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Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (2026)

Duties and powers of Secretary of State

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The Secretary of State shall have charge of the swamp and the overflowed lands and indemnity lands in lieu thereof, the internal improvement lands, the lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes after the time allowed by law for redemption shall have expired, and of all other public lands belonging to or under the control of the state. The regulation, sale and disposition of all such lands shall be made through the secretary of state's office.

The secretary of state shall sign all conveyances and leases of any and all state-owned lands and shall record same in a book kept in his office for such purposes.

Codes, 1892, §§ 2558, 2567; 1906, §§ 2896, 2905; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5231, 5240; 1930, §§ 6007, 6011; 1942, §§ 4066, 4070, 4074; Laws, 1936, ch. 174; Laws, 1948, ch. 492; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 9, eff. 1/1/1980.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2023 · leading case: COLUMBIA LAND DEVEL., LLC v. Sec'y of State, 868 So. 2d 1006 (Miss. 2004).
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COLUMBIA LAND DEVEL., LLC v. Sec'y of State, 868 So. 2d 1006 (Miss. 2004). · cites it 4× “The Secretary of State asserts that he is the trustee for all public lands in Mississippi, including the public trust tidelands, under Miss.Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (Rev.2002) and §§ 29-1-1 et seq.”
Turney v. Marion Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 481 So. 2d 770 (Miss. 1985). · cites it 3× “§ 7-11-11 (Supp. 1984) the Secretary of State has charge of the public lands.”
Bayview Land, Ltd. v. State Ex Rel. Clark, 950 So. 2d 966 (Miss. 2006). · cites it 2× “See also Miss.Code Ann. § 7-11-11. These littoral rights, essentially the right to use and enjoyment of the water, include many activities laid out in the statute.”
Smith v. Jackson State Univ., 995 So. 2d 88 (Miss. 2008). · cites it 4× “If the [Department of Finance and Administration] [3] shall be unable to agree with the owner or owners of any such land or real property which is necessary or desirable for the public use in connection with any such project, [the Department of Finance and Administration] shall…”
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 9× “Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (Rev. 2019). Nothing in Section 7-11-11 contradicts or runs afoul of the grants of authority to municipalities such as the City outlined above.”
Columbia Land Dev., LLC v. Sec'y of State (Miss. 2001). · cites it 4× “The Secretary of State asserts that he is the trustee for all public lands in Mississippi, including the public trust tidelands, under Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (Rev. 2002) and §§ 29-1-1 et seq.”
The State of Mississippi, by & through Michael Watson in his Off. Capacity as Sec'y of State as Tr. of Pub. Tidelands v. Long Beach Harbor Resort, LLC (Miss. 2022). · cites it 2× “This Court has acknowledged this legislative grant of authority by holding that “[t]he Secretary of State asserts that he is the trustee for all public lands in Mississippi, including the public trust tidelands, under Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (Rev. 2002) and §§ 29-1-1 et seq.”
Ricky Smith v. Jackson State Univ. (Miss. 2007). · cites it 2× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 7-11-11 (Rev. 2002). 4 Condemnation Proceedings in 2001 ¶12.”
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