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Miss. Code Ann. § 51-3-29

Unpermitted waters

Codes, 1942, § 5956-15; Laws, 1956, ch. 167, § 15; Laws, 1985, ch. 459, § 16, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1985

The following are hereby declared to constitute unpermitted waters:

All water which has not been permitted prior to April 1, 1985;

All surface water for which a permit had been issued prior to April 1, 1985, but for which no notice of claim has been filed by the expiration of three (3) years from April 1, 1985;

All groundwater which was not subjected to use for a beneficial purpose on April 1, 1985;

All water which having been used flows or seeps back or otherwise returns to a natural watercourse or waterbody, whether on the surface or underground.

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