When any municipality shall buy in property for delinquent taxes, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness for the amount of the tax, for a period of time not to exceed one year after the period provided for the redemption of such land and, in addition to pledging the full faith, credit, and resources of the municipality therefor, such municipality may pledge the taxes and damages from delinquent tax sales thereon. When said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness are so issued, all funds collected on said delinquent taxes and damages, or the sale of the property, in the event the title ripens in the municipality, shall be set aside as a special or trust fund for the retirement of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness. The rate of interest of said notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness not to exceed six per centum per annum. The authority implied and granted in this section shall apply also to the boards of trustees in municipal separate school districts, by and with the consent of the governing authorities of such municipality.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 33 - Taxation and Finance
§ 21-33-1. Date of tax liability
§ 21-33-3. Municipal tax forms
§ 21-33-5. Form of land assessment roll
§ 21-33-7. Form of personal assessment roll
§ 21-33-9. Manner of municipal assessment
§ 21-33-11. Assessment of public utilities and added territory
§ 21-33-13. Assessment of private car companies
§ 21-33-15. Assessment of land
§ 21-33-17. Recapitulation of land roll
§ 21-33-19. Assessment of personal property
§ 21-33-21. Assessment of property in added territory
§ 21-33-23. Filing of assessments rolls
§ 21-33-25. Validity of assessment not affected by omissions of assessor
§ 21-33-27. Correction and revision of municipal assessment roll
§ 21-33-29. Equalization of assessments
§ 21-33-31. Rolls approved upon completion of equalization
§ 21-33-33. Objections to roll
§ 21-33-35. Rolls approved after objections heard
§ 21-33-39. Appeals of equalizations and assessments
§ 21-33-41. Clerk to make copy of rolls
§ 21-33-43. Change of assessments
§ 21-33-45. Levy of municipal ad valorem taxes
§ 21-33-51. Tax receipts to be given taxpayer
§ 21-33-53. Duties of tax collector
§ 21-33-55. Property escaping taxation; assessment
§ 21-33-57. Property escaping taxation; collection of tax; sale
§ 21-33-61. Redemption of land sold
§ 21-33-63. Sale for taxes; sale list
§ 21-33-65. Sale of land not sold at appointed time
§ 21-33-67. Recording of conveyances
§ 21-33-69. Lands struck off to the municipality
§ 21-33-71. Taxing of lands acquired by municipality
§ 21-33-73. Municipality may purchase at state and county tax sales
§ 21-33-75. Sale or lease of land by municipality
§ 21-33-77. Borrowing on delinquent tax lands
§ 21-33-79. Refund of erroneously paid taxes
§ 21-33-81. Surveys and appraisals authorized
§ 21-33-85. Application of Sections 21-33-1 through 21-33-85
§ 21-33-87. Tax levy to pay bonds and coupons
§ 21-33-89. Tax levy for street and cemetery purposes in certain municipalities