Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (2026)
Official meetings of public bodies to be public and open; provisions for teleconference and video meetings
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) All official meetings of any public body, unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the Constitutions of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, are declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public at all times unless declared an executive session as provided in Section 25-41-7.
- (2) A public body may conduct any meeting through teleconference or video means. A quorum of a public body as prescribed by law may be at different locations for the purpose of conducting a meeting through teleconference or video means provided that the equipment used is located at the place where the public body normally meets or at a public location specified in any notice of a special meeting, and provided that the equipment allows all members of the public body and members of the public who attend the meeting to hear the deliberations of the public body.
- (3) An agenda and materials that will be distributed to members of the public body and that have been made available to the staff of the public body in sufficient time for duplication and forwarding to the members of the public body shall be made available to the public at the time of the meeting. Votes taken during any meeting conducted through teleconference or video means shall be taken in a manner that is clearly audible or visible to all members of the public body and to members of the public present at the public location.
Laws, 1975, ch. 481, § 3; Laws, 2003, ch. 496, § 2; Laws, 2006, ch. 596, § 2; Laws, 2007, ch. 591, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 405, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 442, § 1, eff. 9/20/2012 (the date the United States Attorney General determined the amendments to this section were not subject to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 319, HB 1119, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: Ball v. Mayor & Bd. of Aldermen, 983 So. 2d 295 (Miss. 2008).
Ball v. Mayor & Bd. of Aldermen, 983 So. 2d 295 (Miss. 2008). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (Rev.2006). ¶ 26.”
Boyles v. Mississippi State Oil & Gas Bd., 794 So. 2d 149 (Miss. 2001). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (1999). ¶ 27. In carrying out its legislative mandated function, the Board exercises two very different types of power.”
Hinds Cty. Bd. of Sup'rs v. Common Cause, 551 So. 2d 107 (Miss. 1989). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 . THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Most of the violations in this case involved the Board going into executive session without complying with Miss.”
Mayor of Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Printing & Publ'g Co., 434 So. 2d 1333 (Miss. 1983). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (Supp.1982). It is our hope that what we say hereafter be found faithful to these principles and policies.”
Gannett River States Pub. Corp., Inc. v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (Rev.2003). ¶ 36.”
Gwendolyn E. Ball v. City of Natchez, Mississippi (Miss. 2006). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 , 2006 Miss. Laws, ch.”
Hinds Cnty. Repub. Party v. Hinds Cnty., Mississippi (S.D. Miss. 2020). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (3) (emphasis added).”
Mayor & City Council v. Com. Dispatch (Miss. 2017). “The Final Order found that the subject gatherings had circumvented the Open Meetings Act (the Act), and by circumventing the Act, the Mayor and City Council had violated it, specifically citing Mississippi Code Section 25-41-1, Mississippi Code Section 25-41-3 and Mississippi…”
The Mississippi State Port Auth. at Gulfport v. Yilport Holding A.S., Yilport Mississippi Container Terminal Mgmt. LLC d/b/a Yilport Mississippi & Yilport Mississippi Container Terminal Mgmt. II LLC d/b/a Yilport Gulfport (Miss. 2025). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (2) (Rev. 2024).”
Gannett River States Publ'g Co., Inc. v. City of Jackson, Mississippi (Miss. 2002). “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (Rev. 2003). ¶36.”
Sherman Boyles v. Mississippi State Oil & Gas Bd. (Miss. 1999). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (1999). ¶27. In carrying out its legislative mandated function, the Board exercises two very different types of power.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5(3) — 1 case
Hinds Cnty. Repub. Party v. Hinds Cnty., Mississippi (S.D. Miss. 2020). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (3) (emphasis added).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5(3)(a) — 1 case
Ball v. Mayor & Bd. of Aldermen, 983 So. 2d 295 (Miss. 2008). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 25-41-5 (Rev.2006). ¶ 26.”
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