Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 35 - AD VALOREM TAXES-ASSESSMENT (§§ 27-35-1 — 27-35-711) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-35-1 — 27-35-167) › Section 27-35-55 - How land roll made up

In preparing the land roll the assessor shall first list all property lying outside incorporated towns and cities, and then list all property lying within incorporated towns and cities. The assessor shall list all rural and suburban property in strict numerical sequence beginning with the lowest parcel identification number as established under State Tax Commission rules and regulations and continue in consecutive numerical order until all rural and suburban property outside incorporated towns and cities has been listed. The assessor shall then commence with the incorporated town or city falling first in alphabetical order, and list all property within said town or city in strict numerical order by parcel identification number until all property within said town or city has been listed. The assessor shall continue with each incorporated town or city in alphabetical order, listing each town or city in the prescribed numerical order until all incorporated towns and cities have been listed.
Beginning with the land roll compiled during a county's first update year, as set by the State Tax Commission under Section
27-35-50
, the assessor shall include in parenthesis, immediately following said parcel identification number, the land use code of each and every parcel as determined by the State Tax Commission rules and regulations.
The assessor shall also provide a complete listing in strict alphabetical order of all property owners within the rural and suburban areas of his county as well as a separate listing in strict alphabetical order of all property owners in each incorporated town or city. This alphabetical listing shall show the name or names of ownership and the parcel number or numbers of each parcel owned within each jurisdiction and the page number upon which entry appears in the regular land roll. If more than one (1) person shall claim to be the owner of the same tract or parcel of land, the assessor shall so state in his assessment roll, and the tax collector shall only collect the taxes on one (1) assessment. Land of the state or of the United States, and other land exempted from taxation, shall be listed as other lands but without the value except as otherwise provided. If the owner of any lands be unknown, it shall be assessed to "unknown."
Lands assessed by the State Tax Commission shall be listed, but without value, on the rolls by the assessor for the purpose of completing the descriptions of all lands in the county, but for no other purpose.
The assessor shall show in separate columns on his roll in what road district, school district, or other separate taxing districts each parcel of land is located and subject to taxation, and where a parcel of land owned by one (1) person lies partly within and partly without any taxing district the assessment shall be divided and separately assessed so as to show the number of acres and the classification of the land in each separate district with the value thereof. Where a taxpayer renders a list of his lands and fails to show in what taxing districts or municipality the same is located and subject to taxation, the tax assessor shall enter the assessment in separate columns so as to show the assessment for the respective districts or municipality. He shall show the total of each and every column on his roll and carry the result thereof to the "Page of Pages" recapitulation; and he shall extend into the column for "Total" the amount of each separate assessment; and shall show in his recapitulation the total assessment of every taxing district, or municipality in his county.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 8, art 17 (15); 1857, ch. 3, art 19; 1871, § 1676; 1880, § 490; 1892, § 3774; 1906, § 4283; Hemingway's 1917, § 6917; 1930, § 3148; 1942, § 9772; Laws, 1928, Ex ch. 58; Laws, 1986, ch. 388, eff. 1/1/198.