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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-27-1 (2026)

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This chapter is to be known as the "Coastal Wetlands Protection Act" and may also be cited by its common or popular name of "Wetlands Act."

Laws, 1973, ch. 385, § 1, eff. 7/1/1973.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1986–2006 · leading case: Bayview Land, Ltd. v. State Ex Rel. Clark, 950 So. 2d 966 (Miss. 2006).
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Bayview Land, Ltd. v. State Ex Rel. Clark, 950 So. 2d 966 (Miss. 2006). · cites it 4× “Our disposition of this issue thus requires that we remand this case to the trial court, for the limited purpose of conducting a further evidentiary hearing consistent with our directives in order to determine the mean high water line nearest the effective date of the Coastal…”
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi, 484 U.S. 469 (1988). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 49-27-1 to 49-27-69 (Supp.”
Cinque Bambini P'ship v. State, 491 So. 2d 508 (Miss. 1986). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 49-27-1 thru -69 (Supp.”
Stewart v. Hoover, 815 So. 2d 1157 (Miss. 2002). · cites it 2× “[2] See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 49-27-1 et seq. (2000).”
Bayview Land, Ltd. v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2004). · cites it 4× “13 Miss. Code Ann. § 49-27-1 . Miss. Code Ann.”
Lawrence S. Stewart v. H. James Hoover (Miss. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 49-27-1 et seq. (2000).”
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