Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-17 (2026)
Chance meetings and social gatherings excluded
✓ current as of July 2026
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to chance meetings or social gatherings of members of a public body.
Laws, 1981, ch. 456, § 3, eff. 7/1/1981.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2004 · leading case: Gannett River States Pub. Corp., Inc. v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. 2004).
Gannett River States Pub. Corp., Inc. v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. 2004). “Upon review of that analysis, I do not find this case at all difficult to decide. The defendants violated the Act when they denied the public and the press access to the meeting and when they refused to release the minutes of the meeting.”
BD. OF Trs. v. Miss. Publishers Corp., 478 So. 2d 269 (Miss. 1985). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-17 (Supp. 1984). However, factors to consider in making a determination of whether an activity is business or social include: the activity that takes place at the function, the advance call or notice given the members, an agenda, the claim for per diem…”
Gannett River States Publ'g Co., Inc. v. City of Jackson, Mississippi (Miss. 2002). “2d at 278 , construing 14 Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-17 . The majority provides an excellent analysis of the factors from Board of Trustees as applied to the facts here.”
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