Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-713 (2026)
Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines
✓ current as of July 2026
The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing authorities of any city, town or village, through which any telegraph or telephone line may pass, shall have power to regulate, within their respective limits, the manner in which the same shall be constructed and maintained, with a view to the safe and convenient use of the public highways and streets. If the proprietors of any telegraph or telephone line refuse or omit to comply with such regulations, the board of supervisors, or the authorities of the city, town or village, may cause such line to be abated within its jurisdiction as a nuisance.
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 46; 1871, § 2431; 1880, § 1066; 1892, § 855; 1906, § 926; Hemingway's 1917, § 4100; 1930, § 7062; 1942, § 7838.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1988–2012 · leading case: Marlow, L.L.C. v. Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc., 686 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2012).
Marlow, L.L.C. v. Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc., 686 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 77-9-713. The district court rejected Marlow’s argument that these prior two sections were relevant.”
Presley v. South Cent. Bell Tel. Co., 684 F. Supp. 1397 (S.D. Miss. 1988). “In this vein, Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-713 (1972) provides that telegraph and telephone companies or associations shall be responsible for any damages which any person shall sustain by the erection, continuance and use of telephone and telegraph lines and fixtures thereof.”
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