Offenses Involving Public Officials

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Section
97-11-1

Alteration of records

Section
97-11-3

Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals

Section
97-11-5

and 97-11-7. Repealed

Section
97-11-9

Bond; approving worthless official bond

Section
97-11-11

Bribery; offer, promise or gift of property to candidate, officer, agent or trustee to influence his action

Section
97-11-13

Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe

Section
97-11-15

Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal

Section
97-11-17

Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers

Section
97-11-19

and 97-11-21. Repealed

Section
97-11-23

Drunkenness in office

Section
97-11-25

Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use

Section
97-11-27

Embezzlement; officers and public agents failing to deliver money, records, etc. to successor

Section
97-11-29

Embezzlement; accounts to be kept by all public officers; false entries, false certificates, loan of public funds and fraud on the treasury

Section
97-11-31

Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office

Section
97-11-33

Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered

Section
97-11-35

Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense

Section
97-11-37

Failure to perform any duty

Section
97-11-39

Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited

Section
97-11-41

Oath of office and bond; elected officials not to exercise duties before taking oath or giving bond, as required

Section
97-11-43

Railroad fares; government officials to pay same fare as general passengers; accepting and using free pass

Section
97-11-45

Tax collector and chancery clerk; failure to perform duty in respect to duplicate tax receipts

Section
97-11-47

Tax collector; failure to make settlement

Section
97-11-49

Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license

Section
97-11-51

Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income

Section
97-11-53

Offer of inducements to influence public official's action on award of contracts or accomplishment of official acts