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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 5 - REMOVALS FROM OFFICE (§§ 25-5-1 — 25-5-37) › Section 25-5-37 - Penalties

(1)
Any person who signs any removal petition with any name other than his own, or who knowingly signs his name more than once to such petition, or who knowingly signs such petition when he is not a qualified elector shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be punished as such for a term in the penitentiary not to exceed five (5) years.
(2)
Any person who knowingly executes any affidavit required by Sections
25-5-3
through
25-5-37
knowing the same to be false, or who issues any certificate required by the same knowing it to be false, or who makes any statement of any kind required by said sections to be under oath, either in writing or orally, knowing the same to be false shall be guilty of perjury and, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not to exceed ten (10) years.
(3)
It shall be a felony for any officer sought to be removed under the provisions of the aforesaid sections to attempt by force, threats, bribery, or intimidation to hinder or interfere with the free circulation or signing of any removal petition and, upon conviction thereof, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
(4)
Any person in the possession of a removal petition who either wilfully suppresses, neglects, or fails to cause same to be filed with the county registrar shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months or by fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 4054-08; Laws, 1956, ch. 188, § 8, eff. 1/20/1956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-1 - Lawful to demand specific fees only

It shall be lawful for the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the clerks of the circuit and chancery courts, the clerks of the justice court, masters and commissioners in chancery, sheriffs, constables, justice court judges, and other officers and persons named in this chapter to demand, receive, and take the several fees hereinafter mentioned and allowed for any business by them respectively done by virtue of their several offices, and no more.
Codes, 1880, § 439; 1892, § 1987; 1906, § 2163; Hemingway's 1917, § 1844; 1930, § 1782; 1942, § 3928; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 47; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 30, eff. 7/1/1986.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 382, HB 1156,§ 30, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-5 - Payment of fee for recording opinions

The fees of the Clerk of the Supreme Court for recording opinions as required by law shall be payable semiannually out of the state treasury from the proper appropriation, on the certificate of either of the judges of the Supreme Court that the service has been well performed and that the account is true, correct, and just.
Codes, 1880, § 1413; 1892, § 1989; 1906, § 2165; Hemingway's 1917, § 1846; 1930, § 1784; 1942, § 3930.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-7 - Fees due from state or county

The clerk of the Supreme Court shall make out a separate, detailed account of fees adjudged against the state, in cases where the state fails in the prosecution or suit or in case of felony where the defendant appeals on pauper oath and the costs cannot be made out of his estate, or against any county, and due him in civil or criminal cases, keeping the fees in each case separate, and shall present it to the attorney general, who shall examine the fee bill in each case and approve it if found to be correct. The fee bill thus approved shall be presented to the supreme court for allowance. If the court allow the same, it shall direct in criminal cases that it be paid out of the county treasury of the county where the prosecution was begun, on the order of the board of supervisors thereof; and in civil cases, that it be paid out of the state or county treasury, as the case may be. The board of supervisors shall allow said claim for fees against the county on presentation of a duly certified copy of the judgment of the supreme court ordering the same to be paid; and the auditor shall issue a warrant, on the order of the supreme court, for such costs against the state in civil cases to be paid by the state treasurer out of the proper appropriation.
Codes, 1880, § 441; 1892, § 1990; 1906, § 2166; Hemingway's 1917, § 1847; 1930, § 1785; 1942, § 3931.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-10 - Additional allowance for chancery court clerks in certain counties

In counties having two (2) judicial districts and having a regularly appointed deputy chancery court clerk, the chancery court clerk may be allowed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month. This amount may be allowed and paid monthly to the chancery court clerk by the board of supervisors of each county affected by this section out of the general fund of the county and may be in addition to all other allowances not provided by law.
Laws, 1998, ch. 583, § 1, eff. 10/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-11 - Recording fees itemized

The chancery clerk shall itemize on the record, following the instrument recorded by him, a detailed fee bill of all charges due or paid for filing and recording same. A fee bill shall not be allowed him for a receipt given for the deed or other instrument unless the same shall be demanded, and such fee shall not be due until the clerk shall have complied with all the provisions of the law on the subject of the record of instruments.
Codes, 1892, § 1992; 1906, § 2168; Hemingway's 1917, § 1849; 1930, § 1787; 1942, § 3933.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-14 - Prepayment of chancery or circuit court fees by state or political subdivision

Neither the state, nor any county, city, town, or village, nor any state board, nor any state, county, city, town, or village officer, in his official character, may be required to prepay the cost of filing a document or an instrument with, or obtaining a copy of any filed document or instrument obtained from, the office of the chancery or circuit clerk. If the cost for filing a document or an instrument or obtaining a copy of a document or instrument is not paid at the time of filing or obtaining a copy of the document or instrument, then the clerk shall furnish an itemized statement and payment shall be paid in the same manner as other claims are paid by the governing body or official having authority to pay claims against the governing body.
Laws, 1997, ch. 419, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-15 - Allowances for deputy circuit court clerks

(1)
In counties having two (2) judicial districts and having a regularly appointed deputy circuit court clerk who shall serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district of the county in which the circuit court clerk resides, the circuit court clerk shall be allowed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month. This amount shall be allowed and paid monthly to the circuit court clerk by the board of supervisors of each county affected by this section out of the general fund of the county and shall be in addition to all other allowances now provided by law.
(2)
The boards of supervisors of every county shall pay to the circuit clerk the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for each session of the grand jury for preparing the grand jury docket, subpoenas, calendar and related services.
(3)
The circuit clerks of every county having an assessed valuation in excess of Sixty-five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) at the last federal census and having located therein two (2) municipalities with population in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) respectively at the last federal census and bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, of every county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and the State of Alabama, and of counties having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) according to the federal census of 1960, and any county with a population in excess of sixty-five thousand (65,000) at the last federal census of 1970 and having an assessed valuation in excess of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00) according to the 1975 assessment, shall receive a sum of not less than Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) annually for employment of deputies whose duties are devoted substantially to registration of voters. The sum shall be payable monthly out of any available funds in the county treasury.
Codes, 1942, §§ 3934.5, 3934.7; Laws, 1952, ch. 219, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1962, ch. 262, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1964, ch. 511; Laws, 1966, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 360, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 330; Laws, 1977, ch. 385; Laws, 1994, ch. 643, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 500, § 1, eff. 10/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-17 - Fees of circuit clerks in certain municipal appeals

The clerk of the circuit court of any county in Mississippi in which is located a municipality with a population of seventy-five hundred (7,500) or more, according to the last federal census, may be allowed an amount not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for any one year to be paid out of the municipal treasury of said municipality on the filing of an itemized account of fees in each special case appealed from any city, where said case is disposed of by nolle prosequi, passed to files, or verdict of not guilty. Said fee bills shall be approved by the city attorney for payment and shall be presented to the municipal council or board of aldermen of said municipality for allowance, in the discretion of said council or board. This section shall not apply to counties wherein is located a municipality of less than ten thousand (10,000) and more than seventy-five hundred (7,500) population, in which said county there has been created and maintained a county court under Chapter 9, Title 9, of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 3935; Laws, 1940, ch. 274; Laws, 1942, ch. 228.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-23 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 44, eff. 7/1/1986.
Codes, 1880, § 449; 1892, § 2005; 1906, § 2181; Hemingway's 1917, § 1862; 1930, § 1791; 1942, § 3939; Laws, 1958, ch. 324, § 1; 1968, ch. 425, § 1; 1974, ch. 427
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-25 - Justice courts

(1)
Costs and fees in the justice court shall be charged as follows and shall be paid in advance to the clerk of the justice court in accordance with the provisions of Section
9-11-10
:
(a)
A uniform total fee in all civil cases, whether contested or uncontested, which shall include all services in connection therewith, except as hereinafter stated, each .................... $25.00
(b)
For more than one (1) defendant, for service of process on each defendant .................... 5.00
(c)
After final judgment has been enrolled, further proceedings involving levy of execution on judgments, and attachment and garnishment proceedings .................... 15.00
(d)
For all services in connection with the issuance of a peace
bond .................... 25.00
(e)
For celebrating a marriage, and certificate thereof .................... 10.00
(f)
Commission to take depositions .................... 5.00
(g)
Appeal with proceedings and bond .................... 5.00
(h)
A clerk's fee to be collected in all criminal cases in which the defendant is convicted, as follows:
(i)
For all violations in Title 63 other than driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or reckless driving .................... 5.00
(ii)
All other criminal cases .................... 25.00
(2)
The justice court shall have the power to impose a fee not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for an expungement or dismissal of any criminal affidavit, complaint or charge.
(3)
In addition to the salary provided for in subsection (1) of Section
25-3-36
, each justice court judge may receive a fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each marriage ceremony he performs in the courtroom or offices of the justice court at any time the courtroom or offices are open to the public. This fee shall be paid by the parties to the marriage. Each justice court judge may receive money or gratuities for marriage ceremonies performed outside of and away from the courtroom and the offices of the justice court, that the parties to the marriage request to have performed at any time the courtroom or offices of the justice court are closed. These monies or gratuities, in an amount agreed upon by the parties to the marriage, are not considered fees for the justice court and are not subject to the requirements set forth in the provisions of Section
9-11-10
.
Codes, 1880, § 450; 1892, § 2006; 1906, § 2182; Hemingway's 1917, § 1863; 1930, § 1792; 1942, § 3940; Laws, 1922, ch. 165; Laws, 1944, ch. 185; Laws, 1952, ch. 242, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 340; Laws, 1966, ch. 441, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 420, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 409; Laws, 1978, ch. 336, § 1; Laws, 1979, ch. 476, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 5; Laws, 1985, ch. 440, § 5; Laws, 1993, ch. 435, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 576, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 591, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 454, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 403, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-29 - [Repealed]

Codes, 1880, § 451; 1892, § 2007; 1906, § 2183; Hemingway's 1917, § 1864; 1930, § 1794; 1942, § 3942; Laws, 1996, ch. 432, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 411, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.
Repealed by Laws, 2020, ch. 382, HB 1156,§ 34, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-31 - Officers taking depositions

Officers taking depositions shall charge the following fees:
(a)
For administering oath, and certificate of the same .................... $ .50
(b)
For writing or copying the deposition, if required to do
so, for each hundred words .................... .10
Codes, 1880, § 455; 1892, § 2010; 1906, § 2186; Hemingway's 1917, § 1867, 1930, § 1796; 1942, § 3944.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-33 - Officers taking acknowledgments

For taking proof or acknowledgment of any writing concerning real
or personal estate, and certificate thereof for each party, the same
fee to all officers for the same service .................... $ .25
Codes, 1880, § 450; 1892, § 2011; 1906, § 2187; Hemingway's 1917, § 1868; 1930, § 1797; 1942, § 3945.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-35 - Commissioners, referees, auditors, and arbitrators

The court in which the cause is pending, or the chancellor or judge thereof in vacation, shall fix and allow reasonable compensation for commissioners, referees, auditors, and arbitrators; and such compensation shall be taxed and collected as costs in the suit.
Codes, 1880, §§ 453, 456; 1892, §§ 2009, 2012; 1906, §§ 2185, 2188; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 1866, 1869; 1930, §§ 1795, 1798; 1942, §§ 3943, 3946; Laws, 1958, chs. 325, 328, 334, 337, 338, 344, 354; Laws, 1960, ch. 225, §§ 2, 3, eff. 7/1/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-37 - County surveyors

The fees charged by a county surveyor shall be those fees agreed to between the county surveyor and the party engaging his or her services.
Codes, 1880, § 457; 1892, § 2013; 1906, § 2189; Hemingway's 1917, § 1870; 1930, § 1799; 1942, § 3947; Laws, 1920, ch. 130; Laws, 1950, ch. 235.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 366, HB 296, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-39 - Payment of surveyor fees

The fees chargeable by the surveyor shall be paid by the parties engaging his services. When the services are rendered in obedience to an order of court in a suit therein pending, the surveyor shall state an account of the fees for services, written on the back of one (1) of the plats by him returned to the court, and the same shall be allowed in the bill of costs and taxed as other costs.
Codes, 1880, § 458; 1892, § 2014; 1906, § 2190; Hemingway's 1917, § 1871; 1930, § 1800; 1942, § 3948.
Brought forward by Laws, 2016, ch. 366, HB 296, 2, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-41 - Rangers

Rangers shall be entitled to the following fees:
(a)
For taking the information of the taker up of animal, and issuing summons for appraisers .................... $ .50
(b)
For registering the certificate .................... .50
(c)
Advertising estray .................... 1.00
(d)
For making sale .................... .50
(e)
And ten per centum commissions on the amount of sales.
(f)
For taking proof of title, and order for delivery of estray to the owner .................... .50
(g)
And there shall be allowed to the taker up the sum of five dollars and his necessary expenses for keeping the estray; but if two or more estrays of the same species are taken up by the same person at the same time, they shall be included in one information, registry, and advertisement, and fees shall be allowed to the ranger and taker up as for only one; and when an estray shall be valued at more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00), an allowance shall not be made to the taker up, except the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) herein allowed for taking up the estray, until the same shall be approved by the board of supervisors, and in no case shall the taker up receive more than half of the proceeds of sale.
And allowance shall not be made to the taker up for keeping the estray when the use of the same is equal to the expense of keeping.
(h)
For appraising estrays, to each appraiser .................... .50
Codes, 1880, § 459; 1892, § 2015; 1906, § 2191; Hemingway's 1917, § 1872; 1930, § 1801; 1942, § 3949.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-43 - Fees for approving bond of county officer

The president of the board of supervisors, or other officer approving the bond of any officer, shall be entitled to a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for each bond; and where two (2) officers are engaged in approving such bond, they shall be entitled to share such fee equally. All bonds required by law to be made by assessors, chancery clerks, circuit clerks, sheriffs, tax collectors, county superintendents of education, and members of the board of supervisors shall be made in a surety company authorized to do business in this state, and the premiums thereon shall be paid out of the treasuries of the respective counties; but the fees for the approval of same shall be paid by the officer, as in other bonds.
Codes, 1880, § 467; 1892, § 2022; 1906, § 2198; Hemingway's 1917, § 1883; 1930, § 1802; 1942, § 3950; Laws, 1922, ch. 163; Laws, 1924, ch. 206; Laws, 1926, ch. 296.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-45 - All officers administering oaths

For administering and certifying an oath or affidavit .................... $ .25
Codes, 1892, § 2027; 1906, § 2205; Hemingway's 1917, § 1890; 1930, § 1803; 1942, § 3951.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-47 - Witness fees

Witnesses in the county, circuit, chancery and justice courts shall receive the same pay per day as is set by the board of supervisors under Section
25-7-61
for service as a juror plus mileage as authorized under Section
25-3-41
for each mile going to and returning from the courthouse to their homes by the nearest route, and such tolls and ferriages as they may actually be obliged to pay; but a charge shall not be made for mileage except that traveled in this state. Witnesses in all other cases shall receive the same compensation as they receive before the circuit court. It shall not be necessary to issue subpoenas for police officers as witnesses in city cases of cities having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) according to the federal census of 1930; and officers, when used as witnesses in cases, are not to be allowed witness fees. A law enforcement officer who has retired or otherwise ceased employment as a law enforcement officer but who is required to testify in any case based on matters that arose during the course of the officer's employment shall be entitled to the same compensation and expenses from the former employing law enforcement agency as an officer on active duty under the same circumstances.
Codes, 1880, § 1595; 1892, § 2023; 1906, § 2199; Hemingway's 1917, § 1884; 1930, § 1805; 1942, § 3953; Laws, 1936, ch. 249; Laws, 2005, ch. 385, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 374, SB 2676, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-49 - Law enforcement officers to receive no witness fees in criminal cases

It shall be unlawful for any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, marshal, county patrolman, or any other state, county, or municipal peace or law enforcement officer to receive any fee as a witness in any criminal case in this state. The provisions of this section shall apply only when such officers are witnesses in the county or district in which such officer is serving.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this law shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Codes, 1942, § 3953-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 321, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-51 - Certificates for witness fees in civil cases

The fees to which a witness may be entitled in a civil case shall be allowed on the affidavit of the witness, stating the number of days he has attended and the amount of mileage, toll, and ferriage to which he is entitled, to be taken and preserved by the clerk of the court, master, or other officer before whom the witness was called to testify; and a certificate of the allowance shall be given to the witness. A witness shall be entitled to demand, at the expiration of each day, his compensation for attending on that day; and if the same be not paid, the witness shall not be obliged to attend further until the compensation for his previous attendance shall be paid, unless the party liable make and file an affidavit of his inability to pay. The party paying a witness attending on his behalf may file the certificate of the witness among the papers in the cause and, if he recover costs therein, the amount shall be taxed in the bill of costs. Any witness may sue for and recover from the party on whose behalf he was summoned the amount specified in his certificate. Where a witness holds a certificate and the same has been duly entered on the witness docket, it may be taxed and collected as other costs.
Codes, 1906, § 2200; Hemingway's 1917, § 1885; 1930, § 1806; 1942, § 3954.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-53 - Forfeiture of witness fees

A witness shall not be entitled to charge for his attendance in a civil case at any term of the court unless he shall, during the term or within five (5) days thereafter, prove his attendance and obtain a certificate in the manner directed; nor in any case, civil or criminal, shall a witness who does not appear in court when called, or who is so intoxicated as to be disqualified from testifying, be entitled to receive compensation.
Codes, 1880, § 1597; 1892, § 2024; 1906, § 2201; Hemingway's 1917, § 1886; 1930, § 1807; 1942, § 3955.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-55 - Witness to have only one fee for same time

A witness shall not be allowed compensation for his attendance in more than one case or on more than one side of the same case at the same time, but he may elect in which of several cases and on which side of a case in which he is summoned for both sides, to claim his attendance. The party who pays a witness shall be entitled to recover of the parties in other cases who were liable to such witness a just proportion of the amount to which the witness was entitled for his attendance as the witness of such parties during the same time; and a person who is compelled to attend court on other business shall not be paid as a witness.
Codes, 1880, § 1598; 1892, § 2025; 1906, § 2202; Hemingway's 1917, § 1887; 1930, § 1808; 1942, § 3956.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-57 - Witness in criminal cases

Witnesses in criminal cases shall be allowed the same compensation as in civil cases, but the prosecutor shall not be allowed compensation as a witness, nor shall any person be allowed for his attendance as a witness in more than one criminal case on the same day. The compensation of witnesses on behalf of the state shall be allowed in open court, the order therefor entered upon the minutes, and a certificate of same shall be delivered to the party entitled thereto. Said certificate shall be negotiable and shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county in which the offense was committed upon presentation by the payee or the holder in due course. The clerk shall keep an account of all such certificates and shall tax the amount thereof in the bill of costs if the defendant shall be sentenced to pay the costs and, when collected, the same shall be paid into the county treasury. A witness shall not receive compensation for attendance before the grand jury.
Codes, 1880, § 1596; 1892, § 2026; 1906, § 2203; Hemingway's 1917, § 1888; 1930, § 1809; 1942, § 3957; Laws, 1962, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-59 - Report of witness certificates payable out of county treasury

The circuit clerk shall, within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of each term of the circuit court, make a report in writing to the county auditor of all witness certificates issued by him, payable out of the county treasury, which report shall state the name of each witness, the case, the date, and the amount of each certificate. Said report shall be certified by him under his official seal, and the county auditor shall enter the same upon the proper record in his office.
Codes, 1906, § 2204; Hemingway's 1917, § 1889; 1930, § 1810; 1942, § 3958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-63 - Determination of compensation of jurors

The amount of compensation due to each grand juror, petit juror, and juror summoned on a special venire and regularly discharged by the court shall, after the discharge of such juror, be determined on the oath of the juror, allowed in open court, and entered on the minutes thereof. The clerk shall thereupon give a certificate of the same to the juror, and said certificate shall be negotiable and shall be paid by the county treasurer upon presentation by the payee or the holder in due course. In all other cases the court or officer before whom the juror serves shall determine the sum due and give certificate accordingly.
Codes, 1880, § 1698; 1892, § 2029; 1906, § 2209; Hemingway's 1917, § 1893; 1930, § 1812; 1942, § 3960; Laws, 1962, ch. 382, § 2, eff. 6/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-65 - Printers and publishers

Printers and publishers shall be entitled to the following fees:
(a)
For publishing in a newspaper any summons, order, citation, advertisement or notice required by law to be published in a newspaper, Twelve Cents (12¢) for each word it contains for the first insertion, and Ten Cents (10¢) for each of the words for each subsequent insertion required by law; however, as an alternative, such printers and publishers may charge such fees per line which are acceptable to the party placing the publication not to exceed the Twelve Cents (12¢) and Ten Cents (10¢) per word as set out in this subsection.
When four (4) or more numerals appear consecutively in any such legal publication, four (4) numerals shall be considered as one (1) word, and if there remains a fractional portion of such unit of four (4) numerals therein such fraction shall also be counted as one (1) word. In the case of numbers containing less than four (4) numerals which are isolated from other numerals by words in such publication, the same shall be counted as one (1) word. When tables or tabular matter are included, each line of the standard newspaper column shall be considered as containing at least six (6) words.
The fees authorized in this paragraph (a) shall not be chargeable for any erroneous publication of a summons, order, citation, advertisement or notice required by law to be published in a newspaper, if such error is not attributable to the person or entity requesting the publication.
(b)
For making proof of publication, making a copy thereof, and for deposing to the same, Three Dollars ($3.00); but this section shall not apply to the publication of ordinances of municipalities, proceedings of the board of supervisors and school boards or audit reports.
Codes, 1880, §§ 461, 1638; 1892, § 2030; 1906, § 2209; Hemingway's 1917, § 1894; 1930, § 1813; 1942, § 3961; Laws, 1920, ch. 305; Laws, 1944, ch. 320, § 2; Laws, 1948, ch. 428; Laws, 1958, ch. 331; Laws, 1972, ch. 401, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 520; Laws, 1987, ch. 474; Laws, 1998, ch. 586, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-67 - Appraisers of the estates of decedents

The chancery court or the chancellor in vacation in each chancery court district of this state shall fix and allow reasonable compensation for appraisers in the estates of deceased persons, and said compensation shall be paid by the executor or administrator from the funds of said estate after same has been allowed by the chancery court or chancellor in vacation.
Codes, 1880, § 2016; 1892, § 2031; 1906, § 2210; Hemingway's 1917, § 1895; 1930, § 1814; 1942, § 3962; Laws, 1958, ch. 283, eff. 4/20/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-69 - Officers and jurors in ad quod damnum proceedings

Each juror summoned and attending the execution of a writ ad quod damnum from the board of supervisors shall be entitled to Two Dollars ($2.00), the clerk shall be entitled to One Dollar ($1.00) for the writ, and the sheriff shall be entitled to three dollars for summoning the jury and to Three Dollars ($3.00) for his attendance upon the inquest, to be paid by the party petitioning for the writ, who may be required to give security for the payment of such fees before the writ is issued.
Codes, 1880, § 941; 1892, § 2032; 1906, § 2211; Hemingway's 1917, § 1896; 1930, § 1815; 1942, § 3963.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-71 - To persons bringing back prisoner on extradition

Any party, acting under a requisition of the Governor or acting without a requisition in cases where the person to be returned has waived extradition in writing, who brings back to this state and delivers to the sheriff of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed a person charged with felony shall receive, to be paid out of the county treasury on the order of the circuit court and of the board of supervisors, Twenty Cents (20¢) a mile for the distance necessarily traveled in coming from the place of arrest to the place of delivery; but the same shall not be paid to any party who has received or who claims a reward from the state, county, or person.
Codes, 1892, § 2033; 1906, § 2212; Hemingway's 1917, § 1897; 1930, § 1816; 1942, § 3964; Laws, 1884, p 75; Laws, 1950, ch. 326.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-73 - Expenses of returning felon

The circuit court or the judge thereof in vacation is hereby authorized and empowered to allow all necessary and proper expenses to any person or persons acting under a requisition of the Governor, or acting without a requisition in cases where the person to be returned has waived extradition in writing, who may travel out of this state for the purpose of identifying or assisting in any proper and necessary manner in the return to this state of a person charged with felony.
Such expenses may be allowed only upon a petition to said court or judge filed by the district attorney, setting out the necessity for the expenditure, an estimate of the probable amount to be spent, the name of the person charged with felony, the crime with which such person is charged, and the place to which the proposed trip will be made. If, upon the hearing of said petition, the circuit court or judge is satisfied of the necessity of the expenditure, an order authorizing the same may be entered to that effect; and thereafter, upon sworn itemized statement of such expenses, the court or judge shall, if such expenses are reasonable and proper, enter an order allowing the same, which order, upon presentation to the board of supervisors of the county in which such person is charged with felony, shall be allowed by said board.
Codes, 1942, § 3965; Laws, 1932, ch. 139; Laws, 1950, ch. 325.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-75 - Expenses of returning certain prisoners to other states

When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state or territory or the District of Columbia, the Governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of such other state or territory for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or his term of sentence in such other state or territory or the District of Columbia, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state or territory at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated. The expenses of returning such prisoners to other states shall be paid out of an appropriation to be made for that purpose known as "the prisoner extradition fund."
Codes, 1942, § 3965.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 352, § 1, eff. 5/20/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-77 - Fees for attachment for rent

The officer issuing an attachment or distress for rent or supplies furnished by a landlord to a tenant, shall be entitled to One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) for the affidavit, bond, and writ, to be paid by the party obtaining them, which shall be collected with the rent or other demand and be refunded to such party. The officer serving the attachment shall be entitled to the same fees and commissions as are allowed to sheriffs for serving an attachment against an absconding debtor and making the money thereon.
Codes, 1880, § 1329; 1892, § 2034; 1906, § 2213; Hemingway's 1917, § 1898; 1930, § 1817; 1942, § 3966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-79 - Fees of officers and witness in unlawful entry and detainer court

The justices holding a court for the trial of an unlawful entry and detainer shall each be entitled to Two Dollars ($2.00) a day for attending the trial; and other fees of witnesses and officers for services rendered in relation to the proceeding and trial shall be the same as the fees for similar services in the circuit court, and shall be taxed in the costs.
Codes, 1880, § 2662; 1892, § 2035; 1906, § 2214; Hemingway's 1917, § 1899; 1930, § 1818; 1942, § 3967.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-81 - Secretary of State

The Secretary of State shall charge the following fees:
(a)
For every commission issued by him to persons appointed by the Governor as a commissioner of this state in any other state, territory, or district of the United States, or in any foreign country .................... $10.00
(b)
For recording charter of a corporation for literary, religious, benevolent, fraternal, or scientific purposes, and not for pecuniary profits, directly or indirectly .................... 20.00
(c)
For commission of each notary public .................... 25.00
(d)
For commission of each commissioner of deeds .................... 10.00
Codes, 1880, §§ 1030, 1642; 1892, § 2037; 1906, § 2216; Hemingway's 1917, § 1901; 1930, § 1820; 1942, § 3969; Laws, 1920, ch. 109; Laws, 1958, ch. 346, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 431, § 3, eff. 7/1/1981.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-83 - Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration

The auditor of public accounts shall charge the following fees:
(a)
The auditor shall be entitled to charge and receive of persons paying taxes to him five per centum thereon.
(b)
For each transcript from land records, containing official certificate and not more than five land descriptions .................... $1.50
(c)
For each additional land description over five .................... 1.00
(d)
For each official certificate other than land record transcript .................... .15
And, in addition, on each hundred words over one hundred .................... .15
(e)
For receiving, examining, and filing each insurance statement and issuing authority .................... 5.00
The auditor shall make all necessary transcripts of the records of his office relating to lands sold for taxes and certified into the land office, and give all necessary certificates concerning them from the records in his office. He shall collect the proper fees therefor and pay the same over to the land commissioner for payment into the state treasury.
Codes, 1880, §§ 514, 563, 567, 575; 1892, § 2038; 1906, § 2217; Hemingway's 1917, § 1902; 1930, § 1821; 1942, § 3970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-85 - Secretary of State; fee relating to land transactions

The Secretary of State shall charge, collect and pay into the State Treasury the following fees, viz:
a.
For each application filed for the purchase of tax-forfeited property .................... $2.50
b.
For copy of patent .................... 2.00
c.
For certificate from 1875 to date, certifying each and every sale and disposition by the state .................... 5.00
d.
For certificate of land records information .................... 2.00
e.
For copy of any land record, not certified .................... 1.00
f.
Photostat copies of plats and field notes, as follows:
Size of Sheet Per Page
8 1/2" x 11" and under .................... $0.50
Over 8 1/2" x 11" and not more than 8 1/2" x 14" .................... .60
Over 8 1/2" x 14" and not more than 18" x 24" .................... 1.20
All over 18" x 24" .................... 2.00
Codes, 1892, § 2039; 1906, § 2218; Hemingway's 1917, § 1903; 1930, § 1822; 1942, § 3971; Laws, 1958, ch. 353; Laws, 1978, ch. 458, § 18, eff. 1/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-87 - Fees of state officers to be paid into Treasury

It shall be the duty of all state officers who receive a salary to continue to collect the fees or perquisites required of them by any law. Each of said officers shall keep a detailed account of such collections among the official receipts of his office and pay them in full into the state treasury on the first Monday of each month. The payment shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the officer averring that he has collected all fees allowed by law for all work performed by him during the preceding month, and showing the amount thereof.
Codes, 1892, § 2040; 1906, § 2219; Hemingway's 1917, § 1904; 1930, §§ 1823, 6513; 1942, §§ 3972, 4178.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 7 - FEES (§§ 25-7-1 — 25-7-89) › Section 25-7-89 - Fee for transcript of testimony and exhibits to testimony, or copy of such transcript and exhibits

Each court reporter shall receive Two Dollars and Forty Cents ($2.40) per page for each transcript of testimony, or copy of such transcript, which shall be taxed as costs to each party or individual who may obtain such transcript or copy thereof. The court reporter shall file with the clerk an original and one (1) copy of the transcript, for which copy no charge shall be made.
Laws, 1994, ch. 643, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 446, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 9 - STATEWIDE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (§§ 25-9-1 — 25-9-401) › IN GENERAL [Repealed] (§ 25-9-1) › Section 25-9-1 - through 25-9-49 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 17, eff. 2/1/1981.
§ 25-9-1 through 25-9-11. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8935-01 to 8935-03; Laws, 1970, ch. 394, §§ 1-3] § 25-9-13. [Codes, 1942, § 8935-03; Laws, 1970, ch. 394, § 3; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 7] § 25-9-15 through § 25-9-39. [Codes, 1942, §§ 8935-03 to 8935-12; Laws, 1970, ch. 394, §§ 3-12] § 25-9-41 through § 25-9-47. [Laws, 1976, ch. 377, §§ 1-4] § 25-9-49. [Laws, 1978, ch. 520, § 7]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 9 - STATEWIDE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (§§ 25-9-1 — 25-9-401) › PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (§§ 25-9-101 — 25-9-155) › Section 25-9-101 - Purpose of chapter

It is the purpose of this chapter to establish in the State of Mississippi a system of personnel administration based on sound methods of personnel administration governing the establishment of employment positions, classification of positions and the employment conduct, movement and separation of state employees; to build a career service in government which will attract, select and retain the best persons, with incentives in the form of equal opportunities for initial appointment and promotions in the state service; to establish a system of personnel management that will ensure the effective and efficient use of employees in the state service; and to perform such other duties as may be specified in this chapter or any other law.
Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 1; Laws, 2012, ch. 329, § 7, eff. 7/1/2012.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 9 - STATEWIDE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (§§ 25-9-1 — 25-9-401) › PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (§§ 25-9-101 — 25-9-155) › Section 25-9-103 - Principles applicable to administration of state personnel system

The State Personnel Board herein established shall administer a state personnel system in accordance with the following principles:
(a)
To recruit, select and advance employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;
(b)
To provide equitable and adequate compensation;
(c)
To train employees, as needed, to assure high quality performance;
(d)
To retain employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, to correct inadequate performance, and to separate employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;
(e)
To assure fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, national origin, sex, religious creed, age or disability;
(f)
To assure that employees are free from coercion for partisan or political purposes and to prohibit employees from using their official authority for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office;
(g)
To provide authority for the establishment and abolishment of employment positions within the departments, agencies and institutions covered under the provisions of this chapter.
Laws, 1980, ch. 303, § 2(1); Laws, 1998, ch. 321, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.