In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure, or land, is used in violation of the zoning law or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper local authorities of any county or municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings, to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.
Codes, 1930, § 2480; 1942, § 3596; Laws, 1926, ch. 308; Laws, 1962, ch. 554, eff. 7/1/1962.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
9
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1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case:
Johnson v. Hinds Cnty., 524 So. 2d 947 (Miss. 1988).
Johnson v. Hinds Cnty., 524 So. 2d 947 (Miss. 1988).
· cites it 7× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-19 (1972). The complaint was further amended to join twenty-six additional defendants who were Timberlake lot owners.”
City of Houston v. Tri-Lakes Ltd., 681 So. 2d 104 (Miss. 1996).
· cites it 3× “First and foremost, it must be noted that the statute at issue today, Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-19 (1972) is ambiguous.”
Madison v. Desoto Cnty., 822 So. 2d 306 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002).
· cites it 2× “He argues that since DeSoto County's complaint charged him with violations of Miss.Code Ann. §§ 17-1-19 [1] and 17-1-27 [2] (Rev.”
City of Eupora v. Hodges, 722 So. 2d 695 (Miss. 1998).
“That section provides that: In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure, or land, is used in violation of the zoning law or of any ordinance or other regulation made under…”
City of Houston v. Tri-Lakes Ltd (Miss. 1993).
· cites it 3× “First and foremost, it must be noted that the statute at issue today, Miss. Code Ann. § 17-1-19 (1972) is ambiguous.”
Mark Jefferson Garriga v. City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2026).
“the proper local authorities of any county or municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings, to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain,…”
City of Eupora, Mississippi v. Mickey L. Hodges (Miss. 1997).
“That section provides that: In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure, or land, is used in violation of the zoning law or of any ordinance or other regulation made under…”
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