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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-115

Mississippi Carjacking Act; definitions

Known as the Mississippi Carjacking Act

The act spans §§ 97–97 (3 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 772 So. 2d 406 - Williams v. State (2000)

Most recently applied in 932 So. 2d 860 - Walters v. State (February 2006)

Laws, 1993, ch. 471, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 27, 1993

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Carjacking” means taking of a motor vehicle from another person’s immediate actual possession knowingly or recklessly by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, or attempting to do so, or by any other means.

“Motor vehicle” includes every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, which is self-propelled.

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.