Miss. Code § 69-13-111

Current through 6/1/2024
Section 69-13-111 - Owners of livestock roaming at large liable for damages

The owners of livestock which through their owner's negligence are found on federal or state designated paved highways or highway rights-of-way shall be subject to any damages as a result of wrecks, loss of life or bodily injury as a result of said livestock being on the above designated highways. This section shall not be applicable to any such highway or highway right-of-way or any type of highway or road located on any levee maintained by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners or the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta through maintenance contracts calling for or permitting pasturage of livestock on levee rights-of-way.

Miss. Code § 69-13-111

Codes, 1942, § 4876-05; Laws, 1956, ch. 140, § 5; Laws, 1979, ch. 330, eff. 3/1/1979.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 459, HB 576,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2020.