The Attorney General of the state shall act as attorney for the commission and shall advise it as to all questions arising in connection with the administration of Sections 29-1-125 through 29-1-143, and as to all matters in controversy. He shall represent the commission in any and all suits at law or equity arising from the administration of said sections, and shall bring suit for the collection of any sum due the state on behalf of the commission, as the agent of the state, in all cases which he believes the conditions warrant suit. He may, if deemed advisable, sue in his own name as the chief law officer of the state. He shall represent the commission in all cases involving the title of lands in question, and on any and all other matters arising from the administration of the cited sections.
The Attorney General may request and direct any district attorney to aid in the trial of any suit in the district which he serves and, when so requested, the district attorney shall assist in the conduct and trial of any suit in his district; but the Attorney General shall prepare all bills, declarations, and pleadings.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 29 - Public Lands, Buildings and Property
§ 29-1-5. Value of state lands
§ 29-1-7. Suits for or on behalf of public lands
§ 29-1-9. Suits for recovery of lands
§ 29-1-11. Fraudulent purchases declared void
§ 29-1-13. Private claims to lands
§ 29-1-15. Counties and municipalities may grant lands to state
§ 29-1-17. Protection of public lands from trespass
§ 29-1-19. Damages for trespass
§ 29-1-21. Record of tax lands
§ 29-1-25. Lands acquired through error
§ 29-1-27. Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list
§ 29-1-29. Lands mistakenly sold to state may be stricken
§ 29-1-31. Void tax sales stricken
§ 29-1-33. Sale price of tax lands
§ 29-1-37. Application to purchase tax lands
§ 29-1-39. Contract for sale of tax lands
§ 29-1-41. Unlawful to cut timber until purchase price is paid
§ 29-1-43. Lands under contract for sale taxable
§ 29-1-45. Cancellation of contract of sale
§ 29-1-47. Purchase price forfeited
§ 29-1-49. Tax land may be sold to drainage district
§ 29-1-51. Tax land may be sold to municipality
§ 29-1-53. Sale of tax; forfeited improvements
§ 29-1-55. Sale of tax-forfeited timber
§ 29-1-59. Sale price of swamp and overflowed lands
§ 29-1-61. Sale price of internal improvement lands
§ 29-1-63. Sale price of Chickasaw school lands
§ 29-1-67. Sale of lands in municipalities
§ 29-1-69. Sale of certain lands sold by municipalities
§ 29-1-71. Sale of lands for municipal defense projects
§ 29-1-73. Quantity purchased by one person
§ 29-1-77. Sale or lease to highway commission
§ 29-1-79. How purchase money paid
§ 29-1-83. Land sold by the state to be assessed for taxes
§ 29-1-85. Failure of title to public lands
§ 29-1-89. Certain entries cancelled
§ 29-1-91. Taxes remain a charge on redeemed land
§ 29-1-93. Fees of county officers
§ 29-1-97. Lien of drainage district or municipality not abated
§ 29-1-99. Easements for flood control, etc.
§ 29-1-101. Easements for pipe lines
§ 29-1-103. Liability for damages in construction of pipe lines
§ 29-1-105. Restrictions on construction or use of pipe lines
§ 29-1-107. Leasing or renting of surface and submerged lands
§ 29-1-109. Fees or commissions prohibited for collecting rent on state-owned property
§ 29-1-111. Duplicate of conveyance issued
§ 29-1-113. Presumption of patent in absence of record
§ 29-1-115. Presumption of validity of patents of forfeited tax land
§ 29-1-117. Titles and claims vacated and relinquished
§ 29-1-119. Patents to issue in certain cases
§ 29-1-121. Agent to collect fund due state
§ 29-1-123. Lists of tax lands prepared; copies to counties
§ 29-1-125. Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests
§ 29-1-129. Accounting for and disposition of monies collected or received
§ 29-1-131. Powers and duties of Department of Revenue
§ 29-1-133. Information to be furnished to State Tax Commission
§ 29-1-137. Powers and duties of Attorney General
§ 29-1-139. Agents of Department of Revenue
§ 29-1-141. Interest on unpaid sums
§ 29-1-143. Jurisdiction of chancery court
§ 29-1-147. Relinquishment by state of claims for certain forfeited tax lands
§ 29-1-149. Report of transactions for all conveyances of real property