2018 Mississippi Code
Title 1 - Laws and Statutes
Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes
§ 1-3-31. Navigable waters.

Universal Citation: MS Code § 1-3-31 (2018)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-109-1, all rivers, creeks and bayous in this state, twenty-five (25) miles in length, and having sufficient depth and width of water for thirty (30) consecutive days in the year to float a steamboat with carrying capacity of two hundred (200) bales of cotton, are navigable waters of this state and public highways.

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