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Miss. Code Ann. § 39-7-3 (2026)

Declaration of public policy

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It is hereby declared to be the public policy and in the public interest of the State of Mississippi to locate, protect, and preserve all sites, objects, buildings, shipwrecks, and locations of historical, archaeological, or architectural significance, including, but not limited to historically or architecturally significant buildings, structures relating to significant engineering accomplishments, prehistoric and historical American Indian or aboriginal campsites, dwellings, and habitation sites, archaeological sites of every character, treasure imbedded in the earth, sunken or abandoned ships and wrecks of the sea or any part or the contents thereof, maps, records, documents, books, artifacts, and implements of culture in any way related to the inhabitants, prehistory, history, natural history, government, or culture in, on or under any of the lands, tidelands, submerged lands, and bed of the sea within the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi.

Codes, 1942, § 6192-102; Laws, 1970, ch. 267, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 458, § 1, eff. 7/1/1983.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Sandra Baur v. Nancy Shirley Baggett Ribelin, 395 So. 3d 1258 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024).
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Sandra Baur v. Nancy Shirley Baggett Ribelin, 395 So. 3d 1258 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “]” Miss. Code Ann. § 39-7-3 (Rev. 2014). ¶52.”
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