2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 49 - CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
Chapter 25 - Junkyards.
49-25-17 - Enforcement provision.
§ 49-25-17. Enforcement provision.
Any person, partnership or corporation that seeks to establish, or establishes, a junkyard within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest right-of-way line of any interstate or primary highway that does not come within one or more of the exceptions contained in Section 49-25-7, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any such offense. Each day's presence of the junkyard within the prohibited distance shall be a separate offense for the purpose of the penalty provision. In addition thereto, the State Highway Commission may seek injunctive relief in the courts of the county in which said junkyard may be located to abate the said nuisance and to require the removal of all junk from the prohibited area.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8059.5-39; Laws, 1966, ch. 399, § 9, eff from and after passage (approved June 16, 1966).
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