Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13 (2026)

Notice of meetings

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(1) Any public body which holds its meetings at such times and places and by such procedures as are specifically prescribed by statute shall continue to do so and no additional notice of such meetings shall be required except that:
- (a) A notice of the place, date, hour and subject matter of any recess meeting, adjourned meeting, interim meeting or any called special meeting shall be posted within one (1) hour after such meeting is called in a prominent place available to examination and inspection by the general public in the building in which the public body normally meets. A copy of the notice shall be made a part of the minutes or other permanent official records of the public body; and
- (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, a notice of a called special meeting shall be posted to the public body's website, if the public body has a website and has the capability to update the website, not less than one (1) hour before the meeting. A copy of this notice shall be transmitted via email or facsimile not less than one (1) hour before the meeting to any citizen and any publication, broadcast and digital media with a general circulation or coverage within the public body's jurisdiction, that has submitted in writing its interest to receive these notices. Any public body may, at its discretion, purge any list of publications, broadcasts or digital media that have requested to receive the notices once every twenty-four (24) months. After the purge, any publication, broadcast or digital media may resubmit in writing its interest to receive the notices. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall add additional notice requirements for meetings of public bodies held in cases of emergencies. The provision of this paragraph (b) requiring notice to be posted on the public body's website shall not apply to municipalities with a population as determined by the latest federal decennial census of less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, and any county with less than fifty thousand (50,000) according to the latest federal decennial census.

(2) Any public body, other than a legislative committee, which does not have statutory provisions prescribing the times and places and the procedures by which its meetings are to be held shall, at its first regular or special meeting after January 1, 1976, spread upon its minutes the times and places and the procedures by which all of its meetings are to be held.

(3) Notice of any regular meeting held by a state agency, other than a legislative committee, shall be submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting in order to be posted on the department's searchable website created by the Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act, Section 27-104-152 et seq. For purposes of this subsection, the term "state agency" means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, council, office, bureau, division, committee or subcommittee of the state. However, the term "state agency" does not include institutions of higher learning, community and junior colleges, counties or municipalities.

(4) During a regular or special session of the Mississippi Legislature, notice of meetings of all committees, other than conference committees, shall be given by announcement on the loudspeaker during sessions of the House of Representatives or Senate or by posting on a bulletin board provided for that purpose by each body.

(5) When not in session, the meeting times and places of all committees shall be kept by the Clerk of the House of Representatives as to House committees and by the Secretary of the Senate as to Senate committees, and shall be available at all times during regular working hours to the public and news media.

Laws, 1975, ch. 481, § 7; Laws, 1990, ch. 541, § 2, eff. 7/1/1990.

Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 377, HB 1116, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.

Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 388, SB 2070, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1989–2013 · leading case: Hinds Cty. Bd. of Sup'rs v. Common Cause, 551 So. 2d 107 (Miss. 1989).

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Hinds Cty. Bd. of Sup'rs v. Common Cause, 551 So. 2d 107 (Miss. 1989). · cites it 2× “No notice of this meeting was given to the public, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13 (1); no vote was taken to determine if executive session was necessary, in violation of Miss.”

Colom Law Firm, LLC v. Bd. of Trs., 16 So. 3d 692 (Miss. 2009). · cites it 2× “2 (“Dunn & Hemphill”), (2) an injunction requiring the School District’s Board of Trustees to comply with the Open Meetings Act, Mississippi Code Section 25-41-13, and (3) attorney’s fees.”

Rivera v. City of Laredo, 948 S.W.2d 787 (Tex. App. 1997). “In Texas, only the Texas Attorney General has attempted to address this issue; in opinion number H-1000, the attorney general stated that the statutory language means that notice must specify “each daily session.” Op. Tex. Att’y Gen. No. H-1000 (1977).”

Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 7× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-41-13. The NPCSD Board of Trustees is a public body for the purposes of the Open Meetings Act.”

Kanahele v. Maui Cnty. Council., 307 P.3d 1174 (Haw. 2013). “100 (West, Westlaw through 1971 Act 250) (same); Miss.Code Ann. § 25-41-13(1) (West, Westlaw through 2013 Act 388) ("notice of the place, date, hour and subject matter of any recess meeting .”

Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 7× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13 . The NPCSD Board of Trustees is a public body for the purposes of the Open Meetings Act.”

The Colom Law Firm, LLC v. Columbus Mun. Sch. Dist. (Miss. 2008). · cites it 2× “2 (“Dunn & Hemphill”), (2) an injunction requiring the School District’s Board of Trustees to comply with the Open Meetings Act, Mississippi Code Section 25-41-13, and (3) attorney’s fees.”

Citizens for Equal Propt Right v. Lowndes Cnty, Bd of Supvrs (Miss. 1995). “Third, CEPR alleges that the Zoning Commission failed to follow § 25-41-13(2), and failed to "spread upon its minutes the times and places and the procedures by which all of its meetings are to be held.”

Cepr v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Lowndes Cnty., 730 So. 2d 1141 (Miss. 1999). “Third, CEPR alleges that the Zoning Commission failed to follow § 25-41-13(2), and failed to "spread upon its minutes the times and places and the procedures by which all of its meetings are to be held.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13(1) — 4 cases

Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-41-13. The NPCSD Board of Trustees is a public body for the purposes of the Open Meetings Act.”

Shipman v. North Panola Consol. Sch. Dist., 641 So. 2d 1106 (Miss. 1994). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13 . The NPCSD Board of Trustees is a public body for the purposes of the Open Meetings Act.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-13(2) — 2 cases

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