Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9 (2026)

Dangerous trees to be removed from road

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The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.

Codes, 1930, § 6316; 1942, § 8290; Laws, 1924, ch. 219; Laws, 1988, Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 33, eff. 10/1/1989.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2013 · leading case: Little v. Mississippi Dep't of Transp., 129 So. 3d 132 (Miss. 2013).

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Little v. Mississippi Dep't of Transp., 129 So. 3d 132 (Miss. 2013). “Miss.Code Ann. § 65-7-9 (Rev.2012). . Notably, Little’s complaint did not include a claim a for failure to warn, but he attempted to assert that claim at the hearing via subsection (l)(v).”

Floyd K. Little v. Mississippi Dep't of Transp. (Miss. 2009). “Under the MTCA, a government entity and its employees are immune from liability for claims arising from “the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or 1 Little also asserted a claim under Section 65-7-9 for failure to remove dead…”

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