Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-151 (2026)
Incorporation of districts authorized
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state, and not being situated within the corporate boundaries of any existing municipality, and having no adequate water system, sewer system, garbage and waste collection and disposal system, or fire protection facilities serving such area, may become incorporated as a water district, as a sewer district, as a garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a fire protection district, as a combined water and sewer district, as a combined water and garbage and waste collection and disposal district, as a combined water and fire protection district, or as a combined water, sewer, garbage and waste collection and disposal and fire protection district, in the manner set forth in the following sections.
- (2) If the certificated area of a nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act for the purpose of owning and operating rural waterworks lies in one county, the corporation may become incorporated as a water district in the manner set forth in Section 19-5-153(3). If the nonprofit, nonshare corporation's certificated area lies in more than one (1) county, the procedure in Section 19-5-164 shall be used.
Codes, 1942, § 2998.7-21; Laws, 1972, ch. 536, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 493, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 304, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 306, § 1, eff. 3/17/2008.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1985–2013 · leading case: Sweet Home Water v. Lexington Estates, Ltd., 613 So. 2d 864 (Miss. 1993).
Sweet Home Water v. Lexington Estates, Ltd., 613 So. 2d 864 (Miss. 1993). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-177 (Supp. 1988); see also Miss.”
Urban Developers LLC v. City of Jackson MS, 468 F.3d 281 (5th Cir. 2006). “In so concluding, the court quoted implementing language from the water district’s organic statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-151 et. seq., language that is nearly identical to that found in the Public Housing Act.”
Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist., 910 So. 2d 1022 (Miss. 2005). “The Cleary Water, Sewer and Fire District was created under the authority of Miss.Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 through-207, which governs water, sewer, garbage disposal, and fire protection districts.”
In re Extension of Boundaries of City of Tupelo v. City of Tupelo, 94 So. 3d 256 (Miss. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-151 (Supp.2011). . Section 19-5-165 states in part: (1) Beginning on the date of the adoption of the resolution creating any district, the district shall be a public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name and shall, in that name, be a body…”
Croke v. Lowndes Cnty. Bd. of Sup'rs, 733 So. 2d 837 (Miss. 1999). “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 to 19-5-207 (1995).”
In Re Validation of $7,800,000 Comb. Util. Sys., 465 So. 2d 1003 (Miss. 1985). “It has been codified as Miss. Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 et seq. (Supp.”
Rawls Springs Util. Dist. v. Novak, 765 So. 2d 1288 (Miss. 2000). “The District is a public corporation created by the Forrest County Board of Supervisors pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 (Supp.”
Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-151 (Rev.2012). By charging fees to all property owners without rendering a specific service to each, the DFPD was able to accumulate funds, which represents seventy-four percent of its budget, to build a top-class fire department, rivaling…”
White v. Gautier Util. Dist. of Jackson Cnty., 465 So. 2d 1003 (Miss. 1985). “It has been codified as Miss.Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 et seq. (Supp.”
Anna M. Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist. (Miss. 2011). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-151 (1) (Rev. 2012).”
Douglas Croke v. Lowndes Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors (Miss. 1997). “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 to 19-5-207 (1995).”
Harold Green v. Cleary Water, Sewer & Fire Dist. (Miss. 2003). “Both of the statutory schemes at issue here, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 19-5-151 et seq. and Miss.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 19-5-151(1) — 1 case
Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 19-5-151 (Rev.2012). By charging fees to all property owners without rendering a specific service to each, the DFPD was able to accumulate funds, which represents seventy-four percent of its budget, to build a top-class fire department, rivaling…”
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