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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JUDGES, DISTRICTS, AND TERMS OF COURT (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-64) › Section 9-7-57 - Twenty-second district; composition

The Twenty-second Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties:
(a)
Claiborne County;
(b)
Copiah County; and
(c)
Jefferson County.
Laws, 1994, ch 564, § 74, eff. 9/6/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 476, HB 703, 60, eff. 4/22/2015.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JUDGES, DISTRICTS, AND TERMS OF COURT (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-64) › Section 9-7-63 - Twenty-third district; composition

The Twenty-third Circuit Court District shall be DeSoto County.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 474, HB 1490,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JUDGES, DISTRICTS, AND TERMS OF COURT (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-64) › Section 9-7-64 - Twenty-third district; number and election of judges

(1)
There shall be two (2) circuit judges for the Twenty-third Circuit Court District.
(2)
For the purposes of appointment and election, the two (2) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated as "Place One" and "Place Two."
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 474, HB 1490,§ 4, eff. 1/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-81 - Jurisdiction; general enumeration of subjects

The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all actions when the principal of the amount in controversy exceeds two hundred dollars, and of all other actions and causes, matters and things arising under the constitution and laws of this state which are not exclusively cognizable in some other court, and such appellate jurisdiction as prescribed by law. Such court shall have power to hear and determine all prosecutions in the name of the state for treason, felonies, crimes, and misdemeanors, except such as may be exclusively cognizable before some other court; and said court shall have all the powers belonging to a court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, and may do and perform all other acts properly pertaining to a circuit court of law.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 6 (5); 1857, ch. 61, art. 29; 1871, § 519; 1880, § 1493; 1892, § 645; 1906, § 702; Hemingway's 1917, § 481; 1930, § 490; 1942, § 1428.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-83 - Jurisdiction of cases transferred or remanded to it

The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all cases transferred to it by the chancery court or remanded to it by the supreme court.
Codes, 1892, § 646; 1906, § 703; Hemingway's 1917, § 482; 1930, § 491; 1942, § 1429.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-85 - Jurisdiction; suit for sum below

If a suit shall be brought in the circuit court for a sum of less than the court can take cognizance of, or if a greater sum than is due shall be demanded, on purpose to confer jurisdiction, the complaint shall be involuntarily dismissed pursuant to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure; and if the plaintiff, in any case, shall not recover more than the minimal jurisdictional amount, he shall not recover any costs of the defendant unless the judge shall be of the opinion, and so enter on the record, that the plaintiff had reasonable ground to expect to recover more than the minimal jurisdictional amount, or unless the court shall have jurisdiction of the cause, without respect to the amount in controversy.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 58, art. 1 (11); 1857, ch. 61, art. 33; 1871, § 666; 1880, § 1497; 1892, § 649; 1906, § 706; Hemingway's 1917, § 485; 1930, § 494; 1942, § 1432; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 9, eff. 7/1/1991.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-87 - Special terms; jurisdiction; juries for

At a special term the circuit court may impanel grand and petit juries, and shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil and criminal business, in the same manner as at a regular term.
Parties and witnesses shall be bound to attend; and witnesses duly subpoenaed or bound by recognizance, shall be subject to the same penalties for failure to attend as if such failure had occurred at a regular term. On receiving the order for a special term, if it be held because of a failure of a regular term, the proper officers shall open the envelopes containing the names of the jurors for such regular term, if it has not been done, and the venire facias shall issue and the jurors be summoned as required by law; but if there be no such envelopes, the jurors shall be drawn as provided in case of a failure of the judge to draw them. The judge may direct whether jurors shall be summoned and how they shall be drawn.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 53, art. 8 (2); 1857, ch. 61, art. 4; 1871, § 878; 1880, § 1482; 1892, § 630; 1906, § 688; Hemingway's 1917, § 466; 1930, § 475; 1942, § 1413.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-89 - Motions against officers for money collected

The circuit court shall hear and determine all motions against attorneys at law, sheriffs, coroners, and other officers, for money collected or received as such, and not paid over on demand to the party entitled to the same, and may give judgment and award execution thereon.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 53, art. 2 (164); 1857, ch. 61, art. 30; 1871, § 523; 1880, § 1494; 1892, § 647; 1906, § 704; Hemingway's 1917, § 483; 1930, § 492; 1942, § 1430.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-91 - Judgments and executions

The circuit court may render judgments according to the principles and usages of law, in all cases cognizable before it, and award executions, directed to the sheriff or other proper officer of any county. The court, upon legal conviction of a person of a crime or misdemeanor, shall proceed to judgment and award execution thereon as the law directs.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 1 (147); 1857, ch. 61, art. 31; 1871, § 521; 1880, § 1495; 1892, § 648; 1906, § 705; Hemingway's 1917, § 484; 1930, § 493; 1942, § 1431.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-93 - Time may be allotted by court for civil and criminal business separately

In the county where it may be necessary, in the discretion of the court or judge, the court may designate a certain portion of the time allotted for the holding of court exclusively to the civil business and a certain portion of the time exclusively to the hearing of criminal business, and in cases where the court or judge does this, the court or judge shall so allot the time as to meet the necessities of the criminal and civil business, and, in all cases where it is practical to do so, the court or judge shall separate the civil and criminal business, so that certain time shall be devoted to each.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 468; 1930, § 477; 1942, § 1415; Laws, 1906, ch. 106.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY (§§ 9-7-81 — 9-7-95) › Section 9-7-95 - Transfer for trial of cases filed in county courts in nineteenth district

Cases filed in the county courts of any county in the nineteenth circuit court district, with the exception of equity and youth court cases, at the discretion of the county court judge, and with the consent of the circuit judge, may be transferred for trial to the circuit courts of such district, and the judgment rendered thereon on any such transferred case in the circuit court shall be a final judgment and shall be appealable in the same manner as now provided by law for appeals from final judgments rendered by circuit courts.
Codes, 1942, § 1411.7; Laws, 1962, ch. 296, §§ 1-8; Laws, 1964, ch. 318, §§ 1, 2, 4 (Para.Para. 2, 4, 7); Laws, 1970, ch. 332, § 1, eff. 4/3/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-121 - Clerk; oath of office and bond

The clerk of the circuit court, before he enters upon the duties of the office, shall take the oath of office, and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to three percent (3%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office for such clerk. However, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). And he may be required to give additional bond from time to time, for the faithful application of all moneys coming into his hands by law or order of the court; but such additional bonds shall be cumulative security, and the original bond shall likewise cover all moneys coming into the hands of the clerk by law or order of the court.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 27, art. 2 (9); 1857, ch. 61, art. 16; 1871, § 550; 1880, § 1484; 1892, § 633; 1906, § 690; Hemingway's 1917, § 469; 1930, § 478; 1942, § 1416; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1989, ch. 343, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 386, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-123 - Appointment of deputy clerks; oath; bond

(1)
The clerk of the circuit court shall have power, with the approbation of the court, or of the judge in vacation, to appoint one or more deputies, who shall take the oath of office and may give bond, and who thereupon shall have power to do and perform all the acts and duties which their principal may lawfully do; such approval, when given by the judge in vacation, shall be in writing, and shall be entered on the minutes of the court at the next term.
(2)
Each deputy clerk of the circuit court, before he enters upon the duties of the appointment, shall take the oath of office, and shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to three percent (3%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office for the circuit clerk. However, the amount of such bond shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) nor more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). The bond shall cover all monies coming into the hands of the deputy clerk by law or order of the court. The board of supervisors, in its discretion, may pay the bond on behalf of the deputy clerk.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 27, class 2, art. 1 (12), class 3, art. 1 (10); 1857, ch. 61, art. 17, ch. 62, art. 13; 1871, §§ 551, 990; 1880, § 2281; 1892, § 930; 1906, § 1006; Hemingway's 1917, § 726; 1930, § 747; 1942, § 1662; Laws, 1999, ch. 380, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 467, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-124 - Appointment of temporary deputies to assist circuit clerk of county

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may authorize the circuit clerk of the county to appoint one or more temporary full-time or temporary part-time deputies for the purpose of assisting the circuit clerk in the performance of duties relating to certification of signatures on initiative petitions as provided by Section
23-17-21
.
(2)
The salary of any temporary deputy clerk appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be established by the board of supervisors and paid out of any available funds in the county general fund.
Laws, 1997, ch. 323, § 1, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-125 - Deputy circuit clerks; appointment and payment in certain counties

(1)
The circuit clerk of every county wherein is partially located a national forest and wherein U. S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 26 intersect may appoint a full-time or part-time deputy to insure the efficient operation of the office of circuit clerk of said county.
(2)
The boards of supervisors in said counties are authorized to pay to said circuit clerk a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month for employment of such deputy.
Codes, 1942, § 1662.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 278, § 1; Laws, 1972, ch. 387, § 1, eff. 4/26/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-126 - Additional remuneration to circuit court clerks for salaries of deputy circuit clerks

(1)
There shall be allowed out of the county treasury from the general county funds, or any other available funds payable monthly by the board of supervisors of the county, not less than the following amounts for the purposes of defraying the salaries of deputy circuit clerks:
Class 1 and 2 counties not less than Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) per month;
Class 3 and 4 counties not less than Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) per month;
Class 5, 6, 7 and 8 counties not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per month.
The above and foregoing allowances shall be for the purposes of defraying the salaries of deputy circuit clerks provided such allowance, and upon written request of the circuit clerk, shall be paid directly to the deputy circuit clerk designated by him, in the absence of which request, the allowance shall be paid monthly to the circuit clerk. Deputy circuit clerks employed under authority of this section shall be deemed employees of the county. The clerk shall select and supervise their public duties.
(2)
This section shall not apply to any county having a county court except that in any county in which U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 6 intersect, any county in which U.S. Highway 61 and Mississippi Highway 4 intersect, any county having a population in excess of fifty-seven thousand (57,000) and which is traversed by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway or whose county seat is within twenty (20) miles of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, any county bordering the State of Tennessee and the Mississippi River, any county in which U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 82 intersect, any county in which U.S. Highway 61 and Mississippi Highway 8 intersect, any county in which U.S. Highway 82 and U.S. Highway 49E intersect, any county in which U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect and which is traversed by Interstate Highway 55, and any county in which Highway 589 and Highway 98 intersect, the provisions of this section shall be discretionary with the respective board of supervisors.
Codes, 1942, § 3934.9; Laws, 1972, ch. 467, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1975, ch. 424; Laws, 1986, ch. 402; Laws, 1994, ch. 499, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 496, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 422, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-127 - Final record to be made

Within three (3) months after the final determination of any suit, or if an appeal shall have been taken, then within three (3) months after receiving a certificate of the affirmance of the judgment, the clerk shall enter in a well-bound book, to be kept for the purpose, a full and complete record of all the proceedings in the suit, if the title to the real estate be involved or affected, and if not, only on the order of the court. On failure to make a final record required by law or the order of the court, the clerk may be fined, as for a contempt, Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for each failure; and he shall also be liable in damages to any party injured. A final record shall not be made of any suit without a judgment on the merits. Such record may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, 1892, § 640; 1906, § 697; Hemingway's 1917, § 476; 1930, § 485; 1942, § 1423; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 18; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 6, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-128 - Disposal and destruction of certain case files and loose records; electronic storage of certain files, records and documents

(1)
Where there is no requirement for a permanent record to be made, the clerk, upon order of the court, may dispose of and destroy all case files of the circuit or county court which have been in existence for ten (10) years or which have been reduced to judgment and that judgment satisfied and cancelled. The clerk may also dispose of and destroy any loose records not required by law to be kept as permanent records after a period of ten (10) years. No records, however, may be destroyed without the approval of the Director of the Department of Archives and History.
(2)
The files, records and other documents described herein may, upon order of the court in accordance with the provisions of this section, be electronically stored for convenience and efficiency in storage. The electronic storage of documents, for purposes of this section, shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section
9-1-51
. In those counties electing to store files, records and documents by means of electronic storage, the following described case files shall be electronically stored after the time periods described below have elapsed:
(a)
Cases in county criminal or civil court which have been dismissed or in which a judgment has been entered at least three (3) years prior to the date upon which they are electronically stored; and
(b)
Cases in circuit, criminal or civil court which have been dismissed or in which a judgment has been entered at least five (5) years prior to the date upon which they are electronically stored.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall serve as authority to destroy any docket book, minute book, issue docket, subpoena docket, witness docket book, execution docket book, voter registration book, marriage record book, trial order, abstract of judgment, judgment roll, criminal file where an indictment was returned and the defendant convicted if the file is not at least twenty (20) years old, habeas corpus docket, preliminary hearing docket or Court of Appeals or Supreme Court appeals docket.
Codes 1942, § 1423; Laws, 1972, ch. 461, § 1; Laws, 1981 ch. 501, § 19; Laws, 1987, ch. 470; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, § 23, eff. 7/13/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-129 - List of allowances against county treasury

Within ten days after each term of circuit court, it shall be the duty of the clerk to deliver to the clerk of the board of supervisors a certified list of allowances made by the court at such term, payable out of the county treasury, specifying the amount, to whom allowed, and on what account. For any failure to deliver such list, the clerk of the circuit court may be punished by the court as for a contempt.
Codes, 1880, § 1491; 1892, § 641; 1906, § 698; Hemingway's 1917, § 477; 1930, § 486; 1942, § 1424.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-131 - Jury fee book

The clerk of the circuit court shall keep a book to be called the "jury book," in which he shall enter the time of issuing all certificates to jurors, the amount thereof, and to whom issued. Such book may be kept by means of electronic filing or storage or both as provided in Sections
9-1-51
through
9-1-57
, or otherwise, as the clerk may elect. Within ten (10) days after each term of the court, he shall file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of his county a certified copy of such entries, for the information of the board. For any failure in this respect, the clerk of the circuit court may be fined and imprisoned by the court as for a contempt.
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 145; 1871, § 746; 1880, § 1699; 1892, § 642; 1906, § 699; Hemingway's 1917, § 478; 1930, § 487; 1942, § 1425; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 19, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-133 - Jury tax imposed and how collected

A jury tax of three dollars is imposed on each original suit in the circuit court in which a plea is filed, and on every issue therein tried separately by a jury, and a tax of two dollars on each case transferred or appealed thereto, to constitute a fund for the payment of jurors, and to be collected by the clerk or sheriff as costs. The clerk shall be liable on his official bond for any failure to charge, receive, or issue execution for the jury tax; and the sheriff shall likewise be liable for a failure to collect or to pay the same to the county treasurer; and they may be fined as for a contempt therefor not more than one hundred dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 4 (1); 1857, ch. 61, art. 147; 1871, § 525; 1880, § 1700; 1892, § 643; 1906, § 700; Hemingway's 1917, § 479; 1930, § 488; 1942, § 1426.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-135 - Clerk to report list of cases subject to jury tax

Within ten days after the end of any term of the court, the clerk shall furnish to the clerk of the board of supervisors a list of all judgments rendered and suits disposed of at such term, or in the preceding vacation, on which a jury tax is imposed, and shall pay over all sums received by him for jury tax during the term and since the last term, and for any failure shall be liable as provided by Section
9-7-133
. And if any clerk shall fail to furnish the said list he shall be fined by the court in the sum of one hundred dollars, on motion of the clerk of the board of supervisors or the district attorney.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 4 (3); 1857, ch. 61, art. 148; 1871, § 749; 1880, § 1701; 1892, § 644; 1906, § 701; Hemingway's 1917, § 480; 1930, § 489; 1942, § 1427.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-137 - Register of sureties on bonds to be kept

The clerk of the circuit court shall procure a well-bound book, arranged alphabetically and properly ruled, lined and headed to show the name of the principal and surety, name of principal obligor, name of obligee, date of bond, penalty of bond, kind of bond, where recorded if recorded, number of suit in which filed and date of discharge. In this he shall abstract each bond, when filed in his office, by entering in such record the name of each principal and surety, under the proper letter, the name of principal obligor, name of obligee, date, penalty, kind of bond, where recorded if recorded, and number of suit in which filed. And when such bond has been discharged, the date thereof shall be entered in said record under the proper heading. Such information may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, 1880, § 1375; 1892, § 2695; 1906, §§ 527, 3055; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 284, 2413; 1930, §§ 345, 2247; 1942, §§ 345, 1256; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 20; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 7, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-139 - Recordation of pardons in county of conviction

When a pardon may be granted by the governor to anyone convicted of a crime, two copies thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of Section
7-3-5
, Mississippi Code of 1972. One such copy shall be retained by the secretary of state in a permanent register and the other copy shall be immediately forwarded by the secretary of state to the circuit clerk of the county in which such person was convicted. The county shall furnish and the circuit clerk shall maintain a permanent record of pardons and the circuit clerk may certify the fact of any recorded pardon for use in any court or agency, state or federal.
Codes, 1942, § 1427.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 368, eff. 6/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-141 - Circuit court clerk's office at Biloxi

(1)
In Harrison County, a county having two (2) judicial districts, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to keep in his office at Biloxi, all records, record books, electronic equipment, records and documents and other documents of every character which he is now required by law to keep in his office at Gulfport, and said records, record books and documents of whatever character or duly certified copies thereof shall have the same force and effect in law as they would have if said books, records and documents had been kept or preserved by him in his office at Gulfport. And likewise, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court of Harrison County, as clerk of county court to keep in his office at Biloxi, all of the records, record books and documents of every character which he is now required by law to keep in his office at Gulfport, and said records, books and documents, or duly certified copies thereof, shall likewise have the same force and effect in law as they would have if said books, records and documents had been kept or preserved by him in his office at Gulfport.
(2)
The Secretary of State shall furnish to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, for the use of said court at Biloxi, a full set of the reports of the Supreme Court or court of last resort of this state, and all other books and laws which he shall at any time be required to deliver to the sheriff or the clerk of said county, in the several counties of this state; and also all other laws, maps and public documents required by law to be furnished, or usually furnished, to the sheriff or clerk of the circuit and chancery courts of this state under laws now or heretofore in force or that may hereafter be enacted.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2910-07, 2910-20; Laws, 1962, ch. 257, §§ 7, 20; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 21, eff. 3/25/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT CLERKS (§§ 9-7-121 — 9-7-143) › Section 9-7-143 - Hinds County Circuit Clerk to enter names or identifying numbers of all qualified electors when selecting jury for hearing, trial, cause of action before the four temporary special judges authorized in Section 9-7-26

The Hinds County Circuit Clerk shall enter the names or identifying numbers of all qualified electors in Hinds County when selecting a jury for any hearing, trial or cause of action that comes before any of the four (4) temporary special circuit judges authorized by Section
9-7-26
for the Seventh Circuit Court District.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 546, HB 1020,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-171 - General docket

(1)
The clerk shall keep a general docket, in which he shall enter the names of the parties in each case, the time of filing the declaration, indictment, record from inferior courts on appeal or certiorari, petition, plea, or demurrer, and all other papers in the cause, the issuance and return of process, and a note of all judgments rendered therein, by reference to the minute book and page. He shall mark on the papers in every cause the style and number of the suit, and the time when, and the party by whom filed; and he shall not suffer any paper so filed to be withdrawn but by leave of the court, and then only by retaining a copy, to be made at the cost of the party obtaining the leave. All the papers and pleadings filed in a cause shall be kept in the same file, and all the files kept in numerical order. Entries in criminal cases shall not be made on the docket so as to disclose the names of the defendants until their arrest. And the docket shall be duly indexed, both directly and indirectly, in the alphabetical order of the names of each of the parties.
(2)
The general docket required to be kept by this section and all other dockets or records required by law to be kept by the circuit clerk may be kept on computer in lieu of any other physical docket, record or well-bound book if all such dockets and records are kept by computer in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrative Office of Courts.
Codes, 1892, § 634; 1906, § 691; Hemingway's 1917, § 470; 1930, § 479; 1942, § 1417; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 22; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-173 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 141, eff. 7/1/1991.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 53, art. 3; 1857, ch. 61, art. 20; 1871, § 557; 1880, § 1485; 1892, § 635; 1906, § 692; Hemingway's 1917, § 471; 1930, § 480; 1942, § 1418.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-175 - Criminal docket

The clerk shall make out for each term a separate docket of cases begun by indictment, presentment, information, or other proceedings of a criminal nature, in the name or on behalf of the state or any municipal corporation. Such docket may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 53, art. 5; 1857, ch. 61, art. 21; 1871, § 559; 1880, § 1486; 1892, § 636; 1906, § 693; Hemingway's 1917, § 472; 1930, § 481; 1942, § 1419; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 23; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 2, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-177 - Appearance docket

The clerk shall keep an appearance docket, in which he shall enter all civil cases not triable at the first term after they are begun, in the order in which they are commenced, with the date of such commencement. Such docket may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 22; 1871, § 558; 1880, § 1487; 1892, § 637; 1906, § 694; Hemingway's 1917, § 473; 1930, § 482; 1942, § 1420; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 24; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 3, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-179 - Subpoena docket

The clerk shall keep a subpoena docket, in which he shall enter the style and number of each case in which a subpoena for a witness is issued, the name of the party for whom the witness is subpoenaed, to whom the subpoena is directed, the date of its issuance, when returnable, whether or not executed. He shall therein keep an account of all witnesses who may be absent when the case in which they have been subpoenaed is called for trial, or who may disqualify themselves from giving testimony by being intoxicated when such case is tried; and he shall not issue any certificate to such witnesses. The docket shall be kept duly indexed. Such docket may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 22; 1871, § 561; 1880, § 1488; 1892, § 638; 1906, § 695; Hemingway's 1917, § 474; 1930, § 483; 1942, § 1421; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 25; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 4, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › DOCKETS (§§ 9-7-171 — 9-7-181) › Section 9-7-181 - Execution docket

The clerk shall keep a docket, in which he shall enter every capias pro finem and all executions issued by him, specifying the names of the parties, the date, the amount of the judgment or decree and of costs, the name of the officer to whom it is delivered, to what county directed, the date when issued, and the return-day thereof; and, when the same is returned, shall, without delay, record the return at large on the same page of the docket. And the execution docket shall be kept duly indexed, both directly and indirectly, in the alphabetical order of the names of each of the parties. Such docket may be kept on computer as provided in Section
9-7-171
.
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 268; 1871, § 565; 1880, § 1489; 1892, § 639; 1906, § 696; Hemingway's 1917, § 475; 1930, § 484; 1942, § 1422; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 26; Laws, 1994, ch. 458, § 5, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 7 - CIRCUIT COURTS (§§ 9-7-1 — 9-7-201) › CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2010 (§ 9-7-201) › Section 9-7-201 - [Repealed]

Laws, 2010, ch. 544, § 1, eff. 4/28/2010; internally repealed effective 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-1 - Continuation and establishment in certain counties

(1)
There shall be an inferior court to be known as the county court in and for each of the following counties:
(a)
Each county of the state wherein a county court is in existence on July 1, 1985;
(b)
From and after January 1, 1987, each county that has a population exceeding fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants as shown by the latest federal decennial census; and
(c)
The board of supervisors of any county having a population exceeding thirty-nine thousand (39,000) inhabitants as shown by the latest federal decennial census in which Highways 589 and 98 intersect shall have the option to establish a county court under the provisions of this section.
(2)
(a)
A county judge for a county that is required to establish a county court under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county in the same manner as provided for the election of circuit court judges at an election held at the same time as the next regular election of circuit court judges first occurring after the date upon which it can be determined that a county court is required under the provisions of subsection (1)(b) of this section to be established in such county.
(b)
A county judge for a county electing to establish a county court under subsection (1)(c) of this section shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county in the same manner as provided for the election of circuit court judges at an election held at the November general election first occurring after the date when the board of supervisors spreads upon its minutes a resolution creating the county court. The term of the county court judge so elected shall begin on the first day of January following the November election, and shall end at the same time as for county court judges generally. Thereafter, the county court judge shall be elected and serve for a term as provided for county court judges generally.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to require that a county court be established in any county in which the board of supervisors has agreed and contracted with the board of supervisors of any other county or counties to support and maintain one (1) county court for such counties as provided in Section
9-9-3
.
Codes, 1930, § 693; 1942 § 1604; Laws, 1926, ch. 131; Laws, 1934, ch. 236; Laws, 1936, ch. 247; Laws, 1948, ch. 236; Laws, 1950, ch. 321; Laws, 1962, ch. 300; Laws, 1964, ch. 322; Laws, 1966, ch. 344, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 311, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 335, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 477, § 1; Laws, 1979, ch. 457, § 1; Laws, 1985, ch. 502, § 60; Laws, 2002, ch. 356, § 3; Laws, 2007, ch. 318, § 1; brought forward without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 442, § 2, eff. 6/21/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the bringing forward without change of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-3 - Establishment by agreement between two or more counties; expenses of operating court to be prorated

Any two (2) or more counties in the discretion of their respective boards of supervisors may contract and agree between themselves to support and maintain one (1) county court for such counties. If such agreement be made then the expenses of the operation of said court shall be prorated among such two (2) or more counties and the pro rata part of each county shall be paid from the general funds of each county, from any special tax which may be levied for the support of such court, or any funds made available to the county from the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration for this purpose.
Codes, 1930, § 693; 1942, § 1604; Laws, 1926, ch. 131; Laws, 1934, ch. 236; Laws, 1936, ch. 247; Laws, 1948, ch. 236; Laws, 1950, ch. 321; Laws, 1962, ch. 300; Laws, 1964, ch. 322; Laws, 1966, ch. 344, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 311, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 335, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 338, eff. 3/11/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-5 - County judge; qualifications, election, term of office, and filling of vacancies

(1)
The county judge shall possess all of the qualifications of a circuit judge as prescribed by the Mississippi Constitution. In the event of the establishment of a county court by agreement between two (2) or more counties as provided in Section
9-9-3
, the judge of said court may be a qualified elector of any one (1) of said counties, and shall have such other qualifications as provided for by law. The county judge shall be elected by the qualified electors of his county at the time and in the manner as circuit judges are elected and he shall hold office for the same term. Vacancies in the office of county judge shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of circuit judge.
(2)
Provided, however, that in any county having a total population in excess of eleven thousand (11,000) according to the 1970 federal decennial census and a total assessed valuation of real and personal property of not less than sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000.00) and not more than seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000.00) and in which Mississippi Highway 4 and United States Highway 61 intersect, in which there is a vacancy in the post of county judge resulting from the failure of a candidate to qualify for that post, the board of supervisors of such county may, upon certification of such vacancy to the board, appoint a county judge to serve out the term so vacated who shall be a licensed attorney from such county or an adjoining county. The compensation of such attorney shall be the same he would have otherwise received if elected.
(3)
In the event that any county wherein is located a state hospital and wherein U.S. Highway 80 and Mississippi Highway 43 intersect shall establish a county court, the county judge of such county shall be elected at the general election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1982, after qualifying therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that the board of supervisors of such county may appoint a county judge who shall be a licensed attorney from such county until the office of county judge shall be filled pursuant to said election.
Codes, 1930, §§ 693, 697; 1942, §§ 1604, 1608; Laws, 1926, ch. 131; Laws, 1934, ch. 236; Laws, 1936, chs. 247, 254; Laws, 1946, ch. 370; Laws, 1948, ch. 236; Laws, 1950, chs. 251, 321; Laws, 1952, ch. 238; Laws, 1954, ch. 230; Laws, 1954 Ex Sess ch. 15; Laws, 1955 Ex. ch. 39, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 231, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 234; Laws, 1962, ch. 300; Laws, 1964, ch. 322; Laws, 1966, chs. 344, § 1, 345, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 311, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1970, chs. 335, § 1, 402, § 4; Laws, 1971, ch. 495, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 399; Laws, 1982, ch. 476, § 2, eff. 4/22/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-7 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1994, ch 564, § 102, eff. 9/6/1994 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the repeal of this section).
Codes, 1930, § 708; 1942, § 1623; Laws, 1926, ch. 131.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-9 - County judge; general restriction on practice of law

The county judge shall not practice law in any of the courts of the county wherein he holds court, but this prohibition shall not prohibit the judges of the county courts from practicing in any of the courts so far as to enable them to bring to a conclusion cases actually pending when they were appointed or elected, in which such county judges were then employed as provided in Section
9-1-25
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for judges of the circuit court and chancellors.
Codes, 1930, § 697; 1942, § 1608; Laws, 1926, ch. 131; Laws, 1936, ch. 254; Laws, 1946, ch. 370; Laws, 1950, ch. 251; Laws, 1952, ch. 238; Laws, 1954, ch. 230; Laws, 1954 Ex Sess ch. 15; Laws, 1955 Ex. ch. 39, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 231, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 234; Laws, 1966, ch. 345, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 311, § 2; Laws, 1970, ch. 402, § 4, eff. 4/3/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-13 - Municipalities may supplement salaries of county judicial officers surrendering right to practice law

The governing body of any municipality with a population in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) persons, upon determination that municipal security or efficiency is involved in the judicial process in the handling of appeals from municipal court and of related matters, may contract to supplement the salary of county judicial officers in the county in which such municipality is located in exchange for the surrender by such judicial officers of the right to engage in the practice of law. The salary of such judicial officer so supplemented shall not exceed the salary of circuit or chancery judges in such county or of municipal councilmen, whichever is less.
Codes, 1942, § 1608.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 503, eff. 6/11/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-14 - Additional judge for Harrison County

(1)
In order to relieve the crowded condition of the docket in the county court of Harrison County and particularly to facilitate and make possible the trial and disposition of the large number of causes on said docket, there shall be three (3) county judges for Harrison County provided for and elected as herein set out.
(2)
For the purposes of nomination and election, the three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct, to be denominated for purposes of appointment, nomination and election only as "place one," "place two" and "place three." There shall be no distinction whatsoever in the powers, duties and emoluments of the three (3) offices of county judge, except that the county judge of Harrison County who has been for the longest time continuously a county judge of said county shall have the power to assign causes, terms and dockets.
(3)
While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the powers and duties of the said county judges other than as cast upon them by the constitution and laws of this state, the county court of Harrison County may, in the discretion of the county judge who has been for the longest time continuously a judge of said court, be divided into civil, equity and criminal divisions as a matter of convenience, by the entry of an order upon the minutes of the court.
(4)
The Governor shall appoint some qualified person from Harrison County to fill the office of county judge hereby created, who shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified in the manner and form as provided in Section
9-9-5
, Mississippi Code of 1972, and said appointment and election shall in all respects be of the same import as if the office had heretofore been in existence and a vacancy had as of October 1, 1972, occurred therein.
(5)
Each county judge shall appoint his own court reporter in accordance with Section
9-13-61
, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the purpose of doing the necessary stenographic work of the court.
(6)
The family court judge in Harrison County shall be the county judge for "place three" from and after March 19, 1999, to serve for the term expiring December 31, 2002.
Codes, 1942, § 1604.9; Laws, 1972, ch. 348, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 432, § 3, eff. 5/28/1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 9 - COURTS (§§ 9-1-1 — 9-27-21) › Chapter 9 - COUNTY COURTS (§§ 9-9-1 — 9-9-45) › Section 9-9-15 - Additional judges for Hinds County

(1)
In order to relieve the crowded condition of the docket in the county court and in the youth court of the first judicial district of Hinds County and particularly to facilitate and make possible the trial and disposition of the large number of causes on said docket and in the youth court, there shall be three (3) county judges for Hinds County, Mississippi, provided for and elected as herein set out.
(2)
For purposes of appointment, nomination and election, the three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct, the presently existing judgeship and its succession to be denominated for purposes of appointment, nomination and election only as Place One, Place Two and Place Three. There shall be no distinction whatsoever in the powers, duties and emoluments of the three (3) offices of county judge, except that the county judge of Hinds County who has been for the longest time continuously a county judge of said county, shall have the right to assign causes, terms and dockets.
(3)
While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the powers and duties of the said county judges other than as cast upon them by the constitution and laws of this state, the county court in Hinds County may, in the discretion of the county judge who has been for the longest time continuously a judge of said court, be divided into civil, criminal and youth court divisions as a matter of convenience, by the entry of an order upon the minutes of the court.
Codes, 1942, § 1604.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 231, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1971, ch. 364, § 1, eff. 3/15/1971.