Mississippi Code Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers § 77-13-11

(1) The advance notice provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person making an emergency excavation at times of emergency involving an imminent danger to life, health or property or a customer service outage. However, every person who shall engage in such emergency excavation shall take all necessary and reasonable precautions to avoid or minimize interference with or damage to existing underground utility lines and underground facilities in and near the excavation area, and shall notify Mississippi 811, Incorporated, of the specifically designated emergency excavation as promptly as reasonably possible so that operators may locate and mark the location of underground utility lines and underground facilities in the specifically designated emergency excavation area. In the event of damage to or dislocation of any underground utility lines or underground facilities caused by any such emergency excavation work, the person responsible for the excavation shall immediately notify the operator of the damaged or dislocated underground facilities of the damage or dislocation.

(2) An imminent danger to life, health, property or customer service exists whenever there is a substantial likelihood that injury, loss of life, health or customer services, or substantial property loss could result before the person responsible for the excavation or demolition can fully comply with the notification and response procedures required in Sections 77-13-7 and 77-13-17.

(3) Any misrepresentation of either an emergency excavation or an impending emergency as defined in Section 77-13-3, shall constitute a violation of this chapter.