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Removal of pecans from public right-of-way during harvesting season prohibited.

Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-3
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When pecan trees are grown on private property and the branches of such trees extend over a public road, street or highway right-of-way, any pecans falling from any such pecan trees onto such public right-of-way shall be deemed the property of the owner of such pecan trees until the end of the harvesting season, and it shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to remove such pecans from any such public right-of-way during the harvesting season. It shall be unlawful for any person, without the permission of the owner of such trees, to pick or otherwise remove any pecans from the limbs or branches of pecan trees or to cause pecans to fall from such trees.