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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-67 - Public moneys to be promptly paid by legal representatives

It is the duty of the legal representative of every tax collector or other officer who shall die having public money in his hands to promptly pay the same over to the proper authorities. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner vary or affect the liability of such officer or his bondsmen.
Codes, 1892, § 3078; 1906, § 3486; Hemingway's 1917, § 2824; 1930, § 2912; 1942, § 4058.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-69 - Officer not to carry or deposit public funds outside state

It shall be unlawful for any officer of this state, or for any officer of any county or any levee board in this state, to deposit, carry, send, or to permit to be deposited, carried, or sent to any point beyond the confines of this state any part of any fund, money, bonds, or securities of any kind whatever belonging to the State of Mississippi, or to any county or subdivision of any county within this state, which may have come into his possession or custody by virtue of his office, unless paid out by due and legal authority. Any state or county officer violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1906, § 3488; Hemingway's 1917, § 2826; 1930, § 2913; 1942, § 4059; Laws, 1904, ch. 107.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-71 - Public moneys are trust funds

All money deposited in a bank or with any depository by or for a tax collector or other officer having the custody of public funds, state, county, municipal, levee board, road districts, drainage districts, or school districts, whether the same be deposited in the name of the officer as an individual or as an officer or in the name of any other person, is prima facie public money and a trust fund, and is not liable to be taken by the general creditors of the officer or by the creditors of the depository. Whenever any corporation doing a banking business of whose property and banking business the banking examiner has taken possession as provided by law, it shall be the duty of such banking examiner, or his agent in charge, out of the first money coming into his hands to immediately pay to the tax collector or other officer having the custody of such funds the full amount thereof, as far as possible. On failure so to do, the chancery court of the county where said corporation was doing business, or the chancellor thereof in vacation, shall on ten (10) days' notice require the payment of all, or such part thereof as is on hand, until the full amount due is paid. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner vary or affect the liability of such officer or his bondsmen.
Codes, 1892, § 3077; 1906, § 3485; Hemingway's 1917, § 2823; 1930, § 2914; 1942, § 4060; Laws, 1922, ch. 177.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-72 - Duty to deposit funds into county depository

All county officers who receive funds payable into the county treasury shall deposit such funds into the county depository on the day when they are collected or on the next business day thereafter.
Laws, 1985, ch. 514, § 13; Laws, 1986, ch. 305, § 2, eff. 2/27/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-73 - Officers liable for costs of collection of public funds improperly withheld

Any officer, state, county, municipal, or district, or any other custodian of public funds or property who shall improperly withhold same from the state or county treasury or other authority whose duty it is to receive same, or who shall fail to turn property over to the proper custodian, or who shall in anywise be in default as to any money or property held by him as a public official in this state or in any other capacity as custodian of such funds or property which may come into his hands by virtue of his official position, whether in the proper performance of his official duties or otherwise, shall be liable on his bond for all costs of collection or recovery of money or property, including in such costs the commissions, if any, of the state tax commission or the attorney general, and all other costs connected therewith, including interest on funds improperly withheld for such time as such funds have been withheld, and reasonable rental and damages where property belonging to the public is so withheld. Any such public official who shall unlawfully pay any public funds to himself, or who shall knowingly and designedly pay such funds to any other person not entitled thereto without allowance regularly made by the proper authority, shall be liable on his official bond for all costs of recovery of such funds, including the commissions, if any, which may be due to the officer making the collection.
It is the purpose of this section to preserve in its entirety the public funds and property in this state; and it shall be so construed that the commissions, if any, and fees of the attorney general and the state tax commission, and all other costs of collection must be borne by such derelict official or custodian.
Codes, 1930, § 2915; 1942, § 4061; Laws, 1924, ch. 328; Laws, 1928, Ex ch. 90; Laws, 1962, ch. 588, § 18, eff. 1/1/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-75 - Duplicate receipt books upon transfer of funds

All state boards, commissions, agencies, bureaus, and other departments of the State of Mississippi, and the governing authorities of all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions shall maintain duplicate receipt books, showing the date and the amount of money received by said department or political subdivision from any other state department or political subdivision. Upon the distribution of any funds to any state department, agency, or political subdivision of the state, the distributing department or agency shall demand a receipt for said funds. The recipient of said funds shall execute said receipt and give to the disbursing agency or political subdivision the original thereof, and shall retain in a receipt book kept for that purpose a duplicate of said receipt, showing the amount received by said agency or political subdivision.
The receipt books provided in this section shall be of permanent type, shall be approved by the state auditor, and shall be a public record available for inspection during office hours by any citizen.
Any official, authorized to disburse or receive funds as contemplated hereby, who does not demand a receipt or keep a duplicate receipt as so contemplated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-21; Laws, 1954, ch 386, §§ 1-3 [Para.Para. 1-3].
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-78 - Moratorium on acquisition of motor vehicles by state agencies; reduction in total number of motor vehicles by certain agencies; exemptions

(1)
For purposes of this section, the term "state agency" means any agency that is subject to oversight by the Bureau of Fleet Management of the Department of Finance and Administration under Section
25-1-77
.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, beginning on July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, the Bureau of Fleet Management, Department of Finance and Administration, shall not approve the purchase, lease or acquisition of any motor vehicle by a state agency, regardless of the source of funds used. However, any agency that has a fleet of not more than fifty (50) vehicles may replace a vehicle that has been wrecked and deemed a total loss or any vehicle whose repair cost exceeds the cash value of the vehicle as determined by the Bureau of Fleet Management. Documentation of such loss or repair costs must be submitted to the Bureau of Fleet Management prior to replacement of the vehicle.
(3)
Beginning July 1, 2012, any state agency with a fleet of more than fifty (50) motor vehicles shall reduce the total number of its motor vehicles by two percent (2%) each fiscal year until June 30, 2016. The Bureau of Fleet Management and the State Auditor shall work together to enforce the provisions of this subsection.
(4)
The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, with regard to the purchase, lease or acquisition of vehicles and to the mandatory reduction of the agency's fleet of vehicles, shall not apply to:
(a)
A state agency's law enforcement or emergency vehicles, upon demonstrating to the Bureau of Fleet Management a justifiable need to be excluded from the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(b)
A state agency's vehicles that are acquired by the use of grant monies that are specified to be used for that purpose and for which no state matching funds from the State General Fund are required, expended or used.
(c)
Vehicles of the Department of Child Protection Services.
Laws, 2012, ch. 559 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 409, HB 938, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 534, SB 2503, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-79 - Use of state-owned automobiles

It shall be unlawful for any officer, employee or other person whatsoever to use or permit or authorize the use of any automobile or any other motor vehicle owned by the State of Mississippi or any department, agency or institution thereof for any purpose other than upon the official business of the State of Mississippi or any agency, department or institution thereof. Further, it shall be unlawful for any such officer or employee to be paid or to receive any sums whatsoever for travel expense until the expenses for which payment is made, and each item thereof, have been actually incurred by such officer or employee, and then only upon the presentation of an itemized expense account which shall be approved in writing by the head of the department, agency or institution on whose behalf such travel is performed. However, it is expressly provided that any such officer or employee traveling on business for and in behalf of the State of Mississippi may, strictly in the discretion of an agency, institution or department head, receive in advance from state funds for the purpose of such travel expense a sum to be specified by such aforementioned superior. Further, strict account of any sum so advanced must be kept in accord with Section
25-1-81
.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-03; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 3; Laws, 2006, ch. 537, § 2, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-81 - Expense accounts and reports as to state-owned automobiles

The Department of Finance and Administration shall refuse to issue warrants upon requisitions drawn in violation of the provisions hereof, and where any expense account is allowed and paid in violation of the provisions of Sections
25-1-77
through
25-1-93
, it shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration to withhold the payment of any further expense accounts for the department, agency or institution involved until the amount of the account or accounts illegally paid shall be refunded and repaid to the State of Mississippi by the person receiving or approving same. It is further provided that the Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe and deliver to each agency, department or institution a uniform system of expense accounts herein allowed, including a uniform system of depreciation allowance. All expense accounts for lodging shall be supported by receipted bills showing the payment thereof by such officer or employee. It is incumbent upon each agency, department or institution to abide by and utilize the method of uniform system of expense accounts so prescribed and delivered by the Department of Finance and Administration. Each agency, department or institution, in rendering its annual report to the Bureau of Fleet Management and the Legislature, shall show the number of state-owned automobiles purchased and operated during the year, the number purchased and operated out of funds appropriated by the Legislature, the number purchased and operated out of any other public funds, the miles traveled per automobile, the total miles traveled, the average cost per mile, and depreciation estimate on each automobile. The report shall also show the cost per mile and total number of miles traveled in privately-owned automobiles for which reimbursement is made out of state funds and any other information requested by the Bureau of Fleet Management.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-04; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 4; Laws, 1970, ch. 519, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 537, § 5, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-83 - Attending conventions, associations, or meetings

It is further provided that no funds appropriated by the Legislature or received by any agency, department, or institution from any source whatever shall be used in defraying the expenses of any state employee, other than an officer or department head, in attending a convention, association, or meeting, unless such employee be duly authorized by prior approval in writing of the departmental head or officer in charge of such department, agency, or institution in strict accord with Sections
25-1-79
and
25-1-81
. Each department, agency, or institution in its annual report to the Legislature shall separately show each association, convention, or meeting attended by any of its employees, the purposes thereof, the names of the employees attending, and the total cost to the state of such convention, association, or meeting.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-06; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 6; Laws, 1970, ch. 470, § 1, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-85 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2001, ch. 561, § 2, eff. 4/7/2001.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-07; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 7; Laws, 1952, ch. 358; Laws, 1956, ch. 370; Laws, 1958, ch. 467; Laws, 1962, chs. 497, 498, § 10; Laws, 1964, ch. 567, § 1; Laws, 1966, ch. 649, § 17, 1968, ch. 500, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 479, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 438, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 480, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 559 § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 472; Laws, 1979, ch. 448; Laws, 1980, ch. 436; Laws, 1981, ch. 327, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 366, § 7; Laws, 1983, ch. 392, § 1; Laws, 1984, ch. 354, § 3; Laws, 1984, ch. 475; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 167; Laws, 1985, ch. 485, § 1; Laws, 1987, ch. 496; Laws, 1988, ch. 378; Laws, 1989, ch. 512, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 515, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 530, § 7; Laws, 1991, ch. 595, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 24; Laws, 1993, ch. 555, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 651, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 543, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 531, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 592, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 302, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 547, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 599, § 1, eff. 5/20/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-89 - Donated automobiles

Any institution of higher learning may own and operate a passenger automobile donated to it for use in the work of such institution by an individual or individuals.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-09; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 9; Laws, 1962, ch. 497, § 11, eff. 7/1/1962.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-91 - Penalties regarding state-owned automobiles

If any person shall knowingly and wilfully violate any of the provisions of Sections
25-1-77
through
25-1-93
, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars and, in addition, shall be removed from the office or position which he holds.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-10; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-93 - Provisions inapplicable to Governor

It is herein expressly provided that no section, portion, or part of Sections
25-1-77
through
25-1-91
shall in any way be construed to apply to the Governor or to the governor's office of the State of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 4061-11; Laws, 1950, ch. 448, § 11.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-95 - Signature machines

The Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and Treasurer, who, in performing their respective official duties, sign their official names as such officers to various and divers documents and instruments, are hereby authorized to use in signing said instruments and documents a standard signature machine that will reproduce a facsimile signature of each such officer which, under modern methods, gives more protection than using pen and ink. The signature machine to be used by the aforesaid officers under the provisions of this section shall be selected by the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State.
The instrument signed by the aforesaid officers of the State of Mississippi, who shall sign official instruments and documents with a signature machine under and by virtue of the provisions herein contained, shall be taken and accepted in all courts and otherwise with the same force, effect, and validity as though the said officer who signed same with said signature machine had signed such instrument or document with his own hand.
Each officer authorized by this section to use a signature machine shall safely keep his facsimile signature in such a way as to prevent the use thereof by persons not authorized so to do.
The Governor is hereby authorized to permit any other official of the state to use a signature machine of the kind selected by the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State, if the necessity therefor should arise. It shall be the duty of each of the officials authorized to use said signature machine to keep his facsimile signature secure, and such officer shall be liable personally and on his official bond for any loss caused by his negligence in failing to keep secure his said facsimile signature.
Any person unlawfully using any signature machine provided for in this section, without the consent or direction of the officer whose facsimile signature is being so used, shall be guilty of forgery and punishable upon conviction thereof as provided by law in such cases.
Codes, 1942, § 4065; Laws, 1938, ch. 160.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-97 - State office hours

The capitol commission of the state is hereby authorized and empowered to fix the hours for the opening and closing of public offices of the state commensurate with the seasons of the year. The business hours of all of the state public offices, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies shall be uniform, and said offices shall be open for business eight (8) hours per day Monday through Friday of each week except state holidays, with the capitol commission to set the opening and closing hours by its order from time to time. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit any office, department, board, commission, or agency to conduct essential business outside of the regular business day hours where the executive head or governing body deems it necessary. For any state holiday fixed under Section
3-3-7
, Mississippi Code of 1972, falling on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday may, in the discretion of the executive head or governing body of a state agency, be utilized in lieu of the legal holiday.
Codes, 1942, § 8952.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 542, § 9, eff. 6/21/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-99 - County office hours

The clerks of the circuit and chancery courts, the county superintendents of education, the county tax assessors, and the sheriffs shall keep their offices at the courthouses of their respective counties if offices shall be there provided for them. If offices shall not be there provided for them, they shall keep their offices within one-half (1/2) mile of the courthouses of their respective counties; except that the office of the county superintendent of education may be placed in the county in any other place determined by the county board of education to be most feasible, regardless of the distance from the courthouse. The offices of all circuit and chancery clerks and sheriffs shall be open for business on all business days from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except that within the discretion of the board of supervisors of said county, the above county offices may be closed at 12:00 noon one (1) business day of each week, or may be closed all day Saturday of each week, or may be closed at 12:00 noon on Saturday and at 12:00 noon on one (1) additional business day of each week. Such courthouse hours decided upon within the discretion of the board of supervisors must be duly entered at large on the minutes of said board, and such action by the board shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks.
Provided, however, the courthouse shall be closed on all state holidays as set forth in Section
3-3-7
, and when any state holiday set forth in Section
3-3-7
falls on a Saturday, the courthouse may be closed on the Friday immediately preceding such Saturday and when such holiday falls on a Sunday, the courthouse may be closed on the Monday immediately succeeding such Sunday. The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may close the county offices on those holidays created by executive order of the Governor.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 33, art 10 (1); 1857, ch. 6, art 190; 1871, § 313; 1880, § 419; 1892, § 3074; 1906, § 3482; Hemingway's 1917, § 2820; 1930, § 2916; 1942, § 4062; Laws, 1926, ch. 143; Laws, 1942, ch. 209; Laws, 1950, ch. 285; Laws, 1958, ch. 215, § 3; Laws, 1960, ch. 198; Laws, 1962, ch. 252; Laws, 1964, ch. 284; Laws, 1966, ch. 299, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 286, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 428, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 345; Laws, 1976, ch. 304; Laws, 1988, ch 350, § 6; Laws, 1988, ch. 386, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-100 - Certain personnel records exempt from public access requirements; exceptions

(1)
Personnel records and applications for employment in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, except those which may be released to the person who made the application or with the prior written consent of the person who made the application, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(2)
Test questions and answers in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, which are to be used in employment examinations, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(3)
Letters of recommendation in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, respecting any application for employment, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(4)
Documents relating to contract authorization under Section
25-9-120
shall not be exempt from the provisions of Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
(5)
Contracts for personal and professional services that are awarded or executed by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Information Technology Services and the Department of Transportation, shall not be exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 12; Laws, 1994, ch. 401, § 2, eff. 3/15/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 431, HB 825, 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-101 - State-furnished books

Every justice of the peace, or other officer to whom the statute laws or other books may be furnished by the state, shall carefully preserve the same and, at the expiration of his term, deliver them to his successor, take his receipt therefor, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. In default thereof, the said court, on motion of the clerk or of the successor in office, whose duty it shall be to make such motion, shall enter judgment in favor of the state against the justice or other officer in default for the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each volume missing and not satisfactorily accounted for, five (5) days' notice being given of such motion.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 203; 1871, § 326; 1880, § 421; 1892, § 3075; 1906, § 3483; Hemingway's 1917, § 2821; 1930, § 2917; 1942, § 4063.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-102 - Certain attorneys' work product exempt from public access requirements

Records in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section
25-61-3
, which represent and constitute the work product of any attorney, district attorney or county prosecuting attorney representing a public body and which are related to litigation made by or against such public body, or in anticipation of prospective litigation, including all communications between such attorney made in the course of an attorney-client relationship, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 13, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-103 - Certain offices held by same person

The offices of the clerk of the circuit and chancery courts may be held by the same person, in the discretion of the board of supervisors, in a county of not exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art 199; 1871, § 322; 1880, § 418; 1892, § 3073; 1906, § 3481; Hemingway's 1917, § 2819; 1930, § 2918; 1942, § 4064; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 4, eff. 1/1/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-105 - Application of prohibition against striking to public employees and employers

All provisions of Section
37-9-75
prohibiting strikes by teachers and teacher organizations and providing penalties therefor, and providing certain responsibilities for members of local school governing boards and school administrators shall likewise apply as far as is practicable to all public employees and public employers respectively.
For purposes of this section, "public employee" means any person holding a position by employment, contract or appointment with a public employer; and
"Public employer" means any governmental entity in this state whose employees are paid in whole or in part by funds appropriated or otherwise provided by the state.
Laws, 1985, ch. 351, § 32, eff. 5/1/1985.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-107 - Date of postmark as proof of date of payment or report

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, whenever any check, money order or other form of payment or reports is required to be made to any state agency or any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state by or before a certain date and the mailing is made by United States mail, then the date that the mail containing the payment or report is postmarked by the United States Post Office shall be considered as the date the payment or report is made. The date of the United States Post Office postmark is proof of the date of payment or report if the payment or report was mailed with postage paid and was correctly addressed.
Laws, 1995, ch. 305, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-109 - Law enforcement officers prohibited from disclosing identity of person arrested, issued a citation, or being held for misdemeanor

No law enforcement agency shall disclose the name of any person arrested for any misdemeanor, issued a citation, or being held for any misdemeanor unless such person shall be formally charged and arrested for the offense, except to other law enforcement agencies or to the Mississippi Department of Human Services, the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services or child day care providers where such information is used to help determine suitability of persons to serve as child care providers or child service workers. No political subdivision nor any employee thereof shall be held liable for the disclosure of any information prohibited by this section.
Laws, 1997, ch. 550, § 5, eff. 7/1/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 516, HB 1149,§ 20, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-111 - Prevention of disclosure by state agencies of social security numbers

When any state agency mails, delivers, circulates, publishes, distributes, transmits, or otherwise disseminates, in any form or manner, information or material that contains the social security number of an individual, the agency shall take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of the individual's social security number to members of the general public or to persons other than those persons who, in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, have a lawful and legitimate need to know the individual's social security number. State agencies shall be in compliance with this section on or before July 1, 2003.
Laws, 2002, ch. 609, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-113 - Public employment of persons convicted of embezzlement of public funds prohibited

(1)
From and after July 1, 2013, the state and any county, municipality or any other political subdivision shall not employ a person who has been convicted or pled guilty in any court of this state, another state, or in federal court of any felony in which public funds were unlawfully taken, obtained or misappropriated in the abuse or misuse of the person's office or employment or money coming into the person's hands by virtue of the person's office or employment.
(2)
From and after July 1, 2014, the state and any county, municipality or any other political subdivision shall not employ or continue to employ a person who has been convicted or pled guilty in any court of this state, another state, or in federal court of any felony in which public funds were unlawfully taken, obtained or misappropriated in the abuse or misuse of the person's office or employment or money coming into the person's hands by virtue of the person's office or employment.
(3)
From and after July 1, 2023, the state and any county, municipality or any other political subdivision shall not hire any person who appears on the registry created in Sections Title 45, Chapter 51, Mississippi Code of 1972 for any position in accounting, or in a treasury or registrar office, or in any office where monies are collected or received directly from rate or fee payers.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 381, SB 2420,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 343, SB 2547, 1, eff. 3/14/2014.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 528, SB 2625, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-115 - Certain persons prohibited from serving on executive committees

(1)
No person shall serve on any temporary municipal executive committee, municipal executive committee, temporary county executive committee, county executive committee or state executive committee if the person has been convicted of any criminal violation of the Mississippi Election Code, has been convicted of an election crime in this state or any other state, has been convicted of any felony in this state or any other state, has been convicted of an election crime under federal law, has been removed from public office pursuant to Section
25-5-1
, or who has resigned from office as part of a plea agreement.
(2)
Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section
99-19-31
and removed from the committee.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 378, HB 874, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 391, HB 275, 1, eff. 8/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-117 - State agencies and public officials providing information about the agency or office to the public on a website are required to regularly review and update that information

Each state agency and each statewide elected official that provides information to the public about the agency or office on a website on the Internet shall review and update the information on the website on a regular basis, not less frequently than once a month, to ensure that the information appearing on the website is current and that outdated information has been removed or placed in a separate section of archived information.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 369, HB 480, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC OFFICERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-1-119) › Section 25-1-119 - Public bodies, employees, and officers prohibited from creating, planning, participating in, enabling, etc., sanctuary policies

(1)
No state agency, department, political subdivision of this state, county, municipality, university, college, community college or junior college, or any agent, employee or officer thereof shall adopt, or implement a policy, order or ordinance that (a) limits or prohibits any person from communicating or cooperating with federal agencies or officials to verify or report the immigration status of any person; or (b) grants to any person the right to lawful presence or status within the state, a county or municipality, or the campus of a university, college, community college or junior college in violation of state or federal law.
(2)
Any policy, order or ordinance adopted in violation of this section shall be invalid and void from the date of its adoption or enactment and shall have no force or effect.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 383, SB 2710, 1, eff. 3/27/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-2 - Elected county official's salary reductions due to valuation and population changes

No county elected official's annual salary established under this chapter shall be reduced during his term of office as a result of a reduction in total assessed valuation or a change in population.
Laws, 1998, ch. 567, § 4, eff. 10/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2004, ch. 505, § 14, eff. 8/19/2004 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Codes, 1942 § 4160-02; Laws, 1968, ch. 369, § 12; Laws, 1974, ch. 368; Laws, 1977, ch. 469; Laws, 1980, ch. 497, § 2; Laws, 1983, ch. 526, § 2; Laws, 1985, ch. 513, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 433, § 2; Laws, 1989, ch. 335, § 2; Laws, 1990, ch. 314, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 382, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 550, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 570, § 2, eff. 10/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-7 - State contribution to compensation of assessors

From the state treasury shall be paid up to one fourth (1/4) of the salary of each county assessor, but in no instance shall the payment exceed the figure paid for the fiscal year of 1970-1971 to the assessor, whether or not the offices of assessor and tax collector are combined.
Codes, 1880, § 463; 1892, § 2017; 1906, § 2193; 1930, § 6501; 1942, § 4163; Laws, 1882, p 82; 1884, p 17; 1898 p 47; Laws, 1910, ch. 193; Laws, 1930, ch. 170; Laws, 1932, ch. 193; Laws, 1968, ch. 369, § 18, eff. 1/3/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-11 - Travel and expenses of county attorneys

In Class 1 counties having two judicial districts and having an area in excess of nine hundred (900) square miles according to the Mississippi Official and Statistical Register issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi for the year 1952, the board of supervisors is hereby empowered, in its discretion, to provide for and pay the county attorney a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month as a mileage and automobile expense account, said monies to be paid from the general county fund of such county.
Codes, 1942, § 4164.5; Laws, 1956, ch. 191.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-15 - Additions to assessed valuation for fixing supervisors' salaries in certain counties

It is hereby further provided that, in any county of the state having producing oil or gas wells, the total valuation of such oil or gas produced, as reported by the State Tax Commission for the last preceding calendar year, may be combined with the total assessed valuation of said county in computing its category for the purpose of fixing the salary of the members of the board of supervisors of said county; provided that in any county wherein twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the real property of the county is owned by an agency of the federal government, and consequently exempt from ad valorem taxes, the salary of the members of the board of supervisors in each such county shall be that established by the next highest rate from that determined by the total assessed value of the property of the county.
Codes, 1942, § 4166-03; Laws, 1970, ch. 318, § 3; Laws, 1997, ch. 570, § 12, eff. 10/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-17 - Payment of supervisors' salaries

The salaries provided in Sections
25-3-13
and
25-3-15
shall be payable monthly on the first day of each calendar month during the calendar year following that in which the total assessed valuation is determined; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month or every two (2) weeks pursuant to Section
25-3-29
. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday. The chancery clerk shall draw his warrant on the general fund of the county, the county road and bridge fund, or any fund of the county available for such purposes.
Codes, 1942, § 4166-04; Laws, 1970, ch. 318, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 572, § 2, eff. 4/23/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 435, HB 415,§ 2, eff. 7/2/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-19 - Salaries of county auditors

The chancery clerks, as county auditors, shall receive compensation for their services as such the annual amount of Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($5,300.00), payable in equal monthly installments out of the county treasury; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month or every two (2) weeks pursuant to Section
25-3-29
. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday.
Codes, 1930, § 6505; 1942, § 4167; Laws, 1928, ch. 87; Laws, 1932, ch. 193; Laws, 1938, Ex ch. 25; Laws, 1940, ch. 255; Laws, 1948, ch. 267; Laws, 1950, ch. 258; Laws, 1952, ch. 218; Laws, 1958, ch. 343; Laws, 1966, ch. 300, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 497, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 535, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 572, § 3, eff. 4/23/1997.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 435, HB 415,§ 3, eff. 7/2/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-21 - Allowance for copying assessment rolls

The board of supervisors may allow to its clerks reasonable compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, for making copies of assessment rolls required by law, not to exceed One and One-half Cents (1-1/2¢) for each personal assessment or Three Cents (3¢) for each separate assessment of lands per copy; but the board of supervisors may allow as much as One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) in any case for copying the personal roll, and each copy thereof shall be considered a roll.
Codes, 1930, § 6506; 1942, § 4169; Laws, 1924, ch. 206; Laws, 1928, ch. 87; Laws, 1932, ch. 193.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33) › Chapter 3 - SALARIES AND COMPENSATION (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-103) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25-3-1 — 25-3-73) › Section 25-3-27 - Salaries of deputy sheriffs in counties having two judicial districts

The board of supervisors of any county having two judicial districts may, in the discretion of said board, pay a salary of not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) to a regularly appointed deputy sheriff, who shall reside in and serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district in which the sheriff of the county resides, provided the sheriff's office in both districts shall be kept open for official business during the hours required by law.
The board of supervisors of any county having two judicial districts with an assessed valuation of less than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) shall pay a salary of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) per annum to a regularly appointed deputy sheriff, who shall reside in and serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district of the county in which the sheriff resides, provided the sheriff's office in both districts be kept open for official business during the hours required by law.
The board of supervisors of any county having two judicial districts, having a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) according to the last federal census, and situated partly inside and partly outside the Yazoo-Mississippi Valley Delta may pay a salary of not less than Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00) nor more than Five Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($5,400.00) per annum to a regularly appointed deputy sheriff, who shall reside in and serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district of the county in which the sheriff resides, provided the sheriff's office in both districts be kept open for official business during the hours required by law.
The board of supervisors of any county having an assessed valuation of not exceeding Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($6,250,000.00) and having situated within its boundaries two federal flood control reservoirs, or parts of said reservoirs, shall pay a salary of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) per annum to a regularly appointed deputy sheriff, who shall reside in and serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district of the county in which the sheriff resides, provided the sheriff's office in both districts be kept open for official business during the hours required by law.
Codes, 1930, § 6509; 1942, § 4172; Laws, 1928, Ex ch. 82; Laws, 1932, ch. 193; Laws, 1936, ch. 268; Laws, 1938, ch. 308; Laws, 1954, ch. 196; Laws, 1956, ch. 192; Laws, 1962, ch. 387; Laws, 1968, ch. 366, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 417, § 1, eff. 3/23/1971.