Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 1 - Assessors and County Tax Collectors

General Provisions

§ 27-1-1. Bond; oath - The assessor of each county, except in those counties wherein...

§ 27-1-3. Assessor may appoint deputies; oath of office; bond; appointment process - The assessor may, with the approval of the board of...

§ 27-1-5. Duties and compensation - The assessor shall perform all of the duties required of...

§ 27-1-7. Assessor to be tax collector; bond; duties; effect of failure to qualify as tax collector - The assessor of each county, except as otherwise provided in...

§ 27-1-9. Office of assessor and tax collector; budget; finances - The following shall be applicable to all counties and shall...

§ 27-1-11. Tax collector as separate officer in certain counties; reconsolidation of offices - In counties with a total assessed valuation of Sixty-Five Million...

§ 27-1-13. Tax collector as separate officer; election; bond; powers and duties - In any such county that has properly adopted a resolution...

§ 27-1-15. Method of operation where offices of assessor and tax collector are separated - In the event the offices of assessor and tax collector...

§ 27-1-17. May demand list of employees - The county tax assessor may require any person, firm or...

§ 27-1-19. To gather and record data; electronic filing and storage - The county assessor shall from time to time by personal...

§ 27-1-21. Shall examine records - The assessor shall have the right and power and it...

§ 27-1-25. To devote full time to office - The county assessor shall devote his entire time to the...

§ 27-1-27. Supervisors to provide office - The board of supervisors of each county shall provide for...

§ 27-1-29. Delivery of books and other documents to successors in office - At the expiration of his term of office, each assessor...

§ 27-1-32. Additional funds for offices of sheriff, tax assessor, and tax collector in certain counties - Should the board of supervisors of any county in the...

§ 27-1-33. Tax collection authority of sheriff limited - The sheriffs shall retain all authority and liabilities heretofore possessed...

Mississippi Tax Collectors Education and Certification Program

§ 27-1-53. Education and Certification Board created; board to administer and conduct education and training programs and examinations and set minimum requirements for obtaining certification; composition of board - A seven-member Education and Certification Board is created to administer...

§ 27-1-59. Collector of Revenue I and Collector of Revenue II examinations; subjects covered in examinations - The Education and Certification Board, in cooperation with the Center...

§ 27-1-63. Board to design curriculum for tax collector and assessor-tax collector certification candidates - The Education and Certification Board shall design a curriculum for...

§ 27-1-65. Eligibility to apply for and take examinations - Any county tax collector, assessor-tax collector, or the deputy thereof,...

§ 27-1-69. Collection by Center for Governmental Training and Technology of fees for examinations and certifications; use of funds - The Education and Certification Board shall establish a fair and...