2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 33 - Housing and Housing Authorities.
43-33-19 - Eminent domain.
§ 43-33-19. Eminent domain.
An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this article after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, of the Mississippi Code of 1972; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7304; Laws, 1938, ch. 338, § 10.
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