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Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-1 (2026)

Certain counties may erect sea walls and issue bonds

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When any public road, street or highway shall extend along the beach or shore of any body of tidewater, and such road, street, or highway, or any part thereof shall be exposed or subject to, or in danger of, damage by water driven against the shore by storms, the boards of supervisors shall have the power, and it is hereby made their duty, to erect and maintain all necessary seawalls, breakwaters, bulkheads, shore stabilization structures, causeways, bridges, breakwaters, or other necessary structures or improvements connecting the beach or shore of any such bodies of water with islands or other land areas located offshore or connecting therewith, pumped-in sand or earth fills, sloping beaches, topping, road surfacing, road protection pavements, aprons, or other necessary devices to protect and preserve such roads, streets, and highways, or to increase the strength or stability of any existing road protection structures by hard surface aprons or other road protection devices or structures, and for that purpose and for the purpose of constructing or improving such highway, may issue the bonds of the county therefor.

Codes, 1930, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2023 · leading case: Carl Ronnie Daricek Living Trust v. Hancock Cnty. Ex Rel. Bd. of Supervisors, 34 So. 3d 587 (Miss. 2010).
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Carl Ronnie Daricek Living Trust v. Hancock Cnty. Ex Rel. Bd. of Supervisors, 34 So. 3d 587 (Miss. 2010). · cites it 11× “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 65-33-1 to 65-33-71 (Rev.”
Mississippi State High. Com'n v. Gilich, 609 So. 2d 367 (Miss. 1992). · cites it 6× “Pursuant to the statutes, the supervisors have the power and duty to erect and maintain sea walls, shore stabilization structures, pumped-in sand or earth fills, sloping beaches or other necessary devices to protect and preserve roads, streets, and highways.”
State of Mississippi, by & through Michael Watson in his Off. Capacity as Sec'y of State & Tr. of the Pub. Tidelands Trust v. RW Dev., LLC, The City of Biloxi, Mississippi & Harrison Cnty., Mississippi (Miss. 2023). · cites it 7× “In 1924, the Mississippi Legislature adopted Mississippi Laws (1924) chapter 319, codified in Mississippi Code Sections 65-33-1 to -71 (Rev. 2021), also known as the Seawall Act.”
Carl Ronnie Daricek Living Trust v. Hancock Cnty., Mississippi (Miss. 2009). · cites it 7× “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 65-33-1 to 65-33-71 (Rev.”
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