The assessor of each county, except in those counties wherein the office of assessor and the office of tax collector are combined as provided in Section 27-1-7, shall take and file the oath of office required by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors
§ 27-1-3. Assessor may appoint deputies; oath of office; bond; appointment process
§ 27-1-5. Duties and compensation
§ 27-1-7. Assessor to be tax collector; bond; duties; effect of failure to qualify as tax collector
§ 27-1-9. Office of assessor and tax collector; budget; finances
§ 27-1-11. Tax collector as separate officer in certain counties; reconsolidation of offices
§ 27-1-13. Tax collector as separate officer; election; bond; powers and duties
§ 27-1-15. Method of operation where offices of assessor and tax collector are separated
§ 27-1-17. May demand list of employees
§ 27-1-19. To gather and record data; electronic filing and storage
§ 27-1-21. Shall examine records
§ 27-1-25. To devote full time to office
§ 27-1-27. Supervisors to provide office
§ 27-1-29. Delivery of books and other documents to successors in office