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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Chapter 13 - REGULATION OF EXCAVATIONS NEAR UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES
§ 77-13-13 - Advance notice as relieving excavator of certain liabilities

MS Code § 77-13-13 (2015) What's This?

The act of giving notice in accordance with Section 77-13-5 shall relieve the notifying party of all liability to a utility should such notice be ignored or the information provided by the utility subsequent to said notice be materially inaccurate; provided, however, the act of giving advance notice and/or obtaining information as required by this chapter shall not relieve any person making excavations from doing so in a careful and prudent manner, nor shall it relieve such person from liability for any injury or damage proximately resulting from his/her negligence.

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