Miss. Code § 73-13-95
Any person who shall practice, or offer to practice, surveying in this state without being licensed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his own the certificate of licensure or the seal of another, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of licensure, or any person who shall falsely impersonate any other licensee of like or different name, or any person who shall knowingly attempt to use a license which has been expired for more than twelve (12) consecutive months or revoked certificate of licensure, or any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction of a first offense of violating this section, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and in addition thereto shall make restitution to the board for investigative expenses and court costs, or suffer imprisonment for a period of not exceeding three (3) months, or both. Upon any second and subsequent conviction of violating this section, such person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both. The criminal penalties provided for in this section may be assessed in addition to those civil penalties provided for in Section 73-13-37.
Unless licensed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105, no person shall:
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which shall do, offer or attempt to do any one or more of the acts or things set forth in items (a) through (c) of the preceding paragraph shall be conclusively presumed and regarded as engaged in the practice of surveying.
It shall be the duty of all duly constituted officers of the law of this state, or any political subdivision thereof, to enforce the provisions of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 and to prosecute any persons violating same. Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, the Attorney General of the state or his assistant shall act as legal adviser of the board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105.
Miss. Code § 73-13-95