Whoever intentionally destroys, impairs, injures, or tampers or interferes with any real or personal property used or useful in the maintenance, repair or operation of any telephone or telegraph system or radio station which is subject to regulation or licensing by any agency of the United States of America or of the State of Mississippi, with reasonable grounds to believe that such act will hinder, delay or interfere with the maintenance, repair or operation of such telephone or telegraph system or radio station, on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 97-7-29.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-31
Destroying, injuring, etc. state or federally licensed communication systems
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bearden v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. (2010)
Most recently applied in Bearden v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. (March 2010)
Codes, 1942, § 2401; Laws, 1942, ch. 183.
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.