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Miss. Code Ann. § 75-44-71

Penalties

Known as the Mississippi Grain Warehouse Law

The act spans §§ 75–75 (36 sections).

Laws, 1977, ch. 409, § 36; Laws, 1981, ch. 354, § 31, eff from and after July 1, 1981.

(1) Any person who issues a warehouse receipt for grain without holding a valid grain warehouse license or who commits any willful violation of any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, punishable by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) and/or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.

(2) Any unintentional or negligent violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and/or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.