Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (2026)
Passing of ordinance
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) The limits and boundaries of existing cities, towns and villages shall remain as now established until altered in the manner hereinafter provided. When any municipality shall desire to enlarge or contract the boundaries thereof by adding thereto adjacent unincorporated territory or excluding therefrom any part of the incorporated territory of such municipality, the governing authorities of such municipality shall pass an ordinance defining with certainty the territory proposed to be included in or excluded from the corporate limits, and also defining the entire boundary as changed. In the event the municipality desires to enlarge such boundaries, such ordinance shall in general terms describe the proposed improvements to be made in the annexed territory, the manner and extent of such improvements, and the approximate time within which such improvements are to be made; such ordinance shall also contain a statement of the municipal or public services which such municipality proposes to render in such annexed territory. In the event the municipality shall desire to contract its boundaries, such ordinance shall contain a statement of the reasons for such contraction and a statement showing whereby the public convenience and necessity would be served thereby.
- (2) [Repealed].
- (3) [Repealed].
Codes, 1892, § 2912a; 1906, § 3301; Hemingway's 1917, § 5797; 1930, § 2371; 1942, § 3374-10; Laws, 1902, ch. 103; Laws, 1910, ch. 230; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 10.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 443, SB 2198, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2023 · leading case: In Re Boundaries of City of Hattiesburg, 840 So. 2d 69 (Miss. 2003).
In Re Boundaries of City of Hattiesburg, 840 So. 2d 69 (Miss. 2003). “In accordance with Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-27, the City's ordinance contained legal descriptions of each of the five (5) parcels of land sought to be annexed, and a legal description defining the entire boundary of the City, as enlarged after annexation.”
Matter of City of Horn Lake, 630 So. 2d 10 (Miss. 1993). “§ 21-1-27 (1972) ARE MANDATORY AND JURISDICTIONAL AND MUST THESE REQUIREMENTS BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF FILING A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION? The chancellor's determination that Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (1972), does not require the "entire boundary as changed" to be defined with…”
Matter of Extension of Boundaries of Columbus, 644 So. 2d 1168 (Miss. 1994). “THE CROSS-APPEAL THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DECLARING A PORTION OF THE REQUESTED ANNEX UNREASONABLE.”
City of Jackson v. Byram Incorporators, 16 So. 3d 662 (Miss. 2009). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (Rev.2007). ¶ 19.”
In Re Enlargement & Extension of Boundaries of City of MacOn, 854 So. 2d 1029 (Miss. 2003). “After the completion of these studies and public hearings on the issue of annexation, the City properly adopted an ordinance of annexation under Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (Rev.2001). Pursuant to Miss.”
In Re Mun. Boundaries of City of Southaven, 864 So. 2d 912 (Miss. 2003). “Therefore, Biloxi Firefighters and the other cases would apply to an agreement whereby a city administration agrees not to annex a certain parcel of land, and that agreement would not be binding on successive administrations.”
In Re Extension of Boundaries of City of Ridgeland, 651 So. 2d 548 (Miss. 1995). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-27 to 21-1-47; Miss.”
In Re Enlargement & Ext. of Mun. Boundaries of City of D'Iberville, 867 So. 2d 241 (Miss. 2004). “Both D'Iberville and Biloxi adopted ordinances pursuant to Miss. Code Ann., § 21-1-27. Petitions were then filed with the chancery court, as required by Miss.”
In re the Extension & Enlarging of the Boundaries of the City of Laurel, 863 So. 2d 968 (Miss. 2004). “The general statutory guidelines for extension of municipal boundaries are found in Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (Rev. 2000), which provides in pertinent part: When any municipality shall desire to enlarge or contract the boundaries thereof by adding thereto adjacent unincorporated…”
Enlarging, Extending & Defining the Corp. Limits & Boundaries of Biloxi v. City of Biloxi, 109 So. 3d 529 (Miss. 2013). “Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (Rev.2007). It must then file a petition in chancery court, and when a hearing is set on such petition, it must give notice of the hearing to interested parties by posting, publication, and personal service.”
Matter of Contraction & Deannexation of Grenada, 876 So. 2d 995 (Miss. 2004). “When any municipality shall desire to enlarge or contract the boundaries thereof by adding thereto adjacent unincorporated territory or excluding therefrom any part of the incorporated territory of such municipality, the governing authorities of such municipality shall pass an…”
Coahoma Cnty., Mississippi v. City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, 267 So. 3d 236 (Miss. 2019). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-27 (Rev. 2015). Clarksdale filed a second amended petition for ratification, approval, and confirmation of the amended ordinance on January 14, 2015, in the chancery court.”
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