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Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-235 (2026)

Obstructing highways and streets; penalty

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Every railroad company, upon stopping any train at a place where such railroad shall cross a highway, shall so uncouple its cars as not to obstruct travel upon such highway for a longer period than five (5) minutes. Every railroad company shall, upon stopping a train at a place where the railroad is crossed by a street, so uncouple the cars as not to obstruct travel thereon for a longer period than shall be prescribed by ordinance of the city, town or village. A failure to observe this section shall cause a railroad company to be liable to a fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense. The conductor in charge of any train so violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), on conviction thereof.

The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Codes, 1871, § 2423; 1880, § 1049; 1892, § 3551; 1906, § 4049; Hemingway's 1917, § 6673; 1930, § 6128; 1942, § 7780; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 62, eff. 7/1/1992.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2011 · leading case: Elam v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co., 635 F.3d 796 (5th Cir. 2011).
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Elam v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co., 635 F.3d 796 (5th Cir. 2011). “Miss.Code § 77-9-235. 3 . See also PCS Phosphate Co.”
CSX Transp., Inc. v. City of Plymouth, 92 F. Supp. 2d 643 (E.D. Mich. 2000). “383 (limiting time to ten minutes); Mississippi: Miss.Code Ann. § 77-9-235 (limiting time to 5 minutes); Missouri: V.”
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