Rankin County, MS Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Section 414 applies in unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi. It does not apply inside Brandon, Pearl, Flowood, Richland, Florence, Puckett or Star.

Which vehicles are covered. The section describes vehicles that are "wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperable, abandoned or discarded" and that are not capable of being legally driven upon the roads, streets or highways of Rankin County. The legal-driving language is what brings in a vehicle without a current license plate. A partially dismantled vehicle is listed separately from a dismantled vehicle, so a vehicle with parts removed is covered before it has been fully taken apart.

Residential lots. On residentially zoned property in Rankin County, a covered vehicle "shall not be parked or stored" where it can be seen from the public right of way or from adjoining property. The test names the right of way and the adjoining property as separate vantage points, and either is enough. A vehicle screened from the road but visible from the adjoining lot still falls under § 414, and so does a vehicle hidden from the adjoining lot but visible from the road.

A visibility standard. Section 414 is not a flat ban on keeping such a vehicle on a residential lot in unincorporated Rankin County. The restriction is triggered by what can be seen. A vehicle kept where it cannot be seen from the right of way or from adjoining property is outside the residential prohibition. Parking and storing are each named, so the wording covers a vehicle left briefly as well as a vehicle kept long term.

Public streets and roads. The closing clause of the section carries no visibility condition. Covered vehicles shall not be parked on public streets or roads in Rankin County at all.

Who is affected. The residential rule falls on the property where the vehicle sits. The street rule reaches anyone who parks a covered vehicle on a public street or road.