77-13-13 - Advance notice as relieving excavator of certain liabilities. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 77-13-13. Advance notice as relieving excavator of certain liabilities.
 

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. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1985, ch. 494, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 302, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 1999.