The sheriff of any county shall receive and keep any prisoner committed by a justice of the peace according to the order of commitment.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers
§ 19-25-1. Commission; term of office; oath and bond
§ 19-25-3. Eligibility to hold office of sheriff; training in law enforcement required
§ 19-25-7. Remedy on joint and several; officer's liability first fixed
§ 19-25-9. Performance of sheriff's duties when latter is incapable, unfit, or the like
§ 19-25-11. Arrest and confinement of sheriff
§ 19-25-13. Budgeting and financing of sheriffs' departments
§ 19-25-15. Identification of sheriffs' motor vehicles; use of unmarked vehicles
§ 19-25-17. Purchase of patrol boats for sheriffs in certain counties
§ 19-25-19. Appointment, oath and compensation of deputy sheriffs
§ 19-25-21. Law enforcement deputies
§ 19-25-25. Remedy of sheriff against defaulting deputy
§ 19-25-27. Deputy liable on motion of sheriff
§ 19-25-29. Duty of deputy as to process he serves
§ 19-25-33. Dispensing with appointment of bailiffs
§ 19-25-37. Duty of sheriff to execute and return process
§ 19-25-39. Sheriff may employ power of the county in executing process
§ 19-25-41. Liability of sheriff for failure to return execution
§ 19-25-43. Liability of sheriff as to final process of chancery court
§ 19-25-45. Liability of sheriff for failure to pay over money collected and similar omissions
§ 19-25-47. Liability of sheriff for false return on any process
§ 19-25-51. Liability of sheriff for failing to pay excess money to defendants
§ 19-25-53. Unexecuted writs and list of prisoners to be delivered to successor sheriff
§ 19-25-55. Mittimus and discharge warrants preserved and turned over to successor sheriff
§ 19-25-57. Property delivered to successor sheriff
§ 19-25-59. Mesne process docket kept by sheriff
§ 19-25-61. Execution docket kept by sheriff
§ 19-25-63. Jail docket kept by sheriff
§ 19-25-65. Sheriff to serve as county librarian
§ 19-25-67. Duty of sheriff to keep the peace
§ 19-25-69. Sheriff to have charge of courthouse, jail and protection of prisoners
§ 19-25-74. Feeding of prisoners; log of meals served
§ 19-25-75. Additional guards for jail
§ 19-25-77. Support of prisoner confined for contempt
§ 19-25-79. Sheriff to receive and keep prisoner committed by justice
§ 19-25-81. Sheriff to receive and keep prisoners from United States officers
§ 19-25-83. Maintenance and use of canine corps
§ 19-25-85. Duties of sheriff of Harrison County in separate judicial district
§ 19-25-87. Authority of sheriff to receive funds from federal government and to expend such funds