Mississippi: 3 working days before you dig.
Mississippi 811 · Miss. Code Ann. §§77-13-1 to 77-13-23
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
3 working days
Three to ten working days, counted from when it lands in the MS811 system.
Tolerance zone
18" each side
18 inches plus half the diameter, from the outside edge of the marks.
Worth knowing in Mississippi
Ticket life is contested — the statute reads fourteen days, the centre publishes twenty. No figure is shown until that is settled.
Common questions about digging in Mississippi
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in Mississippi?
- 3 working days before you break ground, through Mississippi 811. Three to ten working days, counted from when it lands in the MS811 system.
- What is the tolerance zone in Mississippi?
- 18" each side. 18 inches plus half the diameter, from the outside edge of the marks.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off Miss. Code Ann. §§77-13-1 to 77-13-23, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source. This one is marked probable rather than verified — check it before you schedule.
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