Mississippi Code
Chapter 1 - Public Officers; General Provisions
§ 25-1-63. Defaulting officers published

If any state, state district, county, county district, or other public officer who is required by law to make any report to or settlement with another officer, or in any manner to account with such officer, shall fail to make the report or settlement or to account within ten (10) days after the date on which such report, settlement, or accounting should be made or had or within such reasonable extended time, not exceeding thirty (30) days, as such other officer in a proper case may allow, the fact of such default shall be published by the officer to or with whom the report, settlement, or accounting should be made or had in a newspaper published in the county of the defaulter's residence, if there be one so published willing to make the publication, and, if not, then in one published at the capital. If any officer to or with whom any such defaulter should report, settle, or account shall fail to make such publication within fifty (50) days after the date of the original default, any citizen who is not a surety of the defaulter may bring an action against the officer so failing to publish the defaulter, personally or on his bond, and shall recover all damages to such citizen and a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00); and, to recover the penalty, it shall not be necessary to show any damages, provided that only one (1) penalty shall be recovered. Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) of the penalty, in the case of a state or state district officer, shall be paid into the state treasury, and in case of a county or county district officer, into the county treasury, and the other half to the person suing. It shall be the duty of the district attorney to bring all such suits.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

Chapter 1 - Public Officers; General Provisions

§ 25-1-1. Length of terms

§ 25-1-3. Date terms begin for state officers, except the governor

§ 25-1-5. Date terms begin for district, county, and beat officers

§ 25-1-7. Vacancy in office

§ 25-1-9. Oath of office taken

§ 25-1-11. Oath of office filed

§ 25-1-13. State officials to make guaranty or surety bonds

§ 25-1-15. Conditions of official bonds; new bonds to be secured every four years

§ 25-1-17. Official bonds payable to state

§ 25-1-21. Affidavit of worth

§ 25-1-23. Procedure for determining sufficiency of doubtful bond

§ 25-1-25. New bond required in certain cases

§ 25-1-27. Release of surety on bond of local officer or employee

§ 25-1-29. Release of surety on bond of state officer

§ 25-1-31. Personal bonds

§ 25-1-35. Commission not necessary

§ 25-1-37. Acts of de facto officer valid

§ 25-1-39. Deputy to discharge duty after death of officer

§ 25-1-41. Informal bonds valid

§ 25-1-43. Officer not to make contract without authority

§ 25-1-45. Civil liability for failure to perform duty

§ 25-1-49. Seller may recover claim unlawfully brought by an officer

§ 25-1-51. Confiscated property: prohibited acquisition; disposition by sheriff; subsequent recovery

§ 25-1-53. Nepotism prohibited

§ 25-1-55. Penalty for nepotism

§ 25-1-57. Undated or postdated resignations

§ 25-1-59. Vacancy by removal or default

§ 25-1-61. Legal residence of state officers

§ 25-1-63. Defaulting officers published

§ 25-1-65. Expense of publication

§ 25-1-67. Public moneys to be promptly paid by legal representatives

§ 25-1-69. Officer not to carry or deposit public funds outside state

§ 25-1-71. Public moneys are trust funds

§ 25-1-72. Duty to deposit funds into county depository

§ 25-1-73. Officers liable for costs of collection of public funds improperly withheld

§ 25-1-75. Duplicate receipt books upon transfer of funds

§ 25-1-79. Use of state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-81. Expense accounts and reports as to state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-83. Attending conventions, associations, or meetings

§ 25-1-87. Marking publicly owned or leased vehicle; exceptions; effect of noncompliance

§ 25-1-89. Donated automobiles

§ 25-1-91. Penalties regarding state-owned automobiles

§ 25-1-93. Provisions inapplicable to Governor

§ 25-1-95. Signature machines

§ 25-1-97. State office hours

§ 25-1-98. Opening and staffing of state offices; legal holidays, construction of "workday."

§ 25-1-99. County office hours

§ 25-1-101. State-furnished books

§ 25-1-102. Certain attorneys' work product exempt from public access requirements

§ 25-1-103. Certain offices held by same person

§ 25-1-105. Application of prohibition against striking to public employees and employers

§ 25-1-107. Date of postmark as proof of date of payment or report

§ 25-1-109. Law enforcement officers prohibited from disclosing identity of person arrested, issued a citation, or being held for misdemeanor

§ 25-1-111. Prevention of disclosure by state agencies of social security numbers

§ 25-1-117. State agencies and public officials providing information about the agency or office to the public on a website are required to regularly review and update that information