Title 9, Courts

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Fifteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Copiah County; and(b) Lincoln County. (a) Copiah County; and (b) Lincoln County.

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Sixteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) George County;(b) Greene County; and(c) Jackson County. (a) George County; (b) Greene County; and (c) Jackson County. (2) The local con…

(a) The First Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Alcorn County;(b) Itawamba County;(c) Lee County;(d) Monroe County;(e) Pontotoc County;(f) Prentiss County;(g) Tishomingo County; and(h) Union County. (a) Alcorn County; (b) Itawamba County; (c) Lee C…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Sixteenth Chancery Court District. (2) The three (3) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Plac…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Seventeenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Adams County;(b) Claiborne County;(c) Jefferson County; and(d) Wilkinson County. (a) Adams County; (b) Claiborne County; (c) Jefferso…

(a) The Eighteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Benton County;(b) Calhoun County;(c) Lafayette County;(d) Marshall County; and(e) Tippah County. (a) Benton County; (b) Calhoun County; (c) Lafayette County; (d) Marshall County; and (e) Tippah C…

(1) There shall be two (2) chancellors for the Eighteenth Chancery Court District. (2) The two (2) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One” and “Place Two.”

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Nineteenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Jones County; and(b) Wayne County. (a) Jones County; and (b) Wayne County. (2) While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the …

The Twentieth Chancery Court District shall be Rankin County.

There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Twentieth Chancery Court District. For purposes of appointment and election the three (3) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One,” “Place Two” and “Pla…

(1) Effective on July 1, 2027, there shall be an additional chancellor in the following chancery court districts:(i) The First Chancery Court District;(ii) The Second Chancery Court District;(iii) The Third Chancery Court District;(iv) The Fourth Chancery Court District;(v) The S…

(1) There shall be four (4) chancellors for the First Chancery Court District. (2) The four (4) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One,” “Place Two,” “Place Three” and “Place Four.” The chancellor…

The chancery court in addition to the full jurisdiction in all the matters and cases expressly conferred upon it by the constitution shall have jurisdiction of all cases transferred to it by the circuit court or remanded to it by the supreme court; and such further jurisdiction, …

The court in which a will may have been admitted to probate, letters of administration granted, or a guardian may have been appointed, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions in relation to the execution of the trust of the executor, administrator, guardian, o…

The chancery court shall have power to issue a summons for any person, or subpoena for any witness, whose appearance in court may be deemed necessary for any purpose, whether such party or witness reside in the same or any other county. It shall be the duty of the party summoned …

The chancery court, or the chancellor in vacation, or judge granting the writ, shall have power to punish any person for breach of injunction, or any other order, decree, or process of the court, by fine or imprisonment, or both, or the chancellor or judge granting the writ may r…

The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to any infant or defendant of unsound mind, and allow him suitable compensation payable out of the estate of such party, but the appointment shall not be made except when the court shall consider it necessary for the protection of the int…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Second Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Jasper County;(b) Newton County; and(c) Scott County. (a) Jasper County; (b) Newton County; and (c) Scott County.

(1) In a chancery case in which a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, it is the duty of the chancery clerk to prepare and forward to the Administrative Office of Courts the information described by subsection (2) of this section not later than the last day of the month f…

Whenever the chancery court or chancellor has lawfully set any matter in vacation for confirmation or decree, and no contest has been timely filed, if an order or decree determining the same or setting another date therefor be not entered upon such date, the chancellor shall have…

The court or chancellor in vacation shall have power in proper cases for good cause shown to grant a reasonable enlargement of the time for the filing of an answer or answers, or of a demurrer or demurrers, and shall have power in like cases and for like cause shown to set aside …

In the matter of ordering, decreeing and confirming sales of real and personal property of decedents, or of minors, or of persons of unsound mind, and in all other matters testamentary or of administration, in minors’ business, matters affecting persons of unsound mind, and in th…