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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-23 - Presentation of claims against county for allowance

Any person having a just claim against any county shall first file the same on or before the last day of the month for which such claim may be payable, with the clerk of the board of supervisors for presentation to the board for allowance, which said claim shall be properly dated and itemized, and shall be accompanied by any evidence of performance or delivery as required by Section
19-13-25
. The claimant may amend said claim at any time before final rejection or allowance, and may appear before the board and submit further evidence or argument in support thereof, having a continuance for either or both of said purposes if desired.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art. 34; 1871, § 1384; 1880, § 2175; 1892, § 292; 1906, § 311; Hemingway's 1917, § 3684; 1930, § 253; 1942 §§ 9118-07, 2932; Laws, 1932, ch. 179; Laws, 1940, ch. 253; Laws, 1950, ch. 244 § 1, ch. 247, § 7, eff. 8/31/1950.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-25 - Itemization of claims for sales of personal property

All claims filed for allowance by a board of supervisors which are based upon a sale or sales of any personal property shall be sufficiently itemized to show in detail the kind, quantity and price of the articles sold. Claims covering the sale of lumber shall be itemized so as to show in detail the grade or grades thereof, the amount of each different size of lumber covered by said invoice or statement, together with the total number of feet of each different grade and size, and the price per thousand feet at which it is sold, stated separately for each different grade and size. Each itemized invoice or statement so filed shall be accompanied by either (1) a receipt, in like detail, properly dated, and signed by a public officer, agent or employee authorized to accept delivery of such property, or, (2) a bill of lading or shipping receipt issued by a common carrier making delivery of such property, the rules of which carrier require a receipt to be given by the consignee on delivery, or (3) an affidavit of the seller, his agent or employee, showing how, where, when, and to whom delivery of such property was made. Where an affidavit is filed as proof of delivery, if delivery was by mail, the affidavit must have attached thereto a post office registry or insurance receipt, and if delivery was made by car, truck, or other public or private conveyance or means, the affidavit must state the name and address of the party actually making the delivery, and the make and license number of any car or truck used therein, as well as the other matters above required. The person so mailing or making actual delivery of such property shall, for the purpose of making such affidavit only, be considered an agent or employee of the seller. It is expressly provided, however, that no claim not first filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be allowed until the seller has filed such claim in accordance with the requirements of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 2933; Laws, 1940, ch. 253; Laws, 1950, ch. 244, § 2; Laws, 1973, ch. 365, § 1, eff. 3/23/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-27 - Docket of claims

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be supplied with, and shall keep as a record of his office, a book to be styled "The Docket of Claims," in which he shall enter monthly all demands, claims and accounts against the county presented to him during the month. The docket shall provide spaces for the name of the claimant, the number of the claim, the amount of the claim, and on what account. All demands, claims and accounts filed against the county shall be preserved by the clerk as a permanent record, and numbered to correspond with the warrants to be issued therefor, if allowed. Immediately upon being notified of any judgment being rendered against the county, the clerk shall docket the same as a claim for allowance and payment as provided by law. Any claimant who has filed a claim with the clerk of the board of supervisors in the manner provided in Section
19-13-25
whose said claim is not allowed because of the failure of such clerk to keep the docket of claims as herein required, shall be entitled to recover the amount of such claim from such clerk on his official bond. Failure of the clerk to keep the docket of claims as herein required shall render such clerk liable to the county in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and the Auditor of Public Accounts, upon information to the effect that such claims docket has not been kept, shall proceed immediately against such clerk for the collection of said penalty.
Codes, 1892, § 321; 1906, § 342; Hemingway's 1917, § 3715; 1930, § 254; 1942, § 2934; Laws, 1938, ch. 317, 1940, chs. 253, 259; Laws, 1950, ch. 244, § 3; Laws, 1985, ch. 514, § 7, eff. 10/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-29 - Duties of clerk in receiving, filing and paying claims

When claims against the county shall be presented to the clerk thereof, said clerk shall mark "filed" on each such claim, as of the date of presentation of same, and shall audit, number, and docket the same consecutively under the heading of each fund in the book of accounts required by Section
19-11-13
out of which the same shall be paid. The said clerk shall file the claims in like manner, and shall safely preserve the same as records of his office. Each year's records shall be kept separate and begin with a new number for each year, and thence run in regular order for that year.
In issuing any warrant under order of the board of supervisors to pay any one of said claims so numbered and kept, said clerk shall enter the number of the claim and designate the fund against which allowed in the body of the warrant so that the claim may be easily found and identified, and so that possible duplication may be avoided.
For failure to perform any duty required of him herein, said clerk shall not be entitled to the compensation now provided by law for such duty, when performed, and the board of supervisors shall be prohibited from authorizing payment of the same to said clerk, but, instead, said board shall be authorized to employ a competent person to perform any duty which such clerk has failed to perform, either in his capacity as the clerk of the board or as the county auditor, and pay to such person the compensation now provided by law for such services, as aforesaid.
Any claim filed with the clerk on or before the last working day in the month prior to the next regular meeting of the board of supervisors at which claims are considered pursuant to Section
19-13-31
shall be so docketed as to be considered by the board of supervisors at such meeting.
Codes, 1942, § 9118-07; Laws, 1950, ch. 247, § 7; Laws, 1986, ch. 489, § 9, eff. 4/15/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-33 - Certain allowances unlawful

It shall be unlawful for the board of supervisors to allow a greater sum for any account, claim, or demand against the county than the amount actually due thereon, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary cash compensation for such services rendered, or for salaries or fees of officers, or for materials furnished, or to issue county warrants or orders upon such accounts, claims or demands, when allowed for more than the actual amount so allowed, dollar for dollar. Any illegal allowance by such board may be inquired into by the proper tribunal, upon legal proceedings for that purpose, whenever such matter may come into question in any case.
Codes, 1871, § 1382; 1880, § 2160; 1892, § 322; 1906, § 343; Hemingway's 1917, § 3716; 1930, § 257; 1942, § 2942.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-35 - Penalty for unauthorized appropriations

If any person shall claim and receive from the board of supervisors of a county any fee or compensation not authorized by law, or if a member of such board shall knowingly vote for the payment of any such unauthorized claim, or any appropriation not authorized by law, he shall be subject to indictment, and, on conviction, be fined not exceeding double the amount of such unlawful charge, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1871, § 1379; 1880, § 2161; 1892, § 323; 1906, § 344; Hemingway's 1917, § 3717; 1930, § 258; 1942, § 2943.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-37 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14 § 74, eff. 8/16/1988.
Codes, 1871, § 1386; 1880, § 2177; 1892, § 325; 1906, § 346; Hemingway's 1917, § 3719; 1930, § 259; 1942, § 2944; Laws, 1974, ch. 444, §§ 1-3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-39 - How member may avoid liability

Any member of the board of supervisors may have his vote, on any question before the board, recorded on the minutes of the board at the time of such vote, and a member who voted against any unauthorized appropriation of money shall not be liable therefor.
Codes, 1871, § 1387; 1880, § 2178; 1892, § 319; 1906, § 340; Hemingway's 1917, § 3713; 1930, § 260; 1942, § 2945.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-41 - Supervisors to furnish printed blank warrants

The board of supervisors of each county shall provide printed warrants, with proper blanks, bound in book form, with a sufficient blank margin, to be used in drawing money out of the county treasury, and such warrants, so printed and bound, as may be needed to draw money out of the school fund.
Codes, 1857, ch. 59, art 31; 1871, § 1380; 1880, § 2169; 1892, § 308; 1906, § 327; Hemingway's 1917, § 3700; 1930, § 261; 1942, § 2946.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-43 - Warrants; assignment thereof

Warrants shall be drawn by the clerk, under his seal of office, in favor of the claimants, on all demands, claims and accounts allowed by the board, in the order of their allowance, against the several funds in the county depository from which such allowed claims must be paid. The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, adopt the use of a standard check signing machine to be used in lieu of the manual signing of warrants by the clerk, under such terms and conditions as the board shall deem meet and proper for the protection of the interest of the county. No warrant shall be signed, removed from the warrant book, nor delivered by the clerk until there is sufficient money in the fund upon which it is drawn to pay the same and all prior unpaid warrants drawn upon that fund, whether delivered or not. The owner of any claim so allowed may, either before or after allowance, transfer the same by assignment, and the holder of such assignment shall be entitled to receive the warrant therefor at the proper time by presenting such assignment to the clerk at any time before delivery of such warrant to the original claimant.
Codes, 1942, § 2936; Laws, 1940, ch. 253; Laws, 1950, ch. 244, § 5; Laws, 1982, ch. 374, eff. 3/22/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-45 - Registration and payment of warrants

All county warrants shall be registered in a book to be provided by the board for that purpose, and the fact of registration shall be noted on the back of the warrant. The county depository shall pay warrants in the order of their registration, unless there be sufficient funds in the treasury to pay all registered warrants. This order of payment shall not however apply to jury or witness certificates, nor to warrants used in payment of taxes. A warrant not presented for payment within one year after date of its registration shall lose its priority. When warrants so used in the payment of taxes are turned over to the county depository by the tax collector in settlement the said tax collector shall make a list of said warrants so paid for taxes, showing date of registration of said warrants and showing by whom and on what dates said warrants were so paid for taxes, and said list shall have attached to it the affidavit of said tax collector that said warrants were actually received by his office in payment of taxes from the parties and on the dates as set out in said list.
Codes, 1892, § 318; 1906, § 339; Hemingway's 1917, § 3712; 1930, § 262; 1942, § 2947; Laws, 1912, ch. 206.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-47 - Oath required

The county depository shall not receive a jury or witness certificate nor a school warrant from any clerk, sheriff, or any county officer in settlement unless the officer make oath that he received the same in payment of taxes due the county, or that he paid the holder the full sum of its face value, without discount or abatement.
Codes, 1880, § 1702; 1892, § 324; 1906, § 345; Hemingway's 1917, § 3718; 1930, § 263; 1942, § 2948.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-49 - Claims for livestock killed or injured in dipping process

Any owner of livestock making claim under §
19-5-13
for damages for the death or injury of such livestock occasioned through the process of dipping or as a result of such dipping for the eradication of cattle tick, shall first make proof of the amount of his loss or damage to the board of supervisors. When conclusive proof has been made or submitted to the board and there is no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the owner and the board is satisfied that the said owner has suffered such loss, then the board of supervisors shall pay to such owner out of the general county funds, such amount as will compensate him for his loss or damage. If the board of supervisors shall refuse to pay such claims, or any part of them, the owner shall have the right of action against the county where such damage occurred.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3807b; 1930, § 266; 1942, § 2951; Laws, 1917, ch. 38.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-51 - Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts; damages allowable for injury suffered therefrom

The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power, in its discretion, to allow damages sustained to stock and other property injured or destroyed while traveling along the public highways maintained by the county where such loss is caused by defects in a bridge, causeway or culvert in such highway. No such payment shall be allowed unless such defect in such bridge, causeway or culvert was the proximate cause of the injury and was not apparent or discoverable by the exercise of reasonable diligence, and no such payment shall be made unless such defect had existed for such a time that the failure to remedy or repair the same amounts to gross carelessness on the part of the county. Such payments shall be made from the county road and bridge funds.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3802; 1930, § 267; 1942, § 2952; Laws, 1914, ch. 203; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 14, eff. 10/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-53 - Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts-presentation of claims

A claim under Section
19-13-51
for accidents occurring shall be made in writing, itemized and sworn to, and shall be filed within three months after such accident occurs, and shall remain on file with the clerk of the board of supervisors for sixty days before the first day of the term at which it comes up for hearing. Notice of its pendency shall be published in a newspaper published in the county at least one time before such claim comes up for hearing, and if there be no paper in such county, by posting notices at the courthouse and other public places.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3803; 1930, § 268; 1942, § 2953; Laws, 1914, ch. 203.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › IN GENERAL (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-55) › Section 19-13-55 - Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts; payment of claims

No payment shall be made hereunder except by a four-fifths recorded vote of all the members of the board of supervisors. Where the property injured or destroyed is properly assessable, no evidence of the actual value of the property injured or destroyed shall be received or considered, but the assessed value thereof as shown by the assessment rolls of the county shall be the only evidence of value, and the damages allowed shall be fixed in proportion. Where the property injured or destroyed is not properly assessable and was not assessed, then the board of supervisors shall receive evidence of the actual value of the same, and shall allow damages in proportion. Sections
19-13-51
through
19-13-55
shall not be construed as creating any enforceable liability against any county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3804, 3805; 1930, § 269; 1942, § 2954; Laws, 1914, ch. 203.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › SELLING PERSONAL PROPERTY TO, OR DOING REPAIR WORK, FOR COUNTIES [Repealed] (§ 19-13-71) › Section 19-13-71 - through 19-13-79 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1990, ch. 425, § 1, eff. 3/15/1990.
§ 19-13-71. [Codes, 1942, § 2940-11; Laws, 1950, ch. 246, § 3; Laws, 1962, ch. 247, § 1; Laws, 1966, ch. 295, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 455, § 4] § 19-13-73. [Codes, 1942, § 2940-11.5; Laws, 1962, ch. 246] § 19-13-75. [Codes, 1942, § 2940-12; Laws, 1950, ch. 246, § 4; Laws, 1962, ch. 247, § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 440, § 27] § 19-13-77. [Codes, 1942, §§ 2940-13, 2940-14; Laws, 1950, ch. 246, §§ 5, 6; Laws, 1962, ch. 247, § 3] § 19-13-79. [Codes, 1942, § 2940-15; Laws, 1950, ch. 246, § 7]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-101 - Definition of "stationery."

The term stationery, as applied to purchases for the counties of the state, includes everything properly so called, and the boards of supervisors shall provide for everything in contracts for stationery as herein defined that can be conveniently so purchased.
Codes, 1892, § 4218; 1906, § 4766; Laws, 1913, ch. 3, Hemingway's 1917, § 7537; 1930, § 5935; 1942, § 8977; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 5, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-103 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1981, ch. 306, § 6, eff. 2/9/1981.
Codes, 1906, § 4767; Hemingway's 1917, § 7538; 1930, § 5936; 1942, § 8978; Laws, 1928, ch. 195; Laws, 1935, ch. 33; Laws, 1936, ch. 222; Laws, 1980, ch. 440, § 17.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-105 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1980, ch. 440, § 28 eff. 1/1/1981.
Codes, 1942, § 8980; Laws, 1936, ch. 222.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-107 - Out-of-state contracts

The boards of supervisors, if satisfied that the bids offered are materially more expensive to the taxpayers of the state than prevails in other adjoining states, may require such bids to be lowered and if the resident bidders refuse to lower such bids, the boards of supervisors may make temporary contracts with printers and stationers outside the state until such time as contracts satisfactory to the boards of supervisors can be made with resident printers and stationers.
Codes, 1942, § 8981; Laws, 1936, ch. 222.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-109 - Bids may be rejected

The board of supervisors may reject any and all bids and readvertise for new ones and no bid shall be considered unless accompanied by a certified check of a solvent bank, for at least Twenty five Dollars ($25.00) or said sum in cash, the same to be forfeited to the county in the event the bidder shall fail for ten days after the acceptance of his bid to enter into the contract awarded; and when a contract is awarded the contractor shall give bond as provided in Section
19-13-115
. The deposit of all bidders as above provided shall be returned to the bidders when the award has been made and the bond above mentioned given.
Codes, 1906, § 4768; Hemingway's 1917, § 7540; 1930, § 5938; 1942, § 8983; Laws, 1913, ch. 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-111 - Bids and contracts to be definite

All bids and contracts for stationery, blank books, office supplies and other things must be specific in stating the kinds or brands and qualities of all articles, as far as practicable; the weight per ream and material of all paper; the price per quire and the weight per ream of books and record books, with the style of binding and size of each kind of book duly classified; and, other things being equal, the several boards shall give the preference to those bids which are most specific as to the price and quality of the various articles. In case bids are in all respects equal between resident and nonresident bidders, the board of supervisors shall give preference to citizens of this state.
Codes, 1892, § 4220; 1906, § 4770; Laws, 1913, ch. 3, Hemingway's 1917, § 7542; 1930, § 5939; 1942, § 8984; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 6, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-113 - Rejection of bids when bidder is unfair

If it appears to the satisfaction of the board of supervisors, on any opening of bids, that there has been a combination between the bidders or that some of them are connected with a trust or combine, or that the bidding is purposely unfair, in raising the prices of some articles and lowering those of others out of proportion so that it is difficult to determine which of the bids is the lowest and best, all bids may be rejected and new bids shall be called for and requested.
Codes, 1892, § 4221; 1906, § 4771; Hemingway's 1917, § 7543; 1930, § 5940; 1942, § 8985; Laws, 1913, ch. 3; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 7, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-115 - Bonds required of contractors

The board of supervisors shall require the successful bidder to execute a bond with sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by it in a sufficient penalty conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract and the prompt delivery, free of all charges for freight and otherwise, at the price specified. The bond of the contractor taken by the board of supervisors shall be filed with the clerk of the board; and such bond shall be subject to the provisions of law applicable to the bonds of county officers. The board may accept the undertaking of an approved guaranty company as surety, with or without other sureties, on such bonds.
Codes, 1892, § 4222; 1906, § 4772; Hemingway's 1917, § 7544; 1930, § 5941; 1942, § 8986; Laws, 1913, ch. 3; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 8, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-117 - Payment of bills

All accounts and bills for the purchase of stationery, records, blank books, office supplies, and other things herein authorized by the board of supervisors shall be approved and allowed as other claims against said counties are required to be, and warrants issued for the payment out of the county treasury.
Codes, 1892, § 4224; 1906, § 4774; Hemingway's 1917, § 7546; 1930, § 5943; 1942, § 8988; Laws, 1913, ch. 3; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, § 9, eff. 8/8/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 13 - CONTRACTS, CLAIMS AND TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH COUNTIES (§§ 19-13-1 — 19-13-119) › CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES (§§ 19-13-101 — 19-13-119) › Section 19-13-119 - Penalty for noncompliance with the law

Members of the board of supervisors and county officers failing to comply with the requirements of Sections
19-13-101
through
19-13-119
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or imprisonment or both, as provided by law.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917; § 7539; 1930, § 5937; 1942, § 8982; Laws, 1916, ch. 135.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 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 operation of government and to the protection of the rights and interests of persons should be protected against the destructive effect of all forms of disaster whether fire, flood, storm, earthquake, explosion or other disaster, and whether such occurrence is caused by an act of nature or man, including an enemy of the United States. It is, therefore, necessary to adopt special provisions for the preservation of essential records of counties, and this section shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. However, it is the express intention of this section that the provisions herein contained are not mandatory but are permissive only and shall authorize preservation of records as herein contemplated within the discretion of the governing authorities of the counties of the state and in accordance with a records control schedule approved by the Local Government Records Committee as provided in Section
25-60-1
.
The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to preserve essential records, or any portion thereof, of the county deemed by the board of supervisors to be an essential record necessary to the operation of government in an emergency created by disaster or containing information necessary to protect the rights and interests of persons or to establish and affirm the powers and duties of governments in the resumption of operations after the destruction or damage of the original records.
The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered in its discretion to make and enter into contracts and agreements with any person, firm or corporation to make and prepare copies or duplicates of records, and, subject to the standards established by the Department of Archives and History, to provide for and enter into contracts concerning the safekeeping and preservation of copies or duplicates at points of storage at a location approved by the Local Government Records Committee.
In the event that the original record or records shall have been destroyed, the copy or reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes and shall be treated as an original record in all courts or administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility in evidence. An enlargement or facsimile of a reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court.
The board of supervisors of any such county is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to appropriate and expend monies out of the available funds of the county for the purposes of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 2900.3; Laws, 1963, 1st Ex Sess ch. 11, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 31; Laws, 1996, ch. 537, § 8; Laws, 2006, ch. 495, § 6, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 19-15-5 - Equipment for electronic storage of documents for chancery clerks

The board of supervisors of any county is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase all the necessary equipment and supplies needed for the electronic storage of documents out of the general fund of said county. Before purchasing such equipment advertisement shall be made, as required by law for letting of bids, and the board shall purchase the equipment from the lowest and best bidder on the type machine desired to be purchased.
Codes, 1942, § 2900.7; Laws, 1952, ch. 225; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 33, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 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 its opinion the interest of the county would be served thereby, have made a complete index of all chancery court causes and probate court causes which have been finally disposed of in the courts of the county. Said board may provide for the proper storage and preservation of the original papers in all cases which have been finally disposed of in the chancery court or the probate court of the county. Such general index shall be prepared by the chancery clerk, and the necessary filing system shall be installed under his direction. The board of supervisors shall be authorized to pay to the chancery clerk such reasonable compensation therefor as the board may deem proper.
Codes, 1942, § 2899-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 382; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 34, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 19-15-9 - Rebinding of record books; transcription of deteriorating record books

The board of supervisors shall have rebound all record books of conveyances and of last wills and testaments, of indexes thereto, and all other record books of the county that need to be rebound. Said board shall have transcribed into new record books all conveyances and other instruments of record, and indexes thereto, that need to be transcribed for preservation. The cost thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury.
Codes, 1892, § 299; 1906, § 318; Hemingway's 1917, § 3691; 1930, § 224; 1942, § 2900.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 19-15-11 - Record of abstracts of title

The board of supervisors of any county may, when in its opinion the interest of the county would be subserved thereby, procure by purchase or have made, a complete abstract of titles to land in the county, and may provide all books necessary for the purpose. The costs thereof shall be paid out of the county treasury. Such abstracts, when purchased or made, shall be kept in the office of the chancery clerk of the county as a public record.
Codes, 1892, § 301; 1906, § 320; Hemingway's 1917, § 3693; 1930, § 226; 1942, § 2902.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 15 - RECORDS AND RECORDING (§§ 19-15-1 — 19-15-13) › Section 19-15-13 - and 19-15-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1993, ch. 546, § 2, eff. 1/1/1994.
§ 19-15-13. [Codes, 1892, § 302; 1906, § 321; Hemingway's 1917, § 3694; 1930, § 227; 1942, § 2903; Laws, 1920, ch. 255] § 19-15-15. [Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 3694a; 1930, § 228; 1942,§ 2904; Laws, 1920, ch. 255]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-1 - The clerk is county auditor

The clerk of the board of supervisors is the county auditor, and he shall perform the duties of auditor as provided by law.
Codes, 1892, § 326; 1906, § 347; Hemingway's 1917, § 3720; 1930, § 295; 1942, § 3003.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-3 - To keep certain ledger accounts

The county auditor shall keep a well-bound book, in which he shall keep an account with each county office, and with the courthouse, jail, and poorhouse, and wherein he shall enter allowances for each. He shall keep accounts of allowances made for mileage and pay of the members of the board of supervisors and of jurors, and of witnesses for the state, each separately, as well as expenditures on account of each part of every public road under a separate contract or other separate link.
Codes, 1892, § 328; 1906, § 349; Hemingway's 1917, § 3722; 1930, § 296; 1942, § 3004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-5 - To keep depository funds ledger

The county auditor shall keep, as a record in his office, a book to be styled "depository funds ledger" in which he shall record all receipts and disbursements of county funds, and he shall compare and reconcile said "depository funds ledger" with the depository's report of funds of the county on deposit, as shown by such report, quarterly and/or at such other times, as may be required by the board of supervisors.
Codes, 1892, § 329; 1906, § 350; Hemingway's 1917, § 3723; 1930, § 297; 1942, § 3005; Laws, 1946, ch. 337.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-7 - To keep accounts of officers

The county auditor shall keep a suitable book, in which he shall enter the accounts of all officers whose duty it is to receive or collect any money for the county, exhibiting the debits and credits, and what they represent, whether money, warrants, or bonds, and whether belonging to the general or any special fund. Such book shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any citizen of the county.
Codes, 1880, § 2164; 1892, § 330; 1906, § 351; Hemingway's 1917, § 3724; 1930, § 298; 1942, § 3006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-9 - To issue receipt warrants

It shall be the duty of the county auditor to issue his receipt warrant to any person desiring to pay money into the county treasury, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made, and the fund to which it belongs. However, a receipt warrant shall not be credited to the person making such payment, nor be charged to the county depository, until there shall be produced and filed with such auditor a duplicate receipt, signed by the depository, for the sum specified in such receipt warrant.
Codes, 1880, § 2174; 1892, § 331; 1906, § 352; Hemingway's 1917, § 3725; 1930, § 299; 1942, § 3007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-11 - To settle with officers, and exact payment

The county auditor shall examine, audit and settle the accounts of the collector of taxes payable into the county treasury, and of all officers receiving funds payable into such treasury, and shall require all sums due from any officer to be paid into the county depository on the day such funds are collected or on the next business day thereafter. In all cases, on issuing his receipt warrant for the payment of any money into the county treasury, he shall charge the person to whom the warrant is issued with its amount, if not before charged to such person; and on presentation to him of the duplicate receipt of the county depository, he shall charge it with such sum, and credit the person to whom the receipt warrant was issued with the sum. If any officer whose duty it is to make any payment into the county treasury shall fail to do so as prescribed by law, the county auditor or the board of supervisors shall forthwith institute suit against the officer on his official bond for such default.
Codes, 1880, § 2166; 1892, § 332; 1906, § 353; Hemingway's 1917, § 3726; 1930, § 300; 1942, § 3008; Laws, 1985, ch. 514, § 14; Laws, 1986, ch. 305, § 1, eff. 2/27/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-13 - To debit and credit tax collector with county taxes

It shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, on delivering the assessment rolls to the tax collector, to charge him with the full amount of all taxes required to be paid into the county treasury, as shown by the rolls and the law, or by the order of the board of supervisors levying county taxes, and in settling with him to charge him with any additional assessments on the rolls due the county that may have been made, and to credit him only with such payments as he shall have made, according to law, into said treasury, and with such legal allowances as shall have been made to him by the board of supervisors, or as are fixed by law.
Codes, 1880, § 2167; 1892, § 333; 1906, § 354; Hemingway's 1917, § 3727; 1930, § 301; 1942, § 3009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-15 - To charge appropriate officer with jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures

It shall be the duty of the clerk, on receiving from the circuit court the list of jury taxes accrued at any term of the circuit court, and of the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed or accrued at each term of the court, at once, as county auditor, to charge the sheriff of the county, or the person acting as such for the time, with the full amount of such jury taxes, fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and to require the sheriff, or the person acting as such, to pay the amount into the county treasury, except such as he shall show a legal excuse for not collecting and paying.
When a fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall be imposed by any court of which he is a clerk, he shall, as county auditor, at once charge such sum to the proper officer, and require its payment into the county treasury.
Codes, 1880, §§ 2168, 2169; 1892, §§ 334, 335; 1906, §§ 355, 356; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 3728, 3729; 1930, §§ 302, 303; 1942, §§ 3010, 3011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-17 - To examine books of officers and make proper charges

The clerk of the board of supervisors, as county auditor, is authorized and required to examine the accounts, dockets and records of clerks, sheriffs and other officers of the clerk's county, to ascertain if any money payable into the county treasury is properly chargeable to them, and the clerk shall charge them with such money.
Codes, 1880, § 2171; 1892, § 336; 1906, § 357; Hemingway's 1917, § 3730; 1930, § 304; 1942, § 3012; Laws, 1914, ch. 237
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 444, SB 2913,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-19 - To report defaulting officers

If any justice of the peace, or other officer required by law to make report or furnish a list to the clerk of the board of supervisors, or to make payment of any money accruing to the county or state and payable into the county treasury, shall fail to make such report or furnish such list, or if the county depository shall fail to bring all moneys or certificates of deposit belonging to the county treasury to the board of supervisors to be counted by the board as required by law, it shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, to report such delinquent in writing, to the grand jury, and also to the district attorney, for the institution of legal proceedings for the default.
Codes, 1880, § 2172; Laws, 1982, § 338; 1906, § 359; Hemingway's 1917, § 3732; 1930, § 305; 1942, § 3013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 17 - COUNTY AUDITORS (§§ 19-17-1 — 19-17-21) › Section 19-17-21 - To credit and report on poll tax

It shall be the duty of the county auditor to place to the credit of the public school fund of the county all sums of money paid into the county treasury arising from the state Two Dollars ($2.00) poll tax, and, on the first day of October and April of each fiscal year, he shall report to the county superintendent of public education and the auditor of public accounts the amount of such credit during the preceding six months.
Codes, 1880, § 2173; 1892, § 339; 1906, § 360; Hemingway's 1917, § 3733; 1930, § 306, 1942, § 3014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 19 - CONSTABLES (§§ 19-19-1 — 19-19-15) › Section 19-19-1 - Number to be elected

(1)
In accordance with the provisions of Section
19-19-2
, there shall be a competent number of constables in each county of the state.
(2)
The board of supervisors shall furnish each constable with at least two (2) complete uniforms and with some type of motor vehicle identification which clearly indicates that the motor vehicle is being used by a constable in his official capacity. A constable shall, at all times while on official duty, wear his uniform and, when in his vehicle, clearly display his official motor vehicle identification required to be furnished pursuant to this subsection. In addition, the board of supervisors shall provide each constable with a blue flashing light which the constable shall affix to his motor vehicle at all times while using such motor vehicle on official duty. The design of such uniforms, the design of such motor vehicle identification and the type of such flashing blue light shall be prescribed by the Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training in order that all constables within the state shall be similarly equipped.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art 4 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art 174; 1880, § 386; 1892, § 767; 1906, § 829; Hemingway's 1917, § 635; 1930, § 630; 1942, § 3885; Laws, 1900, ch. 71; Laws, 1932, ch. 194; Laws, 1948, ch. 260; Laws, 1960, chs. 192, 193; Laws, 1966, ch. 367, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 573, § 1; Laws, 1986, ch. 441, § 2, eff. 1/1/1988 (the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment on 2/20/1987).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 19 - CONSTABLES (§§ 19-19-1 — 19-19-15) › Section 19-19-2 - Election from single member election districts

The board of supervisors of each county shall establish single member election districts in the county for the election of each of the constables at the 1987 general election and for each general election thereafter. Such districts shall be of the same number and shall have the same boundaries as districts established for justice court judges pursuant to Section
9-11-2
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Laws, 1986, ch. 441, § 1, eff. 2/20/1987 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the insertion of the section in the 1972 Code).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-31-51) › Chapter 19 - CONSTABLES (§§ 19-19-1 — 19-19-15) › Section 19-19-3 - Oath and bond of office

Constables shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The bond premium for each constable shall be paid from the general county fund of the respective counties. The board of supervisors of the county may at any time require such additional sum as it deems necessary.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art 4 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art 174; 1871, § 278; 1880, § 387; 1892, § 768; 1906, § 830; Hemingway's 1917, § 636; 1930, § 631; 1942, § 3886; Laws; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 18; Laws, 2009, ch. 467, § 5, eff. 7/1/2009.