MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

Index for Chapter 007 of Title 49

49-7-1.  Definitions and interpretations. 
49-7-2.  "Social Security Administration" construed to include Railroad Retirement Board. 
49-7-3.  Issuance of resident hunting or fishing licenses; possession of license.
49-7-5.  Fee for combination resident hunting and fishing license. 
49-7-8.  Hunting, fishing or trapping license for nonresident; fees; violations. 
49-7-9.  Fishing license. 
49-7-10  Repealed. 
49-7-13.  Trapper's licenses.
49-7-16.  Fur dealer or regular buyer of fur bearing animals; license; fees; possession of furs; tagging.
49-7-17.  License agents; bonding requirements; additional license fee for officer or person issuing license. 
49-7-19.  Prohibition against issuing license to person physically or mentally unfit to carry or use firearm. 
49-7-20.  Requirement of satisfactory completion of hunter education course. 
49-7-20.1. Child hunter safety; hunter education course; adult supervision.
49-7-21.  License certificates; hunting, trapping or fishing without license prohibited; penalties.
49-7-23.  Sale of hunting and fishing licenses by constables designated as deputy conservation officers.
49-7-25.  Records and reports.
49-7-27.  Revocation and suspension of licenses and privileges; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing without license or privilege.
49-7-29.  Wholesale minnow dealers. 
49-7-30 Season for nongame gross fish.
49-7-31.  Open season.
49-7-32.  Restrictions on hunting with dogs during turkey season.
49-7-33.  Season on fox; use of scents, lures or sound devices. 
49-7-34.  Hunting enclosures; permits; regulations; penalties for violation. 
49-7-35.  Game season beginning on Sunday. 
49-7-37.  Hunting of game with falcons or hawks, bow and arrow or primitive firearms; special open seasons on deer and small game; license fees; penalties. 
49-7-38.  Crossbow hunting licenses for elderly and disabled persons [Repealed effective July 1, 2005].
49-7-40.  Special hunt by handicapped persons in natural area at Arkabutla Lake. 
49-7-41.  Bag limits [Repealed effective July 1, 2005].
49-7-42.  Training bird dogs through use of release pens and tamed and identified quail.
49-7-43.  Regulation of certain Mississippi lands purchased by federal government.
49-7-45.  Certain acts declared unlawful; dismissal upon proper proof of actions for failure to register or possess boat's registration card. 
49-7-47.  Restrictions on hunting or catching alligators or common snapping turtles.
49-7-49.  Prima facie evidence of hunting, trapping, or fishing. 
49-7-51.  Sale of game birds, animals or fish.
49-7-53.  Shipment and other transportation of game birds, animals or fish. 
49-7-54.  Importation and transportation of white-tailed deer into state prohibited; exception for university research facilities; commission to establish regulations governing importation with emphasis on disease prevention; penalties. 
49-7-55.  Unlawful to possess, etc. 
49-7-57.  Possession of lawfully taken game animal, bird or fish. 
49-7-58.  Temporary moratorium on importation of elk, red deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer and other cervids designated as susceptible to chronic wasting disease; penalties; authority of commission. 
49-7-58.1.  Regulation of enclosures preventing free egress of white-tailed deer. 
49-7-58.2.  Program of inspecting, monitoring, testing and preventing chronic wasting disease. 
49-7-58.3.  Regulation of hunting nonnative cervids in noncommercial wildlife enclosures [Repealed effective July 1, 2005]. 
49-7-59.  Hours for hunting. 
49-7-61.  Hunting on Sabbath. 
49-7-63.  Use of traps, nets, etc., prohibited. 
49-7-65.  Unlawful to hunt, when. 
49-7-67.  Unlawful to sell, when. 
49-7-69.  Use of explosives and chemicals prohibited. 
49-7-71.  Unlawful to disturb traps. 
49-7-73.  Unlawful to disturb nests or eggs. 
49-7-75.  Unlawful to fire woods, when. 
49-7-77.  Game protected during high water or fire. 
49-7-78.  Canned hunts prohibited. 
49-7-79.  Unlawful to hunt on lands of others, when. 
49-7-80.  Releasing aquatic species or animals not indigenous to Mississippi without permit. 
49-7-81.  Unlawful methods of taking fish; exceptions; penalties. 
49-7-83.  Unlawful not to return to water game fish taken by net. 
49-7-87.  Fish, sale of, unlawful, when. 
49-7-89.  Fish dealers not to possess. 
49-7-90 Possession of paddlefish in violation of law; discarding paddlefish waste into waters; penalties.
49-7-91.  Unlawful to fish commercially in Muddy Bayou.
49-7-93.  Killing deer or spotted fawn out of season. 
49-7-95.  Killing deer by headlighting or other lighting devices; killing livestock; penalties. 
49-7-97.  Liability of public officer; false application. 
49-7-99.  Penalty for possession of illegal nets; confiscation. 
49-7-101.  General fines and penalties.
49-7-103.  Seizure and confiscation of property used in illegal hunting or fishing, etc., as contraband. 
49-7-133.  Compact concerning Mississippi River authorized.
49-7-135.  Compact concerning Pearl River authorized.
49-7-137.  Lease of certain state lands for hunting, fishing and conservation purposes.
49-7-139.  Seafoods excluded. 
49-7-140.  Importation and release of wild hogs; prohibition; penalties. 
49-7-141.  Penalties; Class I violations. 
49-7-143.  Penalties; Class II violations. 
49-7-147.  Interference with lawful taking of wildlife. 
49-7-148. Access for handicapped hunters.
49-7-151.  Creation of lifetime sportsman license and Mississippi Wildlife Endowment Fund. 
49-7-153.  Lifetime sportsman and lifetime fishing licenses. 
49-7-155.  Wildlife Endowment Fund. 
49-7-161.  Definitions. 
49-7-163.  Unlawful to hunt or take migratory waterfowl without stamp or electronic equivalent; validation of stamp or proof of purchase of electronic equivalent; issuance or sale of stamp or electronic equivalent. 
49-7-165.  Fee for stamp; expiration. 
49-7-167.  Disposition of revenues. 
49-7-169.  Commission may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states.
49-7-171.  Ascertainment of acceptability of projects undertaken outside of state. 
49-7-173.  Penalties. 
49-7-201.  Beaver control program established; funding; county contributions; "participating landowner" defined.
49-7-203.  Beaver Control Advisory Board created; composition of board; compensation of members; duties and responsibilities of board.
49-7-251.  Petition for forfeiture; service of process; procedure to determine ownership of particular types of property; hearing prerequisite.
49-7-253.  Time to file answer; failure to file; time for hearing; burden of proof; evidence at hearing; decision.
49-7-255.  Liquidation of forfeited property; disposition of proceeds; retention and use of certain property; issuance of certificate of title.
49-7-257.  Administrative forfeiture procedures for certain property. 

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