17-17-17 - Unauthorized dumps as public nuisance per se. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 17-17-17. Unauthorized dumps as public nuisance per se.
 

The formation of unauthorized dumps is hereby declared to be a public nuisance per se, menacing public health and unlawful, and any person who forms an unauthorized dump shall be punished as provided in section 17-17-29 of this chapter. Existing dumps shall be eliminated by removal or on-site burial. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1974, ch. 573, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved April 24, 1974).