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MS Code § 9-13-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Court Reporters and Court Reporting|Board of Certified Court Reporters|§ 9-13-123. Definitions; effect of chapter on courts and individual's rights

 As used in Sections 9-13-101 through 9-13-121:   "Courts" includes all courts. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of the Supreme Court or of the trial courts to govern the conduct of, and to discipline, official court reporters, nor shall this chapter be construed as any limitation upon the rights of any individual to seek any remedy afforded by law, nor as any exclusive mode of regulating court reporters.   "Court reporter" means a Certified Shorthand Reporter or a Certified Stenomask Reporter.   "The practice of court reporting" means the making of a verbatim record by means of written symbols or abbreviations in pen shorthand, machine shorthand, or oral stenography, also known as steno mask, of testimony or proceedings relevant to matters under the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Mississippi, all state agencies or the Legislature or any committee or subcommittee thereof, or where appeal to any court of the State of Mississippi is allowable by law.   "The making of a verbatim record" includes the taking of a deposition.
MS Code § 9-21-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-1. Administrative Office of Courts established; purpose; "court" defined

 The Administrative Office of Courts is hereby created. The purpose of the Administrative Office of Courts shall be to assist in the efficient administration of the nonjudicial business of the courts of the state and in improving the administration of justice in Mississippi by performing the duties and exercising the powers as provided in this chapter.   As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term "court" means any tribunal recognized as a part of the judicial branch of government, but not including county boards of supervisors.
MS Code § 9-21-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-3. Duties of Administrative Office of Courts

  The Administrative Office of Courts shall be specifically charged with the duty of assisting the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi with his duties as the chief administrative officer of all courts of this state, including without limitation the task of insuring that the business of the courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch, that the dockets of such courts are not permitted to become congested and that trials and appeals of cases, civil and criminal, are not delayed unreasonably.   The office shall also perform the following duties:   To work with the clerks of all youth courts and civil and criminal trial courts in the state to collect, obtain, compile, digest and publish information and statistics concerning the administration of justice in the state.   To serve as an agency to apply for and receive any grants or other assistance and to coordinate and conduct studies and projects to improve the administration of justice by the courts of the state, and it may conduct such studies with or without the assistance of consultants.   To supply such support to the Judicial Advisory Study Committee necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including without limitation, research and clerical assistance.   To promulgate standards, rules and regulations for computer and/or electronic filing and storage of all court records and court-related records maintained throughout the state in courts and in offices of circuit and chancery clerks.   It shall perform such other duties relating to the improvement of the administration of justice as may be assigned by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
MS Code § 9-21-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-5. Administrative Director

 The Administrative Director shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Supreme Court of Mississippi as the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts. The Administrative Director shall devote full time to the duties of the office to the exclusion of engagement in any other business or profession for profit.
MS Code § 9-21-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-7. Director authorized to hire assistants and employees

 The Administrative Director, with the approval of the Supreme Court, is authorized to employ and set the compensation of such assistants and other employees as are necessary to enable him to perform his duties, subject to approval of the State Personnel Board.
MS Code § 9-21-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-11. Director authorized to apply for, receive, and distribute, funds and grants

  The Administrative Director of Courts is authorized and empowered to: study and apply for any and all applications for funds and grants directed to the office from any federal governmental agency or entity; disburse such aid, assistance, funds, monies, grants or subgrants; and coordinate the same with the overall administration of justice in Mississippi to assist or aid in the administration of justice, criminal or civil, or the improvement of courts and the judicial system.   The courts of the state, regardless of the name they bear, shall be proper local units or entities of government to apply for and receive such assistance, aid, funds, monies, grants and subgrants.   Grants to youth courts shall be made in accordance with Section 43-21-801.
MS Code § 9-21-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-13. Director to coordinate functions and duties of administrative personnel; expenditure of state monies

  The Administrative Director of Courts shall coordinate the functions and duties of administrative personnel, including court administrators and court administrative aides to judges, to facilitate cooperation and so that the overall administration of justice may be accomplished with efficiency in all courts of the state.   The Administrative Director of Courts is authorized to direct the expenditure of state monies appropriated to the Administrative Office of Courts or any courts of the state for any and all functions or projects directly or indirectly affecting the operation of any court and may transfer monies appropriated for the office or any account to any one or more other accounts or office.
MS Code § 9-21-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-14. Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund created; purpose; distribution of monies from fund; continuing fund; pilot program

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the development, implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive case management and electronic filing system, one of the purposes of which will be to provide duplicate dockets and case files at remote sites. The system will be designed to:   Provide a framework for the seamless, transparent exchange of data among courts and with appropriate law enforcement, children's services and public welfare agencies.   Allow judges and prosecutors to determine whether there are holds or warrants from other jurisdictions for defendants prior to release on bail or otherwise.   Assist related agencies in tracking the court activity of individuals in all participating jurisdictions.   Assist child protection and human services agencies to determine the status of children and caregivers in the participating jurisdictions.   Duplicate and preserve court documents at remote sites so that they may be protected against catastrophic loss.   Improve the ability of the Administrative Office of Courts and the state courts to handle efficiently monies flowing through the courts and to collect delinquent fees, fines and costs.   Enable the state courts and clerks to generate management reports and analysis tools, allowing them to constantly track individual cases and the overall caseload.   Provide a uniform system for docketing and tracking cases and to automatically generate status reports.   Enable the Administrative Office of Courts to acquire statistical data promptly and efficiently.   Make trial court and individual case dockets available to the public online through use of the Internet.     Monies from the fund shall be distributed by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Administrative Office of Courts.   The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:   Monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of funding the comprehensive case management and electronic filing system;   The interest accruing to the fund;   Monies received from the federal government;   Donations; and   Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.     The Supreme Court may utilize and fund as a pilot program any case management and electronic filing system of the Three Rivers Planning and Development District or that of any county or vendor that complies with the data and case management and electronic filing policy standards adopted by the Supreme Court. No statewide comprehensive case management and electronic system shall be implemented by the Mississippi Supreme Court unless such system is approved by the Legislature.
MS Code § 9-21-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-15. Director authorized to employ consultants and consultant firms

 The Administrative Director of Courts is authorized and empowered to employ consultants and consultant firms and to contract with the same for their services for reasonable compensation and as necessary to improve the administration of justice and the courts of the state. The contracts with such consultants or consultant firms shall be considered as contracts for professional services.
MS Code § 9-21-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-17. Director, and Supreme Court, authorized to use services of any member of court and court-supportive personnel

 The Administrative Director of Courts and the Supreme Court are authorized to use the services of any member of the judiciary of any court and any court-supportive personnel, including, without limitation, court reporters, clerks, bailiffs, law clerks, court administrators, secretaries and employees in clerks' offices to carry out studies, projects and functions designed to improve or effect the efficient administration of justice and the operation of courts.
MS Code § 9-21-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-19. Judges, clerks and other employees of court to comply with Director's requests for information

 All judges, clerks of court, and other officers or employees of the courts and of offices related to and serving the courts shall comply with all requests made by the Administrative Director for information and statistical data relative to the work of the courts and of such offices and relative to the expenditure of public monies for their maintenance and operation.
MS Code § 9-21-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-43. Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund created; organizations eligible to receive funds

  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the Civil Legal Assistance Fund. The funds shall be administered by the Supreme Court through the Administrative Office of Courts. The Administrative Office of Courts may also accept monies from any public or private source for deposit into the fund. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the funds.   All monies shall be allocated to only those organizations providing legal services to low income Mississippians. Furthermore, no monies from this fund shall be expended to provide legal services in matters currently prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C., and no funds shall be expended on persons who are not financially eligible to receive legal services as directed by the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C.   The monies appropriated shall be distributed to eligible legal services programs based on the percentage of poverty population within the program service area, consistent with the formula used by the Legal Services Corporation.   Monies appropriated to the fund may be used to promote increased participation by the private bar in the delivery of legal services to the indigent through the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project.   Recipients of funds shall have the following duties:   To develop, operate and administer programs within their respective service areas that provide free legal services to indigent clients involved in civil matters;   To report annually to the Supreme Court, through the Administrative Office of Courts, on its activities, including providing a copy of its annual audit that accounts for the use of the funds; and   To refund annually all unused or uncommitted funds.
MS Code § 9-21-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Creation and Duties of Administrative Office of Courts|§ 9-21-45. Judicial System Operation Fund created; source of money; use of funds

  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the Judicial System Operation Fund. The funds shall be administered by the Supreme Court through the Administrative Office of Courts. The fund shall consist of monies deposited therein as provided in Section 99-19-72 and monies from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. The Administrative Office of Courts may also accept monies from any public or private source for deposit into the fund. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.   Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature and may only be used for the purpose of the operation of the judicial system in the state as determined necessary by the Supreme Court and to provide additional funds for the judicial salaries set forth in Section 25-3-35 and Section 9-9-11(8). Monies in the fund used for the purposes described in this section shall be in addition to other funds available from any other source for such purposes.
MS Code § 9-21-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-71. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Non-English speaker" means any party or witness who cannot readily understand or communicate in spoken English and who consequently cannot equally participate in or benefit from the proceedings unless an interpreter is available to assist the individual. The fact that a person for whom English is a second language knows some English does not prohibit that individual from being allowed to have an interpreter.   "Interpreter" means any person authorized by a court and competent to translate or interpret oral or written communication in a foreign language during court proceedings.   "Court proceedings" means a proceeding before any court of this state or a grand jury hearing.
MS Code § 9-21-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-73. Program established

  The Director of the Administrative Office of Courts shall establish a program to facilitate the use of interpreters in all courts of the State of Mississippi.     The Administrative Office of Courts shall prescribe the qualifications of and certify persons who may serve as certified interpreters in all courts of the State of Mississippi in bilingual proceedings. The Director of the Administrative Office of Courts may set and charge a reasonable fee for certification.   The director shall maintain a current master list of all certified interpreters and shall report annually to the Supreme Court on the frequency of requests for and the use and effectiveness of the interpreters.     In all state court bilingual proceedings, the presiding judicial officer, with the assistance of the director, shall utilize the services of a certified interpreter to communicate verbatim all spoken or written words when the necessity therefor has been determined pursuant to Section 9-21-79.   All state courts shall maintain on file in the office of the clerk of the court a list of all persons who have been certified as interpreters in accordance with the certification program established pursuant to this section.
MS Code § 9-21-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-75. Compensation

 The court may appoint either an interpreter who is paid or a volunteer interpreter.
MS Code § 9-21-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-77. Oath, confidentiality and public comment

  Prior to providing any service to a non-English speaking person, the interpreter shall subscribe to an oath that he or she shall interpret all communications in an accurate manner to the best of his or her skill and knowledge.   The oath shall conform substantially to the following form:  INTERPRETER'S OATH   "Doyou solemnly swear or affirm that you will faithfully interpret from(state the language) into English and from English into (state thelanguage) the proceedings before this court in an accurate mannerto the best of your skill and knowledge?"    Interpreters shall not voluntarily disclose any admission or communication that is declared to be confidential or privileged under state law. Out-of-court disclosures made by a non-English speaker communicating through an interpreter shall be treated by the interpreter as confidential or privileged or both unless the court orders the interpreter to disclose such communications or the non-English speaker waives such confidentiality or privilege.   Interpreters shall not publicly discuss, report or offer an opinion concerning a matter in which they are engaged, even when that information is not privileged or required by law to be confidential.   The presence of an interpreter shall not affect the privileged nature of any discussion.
MS Code § 9-21-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-79. Determination of need for an interpreter

  An interpreter is needed and a court interpreter shall be appointed when the judge determines, after an examination of a party or witness, that: (a) the party cannot understand and speak English well enough to participate fully in the proceedings and to assist counsel; or (b) the witness cannot speak English so as to be understood directly by counsel, court and jury.   The court should examine a party or witness on the record to determine whether an interpreter is needed if:   A party or counsel requests such an examination;   It appears to the court that the party or witness may not understand and speak English well enough to participate fully in the proceedings; or   If the party or witness requests an interpreter.  The fact that a person for whom English is a second language knows some English should not prohibit that individual from being allowed to have an interpreter.      After the examination, the court should state its conclusion on the record, and the file in the case shall be clearly marked and data entered electronically when appropriate by court personnel to ensure that an interpreter will be present when needed in any subsequent proceeding.   Upon a request by the non-English speaking person, by counsel, or by any other officer of the court, the court shall determine whether the interpreter provided is able to communicate accurately with and translate information to and from the non-English speaking person. If it is determined that the interpreter cannot perform these functions, the court shall provide the non-English speaking person with another interpreter.
MS Code § 9-21-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 9 - Courts|Chapter 21 - Administrative Office of Courts|Administrative Office of the Courts to Establish Program for Use of Interpreters in All Courts|§ 9-21-81. Interpreter's fees and expenses

  Any volunteer interpreter providing services under Sections 9-21-71 through 9-21-81 shall be paid reasonable expenses by the court.   The expenses of providing an interpreter in any court proceeding may be assessed by the court as costs in the proceeding, or in the case of an indigent criminal defendant to be paid by the county.
MS Code § 11-5-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 5 - Practice and Procedure in Chancery Courts|General Provisions|§ 11-5-1. Venue of suits

 Suits to confirm title to real estate, and suits to cancel clouds or remove doubts therefrom, shall be brought in the county where the land, or some part thereof, is situated; suits against executors, administrators, and guardians, touching the performance of their official duties, and suits for an account and settlement by them, and suits for the distribution of personalty of decedents among the heirs and distributees, and suits for the payment of legacies, shall be brought in the chancery court in which the will was admitted to probate, or letters of administration were granted, or the guardian was appointed; other suits respecting real or personal property may be brought in the chancery court of the county in which the property, or some portion thereof, may be; and all cases not otherwise provided may be brought in the chancery court of any county where the defendant, or any necessary party defendant, may reside or be found; and in all cases process may issue to any county to bring in defendants and to enforce all orders and decrees of the court.