In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board, bureau, commission, or department thereof required to be defended by the attorney general, a completed copy of the bill of complaint, declaration, or other original pleading shall be mailed by the plaintiff or complainant to the attorney general, postage prepaid, properly addressed to him; and such original pleading shall bear a proper certificate to such effect when it is filed. No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 7 - Executive Department
§ 7-5-1. Qualifications, election, and duties
§ 7-5-3. Deputy attorney general
§ 7-5-13. Additional assistants to handle legal affairs of Highway Commission
§ 7-5-19. Office space, supplies, and equipment
§ 7-5-23. To keep an opinion-book
§ 7-5-25. To give opinions in writing
§ 7-5-27. To approve accounts against the state
§ 7-5-29. To attend the Supreme Court
§ 7-5-31. Failure to attend Supreme Court
§ 7-5-33. To enforce judgments and pay over collections
§ 7-5-35. May institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances
§ 7-5-41. To receive certified copies of pleadings
§ 7-5-45. May advise school officials and employees in proceedings challenging validity of statute
§ 7-5-47. Suits on bonds of state officers
§ 7-5-49. To advise public service commission
§ 7-5-51. To represent state tax and public service commissions
§ 7-5-53. To assist district attorneys
§ 7-5-59. Investigation of official corruption, other white collar crimes, and computer crimes