Any municipality in the state electing not to adopt the motor vehicle assessment schedule for the assessment and collection of its ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles, provided for by Section 27-51-19, shall order its tax assessor to prepare and file with the municipal board of such municipality an assessment schedule for such purposes, excepting motor vehicles owned by public utilities and railroads, which, under the authority of Section 27-35-301, Mississippi Code of 1972, are assessed by the state tax commission. The said order shall be made of minute record and a certified copy shall be furnished the municipal tax assessor.
In preparing the assessment schedule, the municipal tax assessor shall comply in general with the provisions of Section 27-51-19, excepting that he shall equalize the assessed value of motor vehicle with the assessed value of other property located within his jurisdiction rather than with the assessed value of property throughout the state.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 51 - Ad Valorem Taxes-Motor Vehicles
§ 27-51-7. Persons liable for tax; time of payment; due date
§ 27-51-15. Determination of assessed value
§ 27-51-17. County tax collector to be supplied with tax receipts; form of receipts; use of receipts
§ 27-51-37. Duties of municipal tax assessor; proceedings by municipal board
§ 27-51-42.2. Exemption for active service volunteer fire fighters
§ 27-51-45. Commissioner of Revenue may postpone time for preparing assessment schedule
§ 27-51-47. Rules and regulations
§ 27-51-49. Motor vehicle ad valorem taxes not provided for in chapter