The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section 65-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972, are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1
Legislative intent
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Paw Paw Island Land Co. v. Issaquena & Warren Counties Land Co. (2010)
Most recently applied in John T. Seyfarth, Jr. v. Adams County Board of Supervisors (April 2019)
Laws, 2000, ch. 407, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 17, 2000.
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Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.