There shall be no part-time district attorneys or part-time legal assistants to district attorneys; however, any person not serving as a legal assistant to the district attorney who is appointed by the Governor to serve as district attorney to fill a vacancy occurring in such office until such office shall be filled by a special or regular election as provided by Sections 23-15-193, 23-15-833 and 23-15-843 shall be allowed to engage in the private practice of law while holding the office of district attorney pursuant to such appointment.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 31 - District Attorneys
§ 25-31-6. Legal assistants to district attorney; qualifications; powers and duties; removal
§ 25-31-8. Office operating allowance
§ 25-31-13. District attorney to attend deliberations of grand jury
§ 25-31-15. District attorney to pass on public accounts
§ 25-31-17. District attorney to give opinions and prosecute public debtors
§ 25-31-19. To represent state tax and public service commissions
§ 25-31-21. Pro tempore appointment and compensation of appointees
§ 25-31-25. District attorney to institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances
§ 25-31-27. Antitrust suits to require consent of Attorney General
§ 25-31-29. Reports on persons sentenced to state penitentiary
§ 25-31-39. Abolition of part-time district attorneys and part-time legal assistants; exception