This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act of 1986.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-47-1
Short title
Known as the Mississippi Vulnerable Persons Act
The act spans §§ 43–43 (22 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 66 So. 3d 654 - Decker v. State (2011)
Most recently applied in Gregory Wayne Colburn v. State of Mississippi (August 2016)
Laws, 1986, ch. 468, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1989, ch. 381, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 357, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2010.
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