Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-7: Miss. Code Ann. § 69-33-7

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit employees of the State Highway Department or the employees of a county or municipality from engaging in normal activities of maintenance on the rights-of-way of public roads, streets or highways. Nor shall the provisions of this chapter be construed to grant the owner of any pecan trees the right to harvest pecans from the rights-of-way of any interstate or other limited access highway.