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Chapter 1 - Public Lands
In General
§ 29-1-3. Sixteenth section or in lieu lands; biennial report of commissioner; public officials to supply management and investment information - The action of mandamus shall lie as is provided under...
§ 29-1-5. Value of state lands - Whenever the state land commissioner shall need information as to...
§ 29-1-7. Suits for or on behalf of public lands - The land commissioner may prosecute suits in the name of...
§ 29-1-9. Suits for recovery of lands - The land commissioner shall institute and prosecute, and prosecute where...
§ 29-1-11. Fraudulent purchases declared void - All fraudulent purchases of public lands heretofore made are void,...
§ 29-1-13. Private claims to lands - The land commissioner shall investigate all claims of persons to...
§ 29-1-15. Counties and municipalities may grant lands to state - The governing authorities of any county or municipality of the...
§ 29-1-17. Protection of public lands from trespass - It is the duty of the land commissioner to see...
§ 29-1-19. Damages for trespass - If any person go or be upon any public land,...
§ 29-1-21. Record of tax lands - The Secretary of State, on receiving from the chancery clerk...
§ 29-1-23. Definition - Wherever the words "original owner" appear in this chapter, they...
§ 29-1-25. Lands acquired through error - In cases where lands have passed from the ownership of...
§ 29-1-27. Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list - The land commissioner and auditor are hereby authorized to report...
§ 29-1-29. Lands mistakenly sold to state may be stricken - The chancery clerk of any county is hereby authorized to...
§ 29-1-31. Void tax sales stricken - In all cases where it appears that the claim of...
§ 29-1-33. Sale price of tax lands - The land commissioner with the approval of the governor is...
§ 29-1-35. Sale of land after buildings destroyed; factors Secretary of State may consider in determining sales price for land - Where buildings and improvements situated on tax-forfeited lands have been...
§ 29-1-37. Application to purchase tax lands - Each applicationshall be signed by the applicant and shall contain...
§ 29-1-39. Contract for sale of tax lands - The Secretary of State with the approval of the Governor...
§ 29-1-41. Unlawful to cut timber until purchase price is paid - It shall be unlawful for any person who has contracted...
§ 29-1-43. Lands under contract for sale taxable - When any contract for the sale of state forfeited tax...
§ 29-1-45. Cancellation of contract of sale - If taxes become delinquent on lands which are contracted for...
§ 29-1-47. Purchase price forfeited - On the cancellation of the contract of sale, as provided...
§ 29-1-49. Tax land may be sold to drainage district - The land commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, is...
§ 29-1-51. Tax land may be sold to municipality - The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor,...
§ 29-1-53. Sale of tax; forfeited improvements - Where one party owns lands and another owns the improvements...
§ 29-1-55. Sale of tax-forfeited timber - Where timber standing on lands is assessed to persons other...
§ 29-1-57. Sale of buildings, personal property and land associated with tax lands; factors Secretary of State may consider in determining sale price for land - Where tax-forfeited lands have situated thereon buildings or personal property...
§ 29-1-59. Sale price of swamp and overflowed lands - The minimum sale price of the swamp and overflowed lands...
§ 29-1-61. Sale price of internal improvement lands - The internal improvement lands may be sold by the land...
§ 29-1-63. Sale price of Chickasaw school lands - The Chickasaw school lands are to be sold by the...
§ 29-1-67. Sale of lands in municipalities - Land situated within municipalities which has once been patented either...
§ 29-1-69. Sale of certain lands sold by municipalities - Lands situated in municipalities which have heretofore escheated to or...
§ 29-1-71. Sale of lands for municipal defense projects - When it is sufficiently shown to the Governor and Secretary...
§ 29-1-73. Quantity purchased by one person - One person may purchase or contract to purchase as much...
§ 29-1-77. Sale or lease to highway commission - The land commissioner with the approval of the Governor is...
§ 29-1-79. How purchase money paid - The Secretary of State shall receive the purchase money of...
§ 29-1-83. Land sold by the state to be assessed for taxes - When a patent shall issue for public lands, the land...
§ 29-1-85. Failure of title to public lands - If the title to any public land sold by the...
§ 29-1-89. Certain entries cancelled - If it appear to the land commissioner that any land...
§ 29-1-91. Taxes remain a charge on redeemed land - If the state's title to any land certified into the...
§ 29-1-93. Fees of county officers - The fees of all county officers allowed by law in...
§ 29-1-97. Lien of drainage district or municipality not abated - When any land is situated in a drainage district and...
§ 29-1-99. Easements for flood control, etc. - The land commissioner of the State of Mississippi, with the...
§ 29-1-101. Easements for pipe lines - The Secretary of State, for and on behalf of the...
§ 29-1-103. Liability for damages in construction of pipe lines - No such pipe line shall be built or constructed in...
§ 29-1-105. Restrictions on construction or use of pipe lines - The right to construct or use any such pipe line...
§ 29-1-107. Leasing or renting of surface and submerged lands - For calendar year 2006, the annual in-lieu tidelands assessment paid...
§ 29-1-109. Fees or commissions prohibited for collecting rent on state-owned property - It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of...
§ 29-1-111. Duplicate of conveyance issued - When any conveyance or any release upon redemption made by...
§ 29-1-113. Presumption of patent in absence of record - Whenever a sale of land for delinquent taxes to the...
§ 29-1-115. Presumption of validity of patents of forfeited tax land - Whenever any forfeited tax land patent has been issued by...
§ 29-1-117. Titles and claims vacated and relinquished - All apparent title and claims of the State of Mississippi...
§ 29-1-119. Patents to issue in certain cases - Where the records of the land office or any office...
§ 29-1-121. Agent to collect fund due state - The Governor may contract with and appoint an agent for...
§ 29-1-123. Lists of tax lands prepared; copies to counties - Immediately after March 26, 1936, it shall be the duty...
§ 29-1-125. Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests - The State Tax Commission is authorized, empowered, and directed to...
§ 29-1-129. Accounting for and disposition of monies collected or received - All monies received or collected by the State Tax Commission...
§ 29-1-131. Powers and duties of Department of Revenue - The commission is hereby empowered and authorized to do and...
§ 29-1-133. Information to be furnished to State Tax Commission - The state land commissioner and the state oil and gas...
§ 29-1-135. Lien of state - The state shall have a lien on all oil, gas,...
§ 29-1-137. Powers and duties of Attorney General - The Attorney General of the state shall act as attorney...
§ 29-1-139. Agents of Department of Revenue - The commission shall use as its agents any person employed...
§ 29-1-141. Interest on unpaid sums - All due but unpaid and delinquent sums shall bear interest...
§ 29-1-143. Jurisdiction of chancery court - The chancery court shall have jurisdiction of all matters and...
§ 29-1-145. State reimbursement of county or municipality for maintenance costs of land to be sold for unpaid taxes - The chancery clerk or municipal clerk shall report to the...
§ 29-1-147. Relinquishment by state of claims for certain forfeited tax lands - All apparent title and claims of the State of Mississippi...
§ 29-1-149. Report of transactions for all conveyances of real property - Each agency, department, community or junior college and public institution...
Lease or Rental of Certain State-Owned Lands in Jackson
§ 29-1-203. Authorization to lease or rent additional state-owned lands located in Jackson; terms; purpose - Beginning at southwest corner of West Broadmoor Subdivision, as recorded...
§ 29-1-205. Lease of certain land in Jackson to national educational honor fraternity - Commence at the Southwest corner of Lot 2 of Northeast...
§ 29-1-211. Exemption from ad valorem taxation - The conveyance of the property pursuant to Sections 29-1-205 and...
Chapter 3 - Sixteenth Section and Lieu Lands
§ 29-3-1.1. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have...
§ 29-3-2. Secretary of State to assist in school trust land management - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State...
§ 29-3-3. Suits to establish title - The board of education may employ one (1) or more...
§ 29-3-7. Adverse possession - Adverse possession for a period of twenty-five (25) years, under...
§ 29-3-9. Compliance with title requirements - In all cases where this chapter has not been complied...
§ 29-3-11. Board of education to ascertain whether county has title to lieu lands; certification to land commissioner where it does not - It shall likewise be the duty of the board of...
§ 29-3-13. Exchange of lieu land with state - When the state owns land in a county which owns...
§ 29-3-15. Sale of lieu lands situated outside county - Land granted in lieu of sixteenth section lands in this...
§ 29-3-17. Lieu land commission - A commission is hereby established to be known as the...
§ 29-3-19. Purchase of lieu lands - Any person desiring to purchase such lands shall file his...
§ 29-3-21. Mineral rights in lieu lands - All oil and mineral rights in and to the lieu...
§ 29-3-25. Report of sale of lieu lands - Said lieu land commission shall make a report to the...
§ 29-3-27. Sale of lands situated within school district - No sixteenth section lands or lands granted in lieu thereof,...
§ 29-3-29. Sales for use as industrial parks - Before any sixteenth section school land or land granted in...
§ 29-3-31. Survey and classification of lands in Choctaw Purchase - It is hereby made the duty of the board of...
§ 29-3-33. Lands defined for classification - For the purpose of determining the proper category for such...
§ 29-3-35. Public agencies to assist in classification - The board of education is authorized and empowered to supervise...
§ 29-3-37. Objections to classification - At any time when any or all portions of such...
§ 29-3-39. Reclassification of lands - It shall be the duty of the board of education...
§ 29-3-40. Farm residential or residential lands exchanged for other lands of equal value - The land commissioner is authorized, in his discretion, to make...
§ 29-3-41. Lease of forest lands restricted - After any parcels of sixteenth section lands have been classified...
§ 29-3-43. Improvements on forest lands - If any sixteenth section land is declared forest land at...
§ 29-3-47. Forestry escrow fund - For its services the state forestry commission shall be entitled...
§ 29-3-49. Agreements for timber improvement - It shall be the duty of the State Forestry Commission,...
§ 29-3-51. Determination of lands subject to lease - The chancery courts have jurisdiction to determine, on bill or...
§ 29-3-52. Prima facie validity of leases executed and recorded in substantial conformity with law - Any lease of sixteenth section lands, or lands granted in...
§ 29-3-53. Term lessee defined - Any lease executed pursuant to this chapter shall inure to...
§ 29-3-54. Posting of leased land against trespassers - Any leaseholder of sixteenth section land, or land granted in...
§ 29-3-57. Superintendent of education to docket leases and collect rentals - The superintendent of education shall keep a current docket as...
§ 29-3-59. Proceeds of leases - All rentals, or other revenue payable under any leases executed...
§ 29-3-65. Appraisal of lands; adjustment of rental amounts - One (1) year prior to the date, when any such...
§ 29-3-69. Lease for ground rental - The board of education may lease school trust lands classified...
§ 29-3-71. Leaseholds subject to taxes - Sixteenth section lands reserved for the use of schools, or...
§ 29-3-73. Lands liable for drainage taxes - Where any school land, generally known as sixteenth sections, reserved...
§ 29-3-75. Insurance - Any leaseholder shall have the right at his own expense...
§ 29-3-77. Disposition of buildings - Where buildings are located on sixteenth section lands which are...
§ 29-3-81. Leasing of land classified as agricultural land - Bids received by the board of education in response to...
§ 29-3-82. Leasing of land not classified as agricultural land - The following procedure shall be followed for the leasing of...
§ 29-3-85. Reservation of rights in lease - In all surface leases of sixteenth section land made by...
§ 29-3-87. Reservation of lands for school building site, public park, or recreational area - Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other statute, the...
§ 29-3-88. Acquisition of land for construction of school buildings or structures - The board of education is authorized and empowered to acquire...
§ 29-3-99. Leases for oil, gas and mineral exploration, mining, production and development - The board of education is hereby authorized and empowered, in...
§ 29-3-103. Confirmation of leases - Any person holding or claiming any sixteenth section school land...
§ 29-3-105. Decree of confirmation - Should the court be of the opinion that the complainant...
§ 29-3-107. Illegal leases - Should it appear to the court that the lease under...
§ 29-3-109. Crediting of funds derived from lands - All expendable funds derived from sixteenth section or lieu lands...
§ 29-3-113. Investment and lending of funds - The principal fund shall be a permanent township fund which...
§ 29-3-115. Use of expendable funds - The expendable funds derived from sixteenth section or lieu lands...
§ 29-3-117. Revenues to be paid into maintenance or building fund - All expendable sixteenth section revenues to which a school district...
§ 29-3-123. Lists of educable children required before payment of funds - It shall be unlawful for any township funds to be...
§ 29-3-127. Inter-county townships - Where a township is divided so that parts are situated...
§ 29-3-129. Division of damages to land in two school districts - Where sixteenth section or lieu land allotted the township in...
§ 29-3-132. Effect of chapter on power of other entities to make zoning and land use laws, ordinances or regulations - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or...
§ 29-3-133. Construction of roads or streets upon lands in certain counties; authorization - The board of supervisors of any county within the state...
§ 29-3-135. Construction of roads or streets upon lands in certain counties; payment of cost - The cost of the construction of any roads or streets...
§ 29-3-139. Disbursement of funds under Section 29-3-137 as affecting sums paid under Section 212 of Mississippi Constitution - In no event shall any sums to be paid to...
Sixteenth Section Development Authorities
§ 29-3-151. Declaration of purpose - The purpose of Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 is to authorize...
§ 29-3-153. Definitions - Whenever used in Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183, unless a different...
§ 29-3-155. Creation of sixteenth section development authority; acquisition of easements; interim financing - The board of supervisors of any county with a population...
§ 29-3-157. Selection of trustees of authority; vacancies; qualifications; compensation - All powers of the authority shall be exercised by a...
§ 29-3-159. General powers of authority - The authority, through its trustees, is hereby empowered: To develop...
§ 29-3-161. Issuance of bonds authorized - The board of trustees of the authority is hereby authorized...
§ 29-3-163. Payments on bonds when net revenues are insufficient - In the event net revenues of the project are insufficient...
§ 29-3-165. Sale of bonds - On all revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of...
§ 29-3-167. Issuance of bonds to defray expenses of authority - The board of trustees, subject to the call for an...
§ 29-3-169. General terms and conditions as to bonds - All such bonds provided for by Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183...
§ 29-3-171. Validation of bonds - All bonds issued pursuant to Sections 29-3-151 through 29-3-183 shall...
§ 29-3-173. Cooperation with other governmental agencies - The authority shall have authority to act jointly with political...
§ 29-3-174. Immunity from tort actions except for wilful or gross negligence - Except for willful or gross negligence, no action or suit...
§ 29-3-175. Exemptions from state taxation - The accomplishment of the purposes stated in Sections 29-3-151 through...
§ 29-3-177. Bonds as legal investments and as security for deposits of public funds - All bonds of the authority shall be and are hereby...
§ 29-3-179. Construction contracts - All construction contracts by the authority where the amount of...
§ 29-3-181. Deposit of authority's funds - All funds of the authority shall be deposited in the...
§ 29-3-183. Bond proceeds may be utilized to pay preliminary expenses - The authority is hereby authorized to pay from the proceeds...
Chapter 5 - Care of Capitol, Old Capitol, State Office Buildings and Executive Mansion
§ 29-5-1. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, "director" shall mean the director...
§ 29-5-2. Responsibilities and duties - The duties of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...
§ 29-5-3. Use of rooms and apartments of New Capitol - The several rooms and apartments of the New Capitol shall...
§ 29-5-6. Commission expenses - All monies expended by the Bureau of Capitol Facilities shall...
§ 29-5-9. Employment of receptionist and elevator operator - It shall be the duty of such receptionist to operate...
§ 29-5-11. Hours capitol open - The Secretary of State shall have charge of the keys...
§ 29-5-12. Landscaping and care of New Capitol grounds - The state building commission is authorized and directed to provide...
§ 29-5-13. Curator of the New Capitol Building; powers and duties of curator; transfer of position of Curator of the New Capitol Building from jurisdiction of Department of Archives and History to the House Management Committee and the Senate Rules C... - There is established the position of Curator of the New...
§ 29-5-57. Regulation of parking - It shall be the duty of the Office of General...
§ 29-5-59. Parking for Governor - A suitable parking space or spaces adjacent to the south...
§ 29-5-61. Parking adjacent to north side of New Capitol Building - The Office of General Services is authorized and directed to...
§ 29-5-63. Parking for state officers, employees, and press - All parking spaces on the north side of the New...
§ 29-5-65. Parking for members of Legislature - At any time when the Legislature is in session, the...
§ 29-5-67. Insignia for automobiles - The Office of General Services is directed to have prepared...
§ 29-5-69. Parking for capitol employees during legislative sessions - During the period each year when the legislature is in...
§ 29-5-71. Signs to indicate reserved parking spaces - The Office of General Services is hereby directed to erect...
§ 29-5-73. Parking restrictions - The driveway on the north side of the New Capitol...
§ 29-5-75. Penalty for illegal parking - Any person, other than an out-of-state tourist, who shall knowingly...
§ 29-5-81. Description of state grounds - Grounds of public buildings over which the Department of Finance...
§ 29-5-83. Restrictions on travel and occupancy of grounds - Public travel in and occupancy of the grounds under the...
§ 29-5-85. Prohibition of sales, signs, placards, and solicitations - It is forbidden to offer or expose any article for...
§ 29-5-87. Injuries to structures or vegetation - It is forbidden to step or climb upon, remove, or...
§ 29-5-89. Discharge of firearms or explosives, setting fires, uttering threatening or abusive language - It is forbidden to discharge any firearm, firework or explosive,...
§ 29-5-91. Parades and assemblages, display of banners - It is forbidden to parade, stand, or move in processions...
§ 29-5-93. Penalties - Any person violating provisions of Sections 29-5-83 through 29-5-91 shall...
§ 29-5-95. Suspension of prohibitions on proper occasions - On certain occasions of state interest, the Office of General...
§ 29-5-97. Mayfair Building renamed the Ike Sanford Veterans Affairs Building - The Mayfair Building, located at 637 North President Street, Jackson,...
§ 29-5-99. State Executive Building renamed Heber Ladner Building - The State Executive Building, located at 401 North Congress Street...
§ 29-5-101. 301 Lamar Street Building renamed the Robert G. Clark, Jr., Building - The 301 Lamar Street Building in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be...
§ 29-5-103. New Justice Building to be named the Carroll Gartin Justice Building - The new justice building undergoing construction on February 20, 2004...
§ 29-5-107. Mississippi Department of Transportation Building designated "William J. ‘Billy' McCoy Building." - The Mississippi Department of Transportation Building, located at 401 North...
§ 29-5-111. Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Building renamed the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building." - The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Building, located at...
§ 29-5-113. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Building renamed the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building." - The Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality Building, located at 515...
Plaques on Public Buildings
§ 29-5-151. Plaque on building paid for with public funds to acknowledge contribution of taxpayers - Whenever a sign or plaque is to be placed upon...
Regulation of Smoking in Public Buildings
§ 29-5-160. Short title - Sections 29-5-160 through 29-5-163 shall be known and may be...
§ 29-5-163. Section 29-5-161 not to be construed to permit smoking where otherwise restricted or to prohibit adoption of certain ordinances - Section 29-5-161 shall not be interpreted or construed to permit...
Capitol Complex Improvement District
§ 29-5-201. Definitions - As used in Sections 29-5-201 through 29-5-217: "District" means the...
§ 29-5-203. Capitol Complex Improvement District created; composition - There is created the Capitol Complex Improvement District to be...
§ 29-5-207. Department of Finance and Administration to make reasonable efforts when placing out for bid department contracts to increase pool of qualified DBE bidders - The Department of Finance and Administration shall make commercially reasonable...
§ 29-5-209. Comprehensive plan for improvement projects - The Department of Finance and Administration shall develop and adopt...
§ 29-5-211. Comprehensive plan and updates to be posted on Department of Finance and Administration website - The Department of Finance and Administration shall post the comprehensive...
§ 29-5-213. Capitol Complex Improvement District Advisory Committee created; composition - The member appointed under paragraph (b) of this subsection (1)...
Chapter 7 - Mineral Leases of State Lands
§ 29-7-3. Lease of state lands for minerals; exploration or testing permits; mineral royalties; Gulf and Wildlife Protection Fund; authority to lease; restrictions on offshore drilling - There shall be no development or extraction of oil, gas,...
§ 29-7-5. Drilling contracts - When any state land mentioned in this chapter is known...
§ 29-7-7. Pipe lines - The state mineral lease commission is authorized and empowered to...
§ 29-7-9. Record - The state mineral lease commission shall keep a well-bound book...
§ 29-7-13. Proceeds of leases - All sums of money realized and/or received from the sale...
§ 29-7-14. Proceeds from leases of sixteenth section school lands or lieu lands located in area defined as coastal wetlands - That the state mineral lease commission is hereby authorized to...
Chapter 9 - Inventories of State Property
§ 29-9-1. Inventories to be made by heads of state agencies - The state auditor of public accounts shall require the heads...
§ 29-9-3. Content - The inventories herein required shall show the name, description, serial...
§ 29-9-5. Execution and certification - Each inventory shall be executed in duplicate, the copy shall...
§ 29-9-7. Master inventory compiled - The auditor of public accounts shall compile or cause to...
§ 29-9-11. Report of additions and deletions - On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the...
§ 29-9-13. Physical audit - Representatives of the State Auditor's office under the direction of...
§ 29-9-15. Rules and regulations - The auditor of public accounts, on approval of the attorney...
§ 29-9-21. Complete and current records and reports - It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for...
Chapter 13 - Flood Insurance for State-Owned Buildings
§ 29-13-3. Filing claims; expenditures - The Department of Finance and Administration shall file any claims...
§ 29-13-5. Inventory of state-owned buildings in flood plain areas - The Department of Finance and Administration shall compile an inventory...
Chapter 15 - Public Trust Tidelands
§ 29-15-1. Definitions - "Commission" means the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources. "Local tidal...
§ 29-15-11. Lessee of tidelands or submerged lands responsible for tax levy on leasehold interest - Upon the proper authorized leasing of any state public trust...
§ 29-15-13. Exemptions from any use or rental fees - All public projects of any federal, state or local governmental...
§ 29-15-15. State public trust tidelands mapping program declared to be in public interest - The Legislature hereby declares that accurate maps of coastal areas...
§ 29-15-19. Maps to conform to minimal national map accuracy standards - All maps produced under this program shall conform at least...
§ 29-15-21. Establishment of local tidal datums and determination of mean high and low water lines; standards - The establishment of local tidal datums and the determination of...
Chapter 17 - State Agency Repair and Renovation
§ 29-17-4. State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special...