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Mississippi Statutes, Title 19

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Title 19, Counties and County Officers

18 chapters · 565 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 19565 Ch 5, Health, Safety and Public Welfare149 Ch 1, County Boundaries82 Ch 3, Board of Supervisors57 Ch 25, Sheriffs45 Ch 9, Finance and Taxation37 Ch 13, Contracts, Claims and Transaction of…30 Ch 29, Local and Regional Railroad Authorities27 Ch 31, Public Improvement Districts27 Ch 7, Property and Facilities21 Ch 27, Surveyors and Surveys18 Ch 11, County Budget15 Ch 17, County Auditors11 Ch 19, Constables11 Ch 23, County Attorneys11

11 sections·Filtered byTitle 19✕Ch 23✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-1 County prosecuting attorney
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There shall be, in the counties where such an office now exists, a county prosecuting attorney, elected in the county at each general election for state and county officers. The several counties in the state shall have the right to come from under and within the provisions of thi…
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-11 Duties
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(1) The county prosecuting attorney shall appear and represent the state in all investigations for felony before the various justice court judges in his county. He shall also appear before justice court judges and prosecute all cases against persons charged with offenses therein.…
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-13 County prosecuting attorney not to defend criminal cases in county
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The county prosecuting attorney shall not represent or defend any person in any criminal prosecution in the name of the state, county or municipality of the county, nor shall he or she give any advice against the state, his or her county or in a criminal case against a municipali…
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-15 County prosecuting attorney may be attorney for supervisors
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The county prosecuting attorney may be employed by the supervisors as the attorney for the board of supervisors, and may be paid the additional salary otherwise provided by law for the board’s attorney, in addition to the salary of the county attorney, fixed for services as count…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-17 Justice court judges to arrange dates of courts with county prosecuting attorney

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The justice court judges of the county shall confer with the county prosecuting attorney as to the date of holding their respective courts, and by mutual arrangements, shall hold their courts as far apart as possible, so as to enable the county prosecuting attorney to attend thei…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-19 Secretarial assistance

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The board of supervisors in each county in the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to pay a reasonable sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month to the county prosecuting attorney for secretarial services actually rendered to said coun…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-21 Appointment of assistant county attorney in certain counties

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The county attorney of any county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and having two (2) judicial districts may appoint an assistant county attorney from the judicial district in which the county attorney does not reside, to serve for a term commensurate with the county attorney; the…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-3 Election to establish or abolish office of county prosecuting attorney

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The board of supervisors of any county, when requested thereto by a petition signed by twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of that county asking for an election to determine whether or not the office of county prosecuting attorney shall be established or abolished, sha…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-5 Supervisors may reestablish office

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The board of supervisors of any county where the county prosecuting attorney’s office has been abolished may by its own motion entered upon the minutes, make an order to reestablish the said office of county prosecuting attorney in said county. Said order shall be published in a …

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-7 Governor to make appointment to reestablished office

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Should the county prosecuting attorney’s office be re-created under Section 19-23-5, then the Governor shall appoint an attorney, whose term of office shall be until the next general election, whether the same be held for the election of congressmen, judges or other officers, whe…

Miss. Code Ann. § 19-23-9 Qualifications

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The county prosecuting attorney shall possess all the qualifications of other county officers, and in addition thereto shall be a regular licensed and practicing lawyer.