Mississippi Code
Title 19 - Counties and County Officers

§ 19-2-9. Countywide personnel administration for county employees; exemption of certain employees - The board of supervisors of each county shall spread upon...

§ 19-2-11. State Auditor to determine whether counties have implemented countywide system of road administration, central purchasing system, inventory control system, and countywide personnel administration; notice to counties; certificate of noncomp... - It shall be the duty of the State Auditor to...

§ 19-2-13. Inapplicability of certain Code sections to countywide system of road administration - Sections 65-15-17, 65-17-3, 65-17-5, 65-17-7, 65-17-101, 65-17-103, 65-17-105, 65-17-107, 65-19-1,...

Chapter 3 - Board of Supervisors

In General

§ 19-3-1. Districts and boundaries; election of supervisors - Each county shall be divided into five (5) districts, with...

§ 19-3-3. Eligibility of supervisors - A person shall not be a member of the board...

§ 19-3-5. Bond to be executed by supervisor - Each member of the board of supervisors, before entering upon...

§ 19-3-7. Organizational meeting - The members of the board of supervisors, having given bond...

§ 19-3-9. Organizational and other meetings in case of epidemics - In case it be impracticable, in consequence of the prevalence...

§ 19-3-11. Regular meetings in counties having one court district - In counties having only one (1) court district, the board...

§ 19-3-13. Regular meetings in counties having two court districts - In counties having two court districts, the board of supervisors...

§ 19-3-15. Meetings of board in Harrison County - In Harrison County, a county having two judicial districts, the...

§ 19-3-17. Length of sessions; recesses - At regular meetings for the transaction of business, the board...

§ 19-3-21. Presiding officer - The president or vice-president in the absence or disability of...

§ 19-3-23. Quorum; fine for nonattendance - Three (3) members of the board of supervisors shall constitute...

§ 19-3-25. Sheriff to attend meetings - The sheriff of the county shall attend all meetings of...

§ 19-3-27. Duties of clerk of board of supervisors; signing of minutes - It shall be the duty of the clerk of the...

§ 19-3-29. Appointment of clerk pro tempore - In case the office of clerk shall be vacant, or...

§ 19-3-31. Employment of office clerks in certain counties - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-3-33. Publication of proceedings - The board of supervisors may have its proceedings published in...

§ 19-3-35. Publication of proceedings; cumulative method - The board of supervisors after each meeting shall have an...

§ 19-3-37. Privileges of supervisors - Each member of the board of supervisors shall, during his...

§ 19-3-39. Supervisors are conservators of the peace - The members of the board of supervisors are conservators of...

§ 19-3-40. Power of board to adopt, modify, alter, or repeal orders, resolutions or ordinances not inconsistent with law - Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, such...

§ 19-3-43. Board to provide and designate building for its meetings and sessions of court when courthouse unavailable - When there shall not be a courthouse in any county,...

§ 19-3-47. Employment of counsel - One percent (1%) of the first Five Hundred Thousand Dollars...

§ 19-3-48. Monthly office allowance for attorney employed by board - The board of supervisors of any county in the state...

§ 19-3-51. Power of the board to subpoena witnesses and cite for contempt - The board of supervisors shall have power to subpoena witnesses...

§ 19-3-53. Collection of fines imposed by board - When a fine shall be imposed upon any person by...

§ 19-3-55. Elections for county purposes may be ordered by petition of qualified electors - Unless otherwise specifically required by law, the board of supervisors...

§ 19-3-57. Tickets; what shall be printed on same - The tickets to be used in an election pursuant to...

§ 19-3-59. Appropriation of county funds - The board of supervisors shall direct the appropriation of money...

§ 19-3-61. Employment of comptroller or bookkeeper - The board of supervisors in each county may employ and...

§ 19-3-65. Membership in national and state organizations of governmental officials - The board of supervisors in each county is hereby authorized...

§ 19-3-68. Supervisors and county employees authorized to use credit cards to pay travel expenses - The board of supervisors of any county may acquire one...

§ 19-3-69. Authority to contract for professional services - The board of supervisors of each county may, in its...

§ 19-3-71. Appointment of county fire services coordinator - The board of supervisors in each county shall appoint a...

§ 19-3-73. Authority of county to maintain real property owned or leased by fire protection district - In addition to the maintenance authority granted in Section 83-1-39,...

§ 19-3-75. Maintenance of roads or driveways to public cemeteries - The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized...

§ 19-3-77. Programs of professional education for county purchase clerks, receiving clerks, inventory control clerks, and members of county boards of supervisors - Any participant who travels outside the county of his employment...

§ 19-3-83. Authority to adopt ordinances for the regulation of transient vendors - The board of supervisors of any county shall have the...

§ 19-3-85. Authority of board to dispose of lost, stolen, abandoned or misplaced personal property - The board of supervisors of any county, upon the receipt...

County Cooperative Service District

§ 19-3-103. District as public corporation in perpetuity; powers - From and after the creation of a district, it shall...

§ 19-3-106. Authority of district to issue revenue bonds - The board of commissioners of any cooperative service district may,...

§ 19-3-107. County terminating participation in district - The operation and management of a district is vested solely...

§ 19-3-109. Audit of district - A district shall be audited from time to time by...

§ 19-3-111. Appropriation of funds - The board of supervisors of each participating county and the...

§ 19-3-115. Contractual powers of municipality - Any municipality located within a cooperative service district may, pursuant...

Chapter 4 - County Administrator

§ 19-4-1. Employment, qualifications and general duties - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-4-1. Employment, qualifications and general duties - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-4-3. Terms of employment; compensation - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-4-3. Terms of employment; compensation - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-4-5. Establishment of administration policies by board - The board of supervisors by action spread upon the minutes...

§ 19-4-7. Duties and responsibilities - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-4-7. Duties and responsibilities - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-4-9. Oath and bond - The county administrator shall take the official oath of office...

Chapter 5 - Health, Safety and Public Welfare

In General

§ 19-5-1. Examination of county jail - At least annually, and as often as it may think...

§ 19-5-3. Purchase and upkeep of law enforcement dogs - The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized...

§ 19-5-5. Acquisition and operation of radio stations for law enforcement - The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized...

§ 19-5-7. Employment of school crossing guards - The board of supervisors of (a) any county in this...

§ 19-5-9. Adoption of building and other related codes in certain counties - The construction codes published by a nationally recognized code group...

§ 19-5-10. Authority to enter into development agreements for master planned communities; "master planned community" defined; modification of master plan; "dwelling unit" defined - 1. Is sixty-two (62) years of age; or 2. Receives...

§ 19-5-11. Compensation for destruction of certain diseased livestock - The board of supervisors of any county may, in their...

§ 19-5-13. Compensation for cattle killed or injured in dipping process - Any person in any county in this state shall be...

§ 19-5-17. Establishment and maintenance of rubbish and garbage disposal systems; civil action for recovery of delinquent fees and charges - After December 31, 1992, the board of supervisors of any...

§ 19-5-21. Levy of ad valorem taxes and surcharges for payment of costs of establishment and operation of garbage and rubbish disposal systems; borrowing in anticipation of surcharge levy; use of special funds - Any board of supervisors levying the ad valorem tax authorized...

§ 19-5-22. Assessment of fees and charges; joint and several liability of generator and property owner; notice; liens; discharge of liens; levy of garbage fees as special assessment against property in lieu of lien - The board of supervisors may assess the fees annually. If...

§ 19-5-23. Notice of tax levy; protest; election - The tax levy authorized by Section 19-5-21 shall not be...

§ 19-5-25. Reimbursement of tax levies - The levies made under Section 19-5-21 shall not be reimbursed...

§ 19-5-27. Supplementary method for garbage and rubbish removal - Sections 19-5-18 through 19-5-27 provide counties a supplementary method for...

§ 19-5-29. Payment for laying certain water mains - The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this...

§ 19-5-30. Payment for relocating water lines - The board of supervisors of any county in this state...

§ 19-5-31. Golden Age Nursing Homes; establishment and operation - The board of supervisors of each county in the state,...

§ 19-5-33. Golden Age Nursing Homes; land, buildings and equipment for institution - The board of supervisors of such county or counties may...

§ 19-5-35. Golden Age Nursing Homes; combined institution for care of county paupers and destitute aged - The board of supervisors of such county or counties may,...

§ 19-5-37. Golden Age Nursing Homes; funds for support and maintenance - The board of supervisors of such county or counties may,...

§ 19-5-39. Golden Age Nursing Homes; issuance of bonds - The board of supervisors of any county or counties coming...

§ 19-5-41. Creation of county hospital building commission in certain counties - The board of supervisors of any county in the state...

§ 19-5-43. Temporary care and maintenance of individuals with mental illness who are unable to pay for care - The boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall temporarily...

§ 19-5-45. Construction of sheltered workshop for employment of handicapped - Any county within the State of Mississippi wherein the railroads...

§ 19-5-47. Construction of public health buildings and clinics - The board of supervisors of any county in the state...

§ 19-5-49. Lease of county homes and farms - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-5-51. Bounty on beaver, nutria, and bobcats - Any board of supervisors may, in its discretion, by appropriate...

§ 19-5-53. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock - The board of supervisors in the various counties of the...

§ 19-5-55. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; limitation on amount to be expended - The amount of money to be appropriated and offered shall...

§ 19-5-57. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; petition by contestants; publication of premiums - Before the board of supervisors will be authorized to take...

§ 19-5-59. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; rules governing contest and placing of exhibits - The board of supervisors shall have the power to issue...

§ 19-5-61. Promotion of excellence in raising crops and livestock; judges - The board of supervisors shall, after having announced premiums, select...

§ 19-5-63. Establishment of county extension department - It is declared to be the policy of this state...

§ 19-5-65. Funding of display rooms for county home economic or home demonstration agents - The boards of supervisors of counties of class one of...

§ 19-5-67. Establishment of department of animal husbandry - The boards of supervisors of two (2) or more counties,...

§ 19-5-69. Funding of buildings for junior beef and dairy boys and girls - The boards of supervisors of the various counties having livestock...

§ 19-5-71. Support of experiment stations - The boards of supervisors of the several counties may, in...

§ 19-5-73. Establishment of farmers' markets - The board of supervisors of each county may expend monies...

§ 19-5-75. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, warehouses, syrup blending plants, creameries, farm orchard and dairy produce establishments, by certain counties - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-5-77. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; lease of establishment - The title to such property shall be taken in the...

§ 19-5-79. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; issuance of notes, bonds, or loan warrants - Such board of supervisors may issue notes, bonds or loan...

§ 19-5-81. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; notice of intention to borrow; election - Before issuing the bonds, notes or loan warrants, authorized by...

§ 19-5-83. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; sections as full authority - Sections 19-5-75 through 19-5-87, without reference to any other statute,...

§ 19-5-85. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; levy of taxes - Said loan warrants, bonds or notes shall be general obligations...

§ 19-5-87. Acquisition of cold storage plants, meat curing plants, etc., by certain counties; validation of warrants, bonds or notes - Said loan warrants, bonds or notes may, in the discretion...

§ 19-5-89. Promotion of youth activities - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-5-91. Agreements with the United States relative to navigation projects - The board of supervisors of any county through any part...

§ 19-5-93. Donations for certain patriotic and charitable uses - The board of supervisors of each county is authorized, in...

§ 19-5-97. Purchase, operation and maintenance of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment - The board of supervisors of any county who find that...

§ 19-5-99. Establishment of economic development districts - All monies collected for the support and maintenance of such...

§ 19-5-101. Establishment of juvenile residential treatment centers - The board of supervisors of each county shall have the...

§ 19-5-103. Regulation of massage parlors and public displays of nudity - For the purposes of this section, the term "nudity" means...

§ 19-5-105. Cleaning private property; notice to property owner; hearing; lien - To determine whether property or a parcel of land located...

Local Government Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Assistance Act of 1994

§ 19-5-107. Short title; purpose - This act [Laws, 1994, ch. 624] shall be known as...

Water, Sewer, Garbage Disposal, and Fire Protection Districts

§ 19-5-155. Public hearing; resolution of intention - Upon the filing of such petition, or upon the adoption...

§ 19-5-157. Publication of resolution; election - A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be...

§ 19-5-159. Resolution of creation - If no petition requiring an election be filed or if...

§ 19-5-161. Costs - All costs incident to the publication of the notices and...

§ 19-5-163. Appeals - Any party having an interest in the subject matter and...

§ 19-5-164. Creation of district embracing lands in more than one county - A district embracing lands in more than one county may...

§ 19-5-167. Board of commissioners; appointment; terms; general powers and duties - The initial elected commissioners shall be elected to a term...

§ 19-5-169. Board of commissioners; officers; seal - The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of...

§ 19-5-173. Board of commissioners; power to enact regulations - The board of commissioners shall have the power to make...

§ 19-5-175. General powers of districts - Districts created under the provisions of Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207...

§ 19-5-179. Eminent domain - The board of supervisors of such county may, upon petition...

§ 19-5-185. Sale of bonds; bids; refunding; validation - The bonds issued under Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 shall be...

§ 19-5-187. Statutory lien of bondholders; appointment of receiver in case of default - There is hereby created a statutory lien to the nature...

§ 19-5-191. Assessment and collection of charges against improved property - Funds for debt service for special improvement pollution abatement bonds,...

§ 19-5-193. Limitations upon holders of bonds - No holder or holders of any bonds issued pursuant to...

§ 19-5-195. Rates, fees, tolls or charges for use of system - The board of commissioners of the district issuing bonds pursuant...

§ 19-5-197. Exemption from taxation - The property and revenue of such district shall be exempt...

§ 19-5-199. Construction contracts - All construction contracts by the district where the amount of...

§ 19-5-201. Annexations to district - Any area adjacent to any district created pursuant to Sections...

§ 19-5-203. State and federal cooperation - The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to...

§ 19-5-204. When district facilities may be required to be commensurate with those of an adjoining municipality - When any board of supervisors creates a district within three...

§ 19-5-205. Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207 are full and complete authority - Sections 19-5-151 through 19-5-207, without reference to any other statute,...

§ 19-5-207. Financial statements - Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal...

Fire Protection Grading Districts

§ 19-5-215. Fire protection grading districts - Any contiguous area situated within any county of the state,...

§ 19-5-217. Petition for incorporation - Such petition shall be signed in person by the petitioners,...

§ 19-5-219. Hearing; findings; resolution of intent - Upon the filing of such petition, or upon the adoption...

§ 19-5-221. Publication of resolution of intent - A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be...

§ 19-5-223. Resolution creating district - If no petition requiring an election be filed or if...

§ 19-5-225. Costs; bond - All costs incident to the publication of the notices and...

§ 19-5-227. Appeal to circuit court - Any party having an interest in the subject matter and...

§ 19-5-229. District embracing lands in more than one county - A fire protection grading district embracing lands in more than...

§ 19-5-231. District as governmental entity - From and after the date of the adoption of the...

§ 19-5-233. Board of supervisors to act on behalf of district - The board of supervisors shall act on behalf of the...

§ 19-5-235. Powers of district - Any fire protection grading district, acting by and through the...

§ 19-5-237. Exercise of eminent domain - The board of supervisors of such county may exercise the...

§ 19-5-239. Annexation of area adjacent to district - Any area adjacent to any district created under Sections 19-5-215...

§ 19-5-241. Agreements with or aid and cooperation of state or federal government - The board of supervisors creating any such district shall have...

Transactions Involving Property, Assets, and Merger of Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations Chartered for Rural Waterworks or Sewage Disposal System Purposes, and of Utility Districts

§ 19-5-251. General authorization - Any nonprofit, nonshare corporation chartered under the authority of Title...

§ 19-5-255. Notice of meeting - Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour...

§ 19-5-257. Assumption of existing indebtedness - Upon acquiring such nonprofit, nonshare corporation or utility district, the...

Emergency Telephone Service (911)

§ 19-5-303. Definitions - For purposes of Sections 19-5-301 through 19-5-317, the following words...

§ 19-5-305. Authorization to create emergency communications district - The board of supervisors of each county may create, by...

§ 19-5-311. Methods for responding to emergency calls - The emergency telephone system shall, when so authorized by a...

Enhanced Wireless Emergency Telephone Service (E-911)

§ 19-5-331. Definitions - As used in Sections 19-5-331 through 19-5-341, the following words...

§ 19-5-333. Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board; membership; powers and duties; service charges; reimbursement of expenses - The initial terms of the board members, as appointed after...

§ 19-5-335. Collection of service charges; remittance to board; handling and processing costs; administration costs; registration of CMRS providers - Each CMRS provider shall notify the board of any change...

§ 19-5-337. Confidentiality of proprietary information - All technical proprietary information submitted to the board or to...

§ 19-5-339. Requirement to provide enhanced 911 service; prerequisites - In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission Order, no CMRS...

§ 19-5-341. Use of wireless emergency telephone service; restrictions; offense; penalties - Wireless emergency telephone service shall not be used for personal...

Emergency Telecommunications; Board; Standards and Training; Basic and Enhanced 911

§ 19-5-353. Certification requirement for telecommunicators; minimum standards of training; suspension, cancellation, or recall of certificate; reprimands; notice, hearing and appeal; reapplication; penalties for employment of telecommunicator not du... - When the board believes there is a reasonable basis for...

§ 19-5-361. 911 service suppliers entitled to same limitations of liability as provided to state, state agencies and local governments - Any Emergency 911 service supplier, Emergency 911 Voice over Internet...

911 Address

§ 19-5-369. Residence owner or renter required to obtain 911 address - Each person who owns or rents a residence, building or...

Repeal of Certain Provisions

§ 19-5-371. Repeal of Sections 19-5-303, 19-5-313, 19-5-319, 19-5-331, 19-5-333, 19-5-335, 19-5-337, 19-5-339, 19-5-341, 19-5-353, 19-5-357, 19-5-359, and 19-5-361 - Sections 19-5-303, 19-5-313, 19-5-319, 19-5-331, 19-5-333, 19-5-335, 19-5-337, 19-5-339, 19-5-341,...

Chapter 7 - Property and Facilities

§ 19-7-1. Acquisition of certain real estate - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-7-1. Acquisition of certain real estate - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-7-3. Disposal of real estate - 1. By reason of a tax sale; 2. Because the...

§ 19-7-5. Disposal of personal property - The board of supervisors shall have the power to sell...

§ 19-7-7. Insurance on county property - The board of supervisors may have the courthouse, jail and...

§ 19-7-9. Tagging of motor vehicles - The board of supervisors shall place license tags or identification...

§ 19-7-11. Erection or renovation of courthouse or jail - If a new courthouse or jail shall be required in...

§ 19-7-13. Employment of janitor and assistants - The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may employ a...

§ 19-7-15. Employment of caretaker of county lands - The boards of supervisors of the various counties of this...

§ 19-7-17. Employment of caretaker of county lands; duties of caretaker - It shall be the duty of such person when employed...

§ 19-7-19. Employment of caretaker of county lands; minutes of board to be sole authority - The boards of supervisors shall not enter into a contract,...

§ 19-7-21. Counties conveying land for state park may lease retained mineral interests - Any county which has acquired and conveyed or may hereafter...

§ 19-7-23. Furnishing of courthouse - The board of supervisors shall provide for properly furnishing the...

§ 19-7-25. Providing books and bookcase for courtroom - The board of supervisors of each county shall provide and...

§ 19-7-27. Providing bulletin boards for legal notices - The board of supervisors shall provide suitable bulletin boards, to...

§ 19-7-29. Maintenance of courthouse yard - The board of supervisors of each county may in their...

§ 19-7-31. Law libraries - The board of supervisors of each county in the state...

§ 19-7-33. Regulation of parking on courthouse and other county lands - The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized...

§ 19-7-35. Procurement of artesian well on county property - The board of supervisors may procure an artesian well on...

§ 19-7-37. Use of part of oil severance tax funds for building and permanent improvements - The board of supervisors of any county receiving a part...

§ 19-7-39. Maintenance and repair of public or private nonprofit cemeteries in certain counties - The board of supervisors of any county is authorized, in...

§ 19-7-41. Authority of county boards of supervisors to exercise power of eminent domain for construction of penitentiaries - The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to...

Chapter 9 - Finance and Taxation

Uniform System for Issuance of County Bonds

§ 19-9-1. Purpose of bonds enumerated - The board of supervisors of any county is authorized to...

§ 19-9-3. Bonds of roads or supervisors districts - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-9-3. Bonds of roads or supervisors districts - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-9-5. Limitation of indebtedness - No county shall hereafter issue bonds secured by a pledge...

§ 19-9-7. Details of county bonds; supplemental powers conferred in issuance of bonds - All such bonds shall be lithographed or engraved, and printed...

§ 19-9-9. Levy of special tax - The board of supervisors of such county shall annually levy...

§ 19-9-11. Notice of intention to issue bonds; calling of election - Before issuing any bonds for any of the purposes enumerated...

§ 19-9-13. Notice of election - Where an election is to be called, as provided in...

§ 19-9-15. Holding of election - Such election shall be held, as far as is practicable,...

§ 19-9-17. Results of election - When the results of the election on the question of...

§ 19-9-19. Maturities, interest, and signatures - All bonds issued by a county shall mature annually, with...

§ 19-9-21. Proceeds shall not be diverted - The proceeds of any bonds issued by a county shall...

§ 19-9-23. Transfer of residue of bond proceeds - Whenever a balance shall remain of the proceeds of any...

§ 19-9-25. Bond and interest funds may be used to buy outstanding bonds - Whenever there shall be on hand in any bond and...

§ 19-9-27. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes - The board of supervisors of any county may borrow money...

§ 19-9-29. Investment of surplus funds - Whenever any county shall have on hand any bond and...

§ 19-9-31. Exclusiveness of procedure - No interest-bearing indebtedness shall hereafter be incurred by any county...

Special Tax Levies

§ 19-9-93. Financing the erection, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of county buildings - The board of supervisors of any county may set aside,...

§ 19-9-95. Defrayal of expenses of courts of certain coast counties - The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the...

§ 19-9-96. Funding operation of youth court division - The board of supervisors of any county may, in its...

§ 19-9-97. Funding for certain matters of public health - The boards of supervisors of the various counties in the...

§ 19-9-99. Securing funds for eradication of fire ants - The board of supervisors of any county of the state...

§ 19-9-101. Securing funds for maintenance of fair associations - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-9-103. Funds for advertisement of economic opportunities in certain counties - The boards of supervisors of all counties in the State...

§ 19-9-105. Funds for making soil survey maps and land classifications and reports thereof - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-9-107. Funds for support of industrial and economic development programs in certain counties - In any Class 5 county having an area between five...

§ 19-9-109. Levy of ad valorem tax for purchase, operation and maintenance of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment - In order to fund such expenditures as may arise pursuant...

§ 19-9-111. Levy of tax for purpose of financing economic development districts - The board of supervisors of any county authorized to establish...

§ 19-9-113. Funds for support of soil and water conservation district - The board of supervisors of any county in the State...

§ 19-9-114. Levy of tax for construction of vocational and technical educational center - The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the...

§ 19-9-115. Bond for special tax - When any special tax may be levied for county purposes,...

§ 19-9-117. Tax levy in second judicial district of Harrison County; issuance and sale of bonds - The board of supervisors of Harrison County shall have the...

Payments to Counties in Which Nuclear Generating Plants are Located

§ 19-9-151. Distributions to situs counties - The in-lieu payments made to the State Tax Commission pursuant...

§ 19-9-153. Distributions to municipalities within situs counties - Of the funds received pursuant to Section 19-9-151 by a...

§ 19-9-155. Limitations on expenditure of funds by situs counties - Of the funds retained by the situs county after the...

§ 19-9-157. Payment of excess funds to governing authorities of public school districts; use of funds; borrowing in anticipation of payment - The board of supervisors of the situs county, upon receipt...

Distribution of Revenue to Public School Districts in Counties in Which Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals or Crude Oil Refineries are Located

§ 19-9-171. Distribution of revenue from ad valorem taxes levied on certain liquefied natural gas terminals or crude oil refineries to public school districts in situs counties - The revenue from ad valorem taxes for school district purposes...

Chapter 11 - County Budget

§ 19-11-1. Short title - This chapter shall be cited as the "County Budget Law."

§ 19-11-3. Definition of clerk - The word "clerk," as used in this chapter, shall mean...

§ 19-11-5. Fiscal year - Each county of the State of Mississippi shall operate on...

§ 19-11-7. Preparation and publication of annual budget - [With regard to any county which is exempt from the...

§ 19-11-7. Preparation and publication of annual budget - [With regard to any county which is required to operate...

§ 19-11-9. Form of budget - The budget of expenses, revenues and working cash balance shall...

§ 19-11-13. Keeping of uniform system of accounts - The clerk of the board of supervisors of each county...

§ 19-11-15. Expenditure of funds - The board of supervisors of each and every county of...

§ 19-11-17. Budget estimates not to be exceeded; liability therefor; exemption for unfunded employee retirement or pension funds - No expenditures shall be made, or liabilities incurred, or warrants...

§ 19-11-21. Emergency expenditures - Upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood,...

§ 19-11-23. Monthly report of clerk - At the regular meeting in each month, the clerk shall...

§ 19-11-25. When appropriations made under budget lapse - All appropriations of funds made under the provisions of a...

§ 19-11-27. Certain expenditures for last year of term limited - No board of supervisors of any county shall expend from,...

Chapter 13 - Contracts, Claims and Transaction of Business with Counties

In General

§ 19-13-11. Contracts not to be made in vacation; approval - A board of supervisors shall not empower or authorize any...

§ 19-13-15. Payment for work not to be made until inspection; partial payments - [For contracts executed prior to July 1, 1984, the following...

§ 19-13-15. Payment for work not to be made until inspection; partial payments - [For contracts executed on or after July 1, 1984, the...

§ 19-13-17. Purchase of road equipment - [With regard to any county that is exempt from the...

§ 19-13-17. Purchase of road equipment - [With regard to any county that is required to operate...

§ 19-13-19. Purchase of surplus road equipment from federal agencies - The authority is hereby granted to boards of supervisors to...

§ 19-13-21. Repairs of road equipment - The board of supervisors of any county which owns any...

§ 19-13-22. Road maintenance agreements with certain taxpayers - A county may, by resolution spread upon its minutes, enter...

§ 19-13-23. Presentation of claims against county for allowance - Any person having a just claim against any county shall...

§ 19-13-25. Itemization of claims for sales of personal property - All claims filed for allowance by a board of supervisors...

§ 19-13-27. Docket of claims - The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be supplied...

§ 19-13-29. Duties of clerk in receiving, filing and paying claims - When claims against the county shall be presented to the...

§ 19-13-31. Disposition of claims - If the board shall reject any such claim in whole...

§ 19-13-33. Certain allowances unlawful - It shall be unlawful for the board of supervisors to...

§ 19-13-35. Penalty for unauthorized appropriations - If any person shall claim and receive from the board...

§ 19-13-39. How member may avoid liability - Any member of the board of supervisors may have his...

§ 19-13-41. Supervisors to furnish printed blank warrants - The board of supervisors of each county shall provide printed...

§ 19-13-43. Warrants; assignment thereof - Warrants shall be drawn by the clerk, under his seal...

§ 19-13-45. Registration and payment of warrants - All county warrants shall be registered in a book to...

§ 19-13-47. Oath required - The county depository shall not receive a jury or witness...

§ 19-13-49. Claims for livestock killed or injured in dipping process - Any owner of livestock making claim under §19-5-13 for damages...

§ 19-13-51. Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts; damages allowable for injury suffered therefrom - The board of supervisors of any county shall have the...

§ 19-13-53. Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts-presentation of claims - A claim under Section 19-13-51 for accidents occurring shall be...

§ 19-13-55. Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts; payment of claims - No payment shall be made hereunder except by a four-fifths...

Contracts for Printing, Stationery and Office Supplies

§ 19-13-101. Definition of "stationery." - The term stationery, as applied to purchases for the counties...

§ 19-13-107. Out-of-state contracts - The boards of supervisors, if satisfied that the bids offered...

§ 19-13-109. Bids may be rejected - The board of supervisors may reject any and all bids...

§ 19-13-111. Bids and contracts to be definite - All bids and contracts for stationery, blank books, office supplies...

§ 19-13-113. Rejection of bids when bidder is unfair - If it appears to the satisfaction of the board of...

§ 19-13-115. Bonds required of contractors - The board of supervisors shall require the successful bidder to...

§ 19-13-117. Payment of bills - All accounts and bills for the purchase of stationery, records,...

§ 19-13-119. Penalty for noncompliance with the law - Members of the board of supervisors and county officers failing...

Chapter 15 - Records and Recording

§ 19-15-1. Preservation of essential public records of county governments; admissibility in evidence of copies of original records - The Legislature declares that records containing information essential to the...

§ 19-15-3. Reproduction of certain county records; destruction of originals - Whenever any county records, documents, files or papers whatsoever are...

§ 19-15-5. Equipment for electronic storage of documents for chancery clerks - The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and...

§ 19-15-7. General index of disposed chancery and probate cases; filing system for papers in such cases - The board of supervisors of any county may, when in...

§ 19-15-9. Rebinding of record books; transcription of deteriorating record books - The board of supervisors shall have rebound all record books...

§ 19-15-11. Record of abstracts of title - The board of supervisors of any county may, when in...

Chapter 17 - County Auditors

§ 19-17-1. The clerk is county auditor - The clerk of the board of supervisors is the county...

§ 19-17-3. To keep certain ledger accounts - The county auditor shall keep a well-bound book, in which...

§ 19-17-5. To keep depository funds ledger - The county auditor shall keep, as a record in his...

§ 19-17-7. To keep accounts of officers - The county auditor shall keep a suitable book, in which...

§ 19-17-9. To issue receipt warrants - It shall be the duty of the county auditor to...

§ 19-17-11. To settle with officers, and exact payment - The county auditor shall examine, audit and settle the accounts...

§ 19-17-13. To debit and credit tax collector with county taxes - It shall be the duty of the clerk, as county...

§ 19-17-15. To charge appropriate officer with jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures - It shall be the duty of the clerk, on receiving...

§ 19-17-17. To examine books of officers and make proper charges; report to grand jury - The clerk of the board of supervisors, as county auditor,...

§ 19-17-19. To report defaulting officers - If any justice of the peace, or other officer required...

§ 19-17-21. To credit and report on poll tax - It shall be the duty of the county auditor to...

Chapter 19 - Constables

§ 19-19-2. Election from single member election districts - The board of supervisors of each county shall establish single...

§ 19-19-3. Oath and bond of office - Constables shall take the oath of office prescribed by the...

§ 19-19-5. General duties of constables; training program - The board of supervisors of the county shall be responsible...

§ 19-19-6. Training programs for constables - On or before January 7, 1990, the Board on Law...

§ 19-19-7. Constable to attend justices' court - It shall be the duty of the constable to attend...

§ 19-19-8. Compensation for constable serving as justice court bailiff - A constable that serves as a bailiff in justice court...

§ 19-19-9. Effect of failure to execute and return execution - If any constable or other officer fail to execute and...

§ 19-19-11. Effect of failure to pay money on execution - If any constable or other officer shall collect or receive...

§ 19-19-13. Liability for false return - If any constable or other officer make a false return...

§ 19-19-15. Penalty for neglect of duty - A constable who shall fail to discharge any of the...

Chapter 21 - Coroners

Mississippi Coroner Reorganization Act

§ 19-21-101. Short title - Sections 19-21-101 through 19-21-109 shall be known and cited as...

§ 19-21-107. Appointment of successor to serve in office of coroner - In the absence of an individual to serve in the...

§ 19-21-109. Transfer of duties from county ranger to sheriff of county - The duties of the county ranger, heretofore exercised by the...

Chapter 23 - County Attorneys

§ 19-23-1. County prosecuting attorney - There shall be, in the counties where such an office...

§ 19-23-3. Election to establish or abolish office of county prosecuting attorney - The board of supervisors of any county, when requested thereto...

§ 19-23-5. Supervisors may reestablish office - The board of supervisors of any county where the county...

§ 19-23-7. Governor to make appointment to reestablished office - Should the county prosecuting attorney's office be re-created under Section...

§ 19-23-9. Qualifications - The county prosecuting attorney shall possess all the qualifications of...

§ 19-23-11. Duties - Where any statute of this state confers a jurisdiction, responsibility,...

§ 19-23-13. County prosecuting attorney not to defend criminal cases in county - The county prosecuting attorney shall not represent or defend any...

§ 19-23-15. County prosecuting attorney may be attorney for supervisors - The county prosecuting attorney may be employed by the supervisors...

§ 19-23-17. Justice court judges to arrange dates of courts with county prosecuting attorney - The justice court judges of the county shall confer with...

§ 19-23-19. Secretarial assistance - The board of supervisors in each county in the State...

§ 19-23-21. Appointment of assistant county attorney in certain counties - The county attorney of any county bordering on the Gulf...

Chapter 25 - Sheriffs

§ 19-25-1. Commission; term of office; oath and bond - There shall be chosen one (1) sheriff for each county,...

§ 19-25-3. Eligibility to hold office of sheriff; training in law enforcement required - A person shall not be eligible to the office of...

§ 19-25-5. Penalties of bond - The sheriffs of the several counties shall give bond, with...

§ 19-25-7. Remedy on joint and several; officer's liability first fixed - The remedy upon sheriff's bond shall be joint and several...

§ 19-25-9. Performance of sheriff's duties when latter is incapable, unfit, or the like - If the sheriff be a party to or interested in...

§ 19-25-11. Arrest and confinement of sheriff - In the event there is outstanding a warrant for the...

§ 19-25-13. Budgeting and financing of sheriffs' departments - The sheriff shall, at the July meeting of the board...

§ 19-25-15. Identification of sheriffs' motor vehicles; use of unmarked vehicles - Motor vehicles purchased or leased by the county for the...

§ 19-25-17. Purchase of patrol boats for sheriffs in certain counties - The board of supervisors of any county in which is...

§ 19-25-19. Appointment, oath and compensation of deputy sheriffs - Every sheriff shall have power to appoint one or more...

§ 19-25-21. Law enforcement deputies - The minimum number of deputies having law enforcement duties for...

§ 19-25-23. Maintenance of regular and auxiliary deputies; assistance to other counties; assistance for drug enforcement purposes - Each sheriff shall maintain and cause to be paid a...

§ 19-25-25. Remedy of sheriff against defaulting deputy - The sheriff shall have the same remedy and judgment against...

§ 19-25-27. Deputy liable on motion of sheriff - When any fine, penalty, or judgment shall be assessed or...

§ 19-25-29. Duty of deputy as to process he serves - When a deputy sheriff has served any writ whatever, he...

§ 19-25-31. Riding bailiffs - Each judge of a circuit, chancery or county court, or...

§ 19-25-33. Dispensing with appointment of bailiffs - In all civil cases, where there is a jury, and...

§ 19-25-35. Duty of sheriff to attend courts, jail committed persons, and to execute orders and decrees - The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit...

§ 19-25-37. Duty of sheriff to execute and return process - Every sheriff, by himself or his deputy, shall from time...

§ 19-25-39. Sheriff may employ power of the county in executing process - If the sheriff finds that resistance will be made against...

§ 19-25-41. Liability of sheriff for failure to return execution - If any sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act...

§ 19-25-43. Liability of sheriff as to final process of chancery court - A sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act for...

§ 19-25-45. Liability of sheriff for failure to pay over money collected and similar omissions - If any sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act...

§ 19-25-47. Liability of sheriff for false return on any process - If a sheriff or other officer properly authorized to act...

§ 19-25-49. Liability of sheriff for not returning money advanced for executing process in case of its non-execution - If any sheriff fails to execute any process for the...

§ 19-25-51. Liability of sheriff for failing to pay excess money to defendants - When the amount of the sale of property under execution...

§ 19-25-53. Unexecuted writs and list of prisoners to be delivered to successor sheriff - Every sheriff, at the expiration of his term of office,...

§ 19-25-55. Mittimus and discharge warrants preserved and turned over to successor sheriff - All warrants, writs, orders, process, and precepts of any kind,...

§ 19-25-57. Property delivered to successor sheriff - Every sheriff who shall have levied an execution or other...

§ 19-25-59. Mesne process docket kept by sheriff - It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep...

§ 19-25-61. Execution docket kept by sheriff - It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep...

§ 19-25-63. Jail docket kept by sheriff - It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep...

§ 19-25-65. Sheriff to serve as county librarian - The sheriff shall be the custodian of the books other...

§ 19-25-67. Duty of sheriff to keep the peace - It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep...

§ 19-25-69. Sheriff to have charge of courthouse, jail and protection of prisoners - The sheriff shall have charge of the courthouse and jail...

§ 19-25-74. Feeding of prisoners; log of meals served - In any event, regardless of which method in respect to...

§ 19-25-75. Additional guards for jail - If the jail be insufficient or if there be danger...

§ 19-25-77. Support of prisoner confined for contempt - When a prisoner in custody for contempt of court shall...

§ 19-25-79. Sheriff to receive and keep prisoner committed by justice - The sheriff of any county shall receive and keep any...

§ 19-25-81. Sheriff to receive and keep prisoners from United States officers - It shall be the duty of all sheriffs as jailors...

§ 19-25-83. Maintenance and use of canine corps - The sheriff shall keep those hounds bought pursuant to Section...

§ 19-25-85. Duties of sheriff of Harrison County in separate judicial district - The sheriff of Harrison County shall be the proper officer...

§ 19-25-87. Authority of sheriff to receive funds from federal government and to expend such funds - The sheriff of any county in which the federal government...

Chapter 27 - Surveyors and Surveys

§ 19-27-1. Oath and bond of office - There shall be elected for each county a surveyor who...

§ 19-27-3. General duties - It shall be the duty of the surveyor faithfully to...

§ 19-27-5. Record of surveys - Each county surveyor shall record, in a suitable book to...

§ 19-27-7. Appointment of deputies - The county surveyor may appoint deputies by writing, who shall...

§ 19-27-9. Swearing the chain-bearers - The surveyor shall administer an oath or affirmation to the...

§ 19-27-11. Surveyor may enter premises without consent in certain cases - In the execution of an order of survey directed to...

§ 19-27-13. Resurveying, re-marking and bounding lands and county boundary lines - The surveyor, whenever called on for that purpose by those...

§ 19-27-15. Reestablishing original marks - It shall be the duty of the surveyor, in all...

§ 19-27-17. How survey ordered for execution of judicial sales - In all cases where a survey of land may be...

§ 19-27-19. Making of survey when surveyor interested - Whenever a survey may be required of any land in...

§ 19-27-21. Maps and plats; making thereof - Whenever any city, town, or village, or addition thereto, shall...

§ 19-27-23. Maps and plats; form - Such map or plat shall in every case be made...

§ 19-27-25. Maps and plats; contents - Every such map or plat shall particularly set forth and...

§ 19-27-27. Maps and plats; recording - Such map or plat shall be recorded in the office...

§ 19-27-29. Maps and plats; penalty for selling lots before recording - If any person shall sell any lot or lots within...

§ 19-27-31. Maps and plats; alteration and vacation - If the owner of any land which shall have been...

§ 19-27-33. Establishing true meridian - The board of supervisors may employ some skilled person to...

§ 19-27-35. Surveyors to adjust instruments annually - The county surveyor shall annually adjust any instrument used by...

Chapter 29 - Local and Regional Railroad Authorities

§ 19-29-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 19-29-3. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose - It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the State...

§ 19-29-5. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates,...

§ 19-29-9. Regional railroad authority; increase or decrease of participating counties; public hearing; commissioners; appointment of executive committee; associate members from outside authority's jurisdiction - If the regional authority consists of an even number of...

§ 19-29-11. Submission of resolutions of regional authority to Secretary of State; certificate of incorporation - Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed...

§ 19-29-13. Proof of authorization or existence of county or regional railroad authority - In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or...

§ 19-29-15. Commissioners; expenses; quorum; officers - A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for...

§ 19-29-17. General powers of railroad authority - An authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient...

§ 19-29-19. Acquisition of property by eminent domain - In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized...

§ 19-29-21. Disposal of railroad property or facilities - Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions...

§ 19-29-23. Contracts or leases in connection with operation of railroad properties and facilities - In each case the authority may establish the terms and...

§ 19-29-25. Rules and regulations - An authority is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such...

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Mississippi Code Title 19 - Counties and County Officers

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Title 19 - Counties and County Officers