Miss. Const. art. 3, § 17
- Constitution
- Constitution of Mississippi
- Text as of
- October 2026
What does this section say?
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. SOURCES: 1817 art I §13; 1832 art I §13; 1869 art I §10.
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