to exceed two years from the date thereof. The failure to make such bond shall be a contempt of court and for such contempt the person or party shall be confined in the county jail until such bond is made, but not longer than two years. Said bond shall be approved by the clerk of the court where the proceedings were had and shall be filed as a part of the record of such case.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 99 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 27 - Proceedings for Intoxicating Beverage Offenses

§ 99-27-1. Petition to subpoena witnesses having knowledge of violations

§ 99-27-3. Taking testimony and filing for delivery to grand jury

§ 99-27-5. Grand jury not prevented from making investigation

§ 99-27-7. Duty of mayor or justice of the peace to issue warrant for offender

§ 99-27-9. Statement not limited to proof of single violation at trial

§ 99-27-11. Seizure and destruction of intoxicating liquors and appliances permitted; writ of seizure for vehicles, etc.

§ 99-27-13. Owner may interpose claim to seized property; jurisdiction and procedure

§ 99-27-15. Affidavit for search warrant; contents of warrant; service and return

§ 99-27-17. Affidavit for search warrant; form

§ 99-27-19. Search warrant; form

§ 99-27-21. Search of motor vehicles, etc. and seizure of liquor without warrant

§ 99-27-23. Clubs, boats, places where liquor found may be abated as nuisance

§ 99-27-25. Club to forfeit charter; boat may be sold

§ 99-27-27. Common carriers, etc., required to produce books for examination

§ 99-27-29. Common carriers, etc. to keep record of alcohol and wine deliveries; inspection by officers; competent evidence at trial

§ 99-27-31. Common carriers, etc. to file statement of deliveries with circuit clerk; procedure to compel compliance

§ 99-27-33. Circuit clerk to file and record statement; inspection by officers; competent evidence at trial; grand jury to investigate compliance

§ 99-27-35. Venue of prosecutions for unlawful shipment

§ 99-27-37. Counties and municipalities may appropriate money to procure evidence of liquor and narcotics violations

§ 99-27-39. Payment by liquor dealers of penalty to state, county, or municipality

§ 99-27-41. Concurrent jurisdiction given chancery courts for enforcing § 99-27-39

§ 99-27-43. Justices of the peace not to suspend sentences

§ 99-27-45. Witnesses compelled to testify; disclosure not to be used against witness