Mississippi Forestry Law — Managed Forest Land Classification & Forestry Right-to-Practice (MS)
Tracked preemption from the Mississippi overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1944-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MS
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
parcel.in_managed_forest_classification==Trueparcel.land_use_classification==forestry
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
parcel.tax_assessment_basis | override | use_value_class_ii_forest | Class II (forest land) ad valorem use-value assessment under §27-35-50 reduces taxable basis materially below market |
base_districts[*].forestry_practices_right_to_practice | override | preempted_by_state_bmps | Silvicultural activities conducted per MFC Best Management Practices are not subject to local nuisance ordinances; cities may not prohibit forestry on land assessed as Class II forest |
Citation
Authority source
Miss. Code Ann. §§49-19-1 through 49-19-301 (Mississippi Forestry Commission); §27-35-50 (use-value forest assessment); MFC Forestry BMPs
§ §§49-19-1 et seq.; §27-35-50
Research notes
MS is the third-most-forested state by acreage (~19.8M acres / 65%). Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) administers fire control, BMPs, and seedling production. Forest landowners enrolled under §27-35-50 receive use-value assessment but the parcel must remain in qualifying production — conversion triggers a rollback (no fixed schedule, computed at reassessment). Forestry exemption interacts with §17-1 zoning: forestry is generally treated as agriculture for county-zoning exemption purposes (cf. §17-1-17(2)).