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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-43-5

Prohibited activities

Known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act

The act spans §§ 97–97 (7 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 704 So. 2d 49 - State v. Roderick (1997)

Most recently applied in Rodney Wayne Smith v. State of Mississippi (October 2018)

Laws, 1984, ch. 433, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 461, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 11, 1986

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(1) It is unlawful for any person who has with criminal intent received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt to use or invest, whether directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds or the proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, real property or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.

(2) It is unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property.

(3) It is unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity or the collection of an unlawful debt.

(4) It is unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of the provisions of subsections (1), (2) or (3) of this section.

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.