MS · constitutions
Miss. Const. art. 3, § 17
Taking property for public use; due compensation
Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use, except on due compensation being first made to the owner or owners thereof, in a manner to be prescribed by law; and whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be public shall be a judicial question, and, as such, determined without regard to legislative assertion that the use is public.
History
SOURCES: 1817 art I § 13; 1832 art I § 13; 1869 art I § 10.
Provenance
- Source
- sos.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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