Title 9, Courts

(1) There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Third Chancery Court District. (2) (a) The chancellor of Subdistrict 3-1 shall be elected from DeSoto County. The two (2) chancellors of Subdistrict 3-2 shall be elected from Grenada County, Montgomery County, Panola County, Tate C…

The clerk of the chancery 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 five percent (5%) of the sum of all the state an…

(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, no chancery clerk elected for a full term of office commencing on or after January 1, 1996, shall exercise any functions of office or be eligible to take the oath of office unless and until the chancery clerk has filed in the office of the…

The clerk of the chancery 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 who thereupon shall have power to do and perform all the acts and duties which their principal…

(1) The clerk shall, in person or by deputy, attend all the sessions of the court, and shall keep minute books, in which he shall record, under the directions of the chancellor, all the proceedings of the court; and the minutes of the preceding day shall be read by him each morni…

It shall be the duty of the clerk to preserve and keep all records, files, papers and proceedings belonging to his office, and to record all last wills and testaments which may be probated; all letters testamentary, of administration, and guardianship; all accounts allowed; all i…

In Harrison County, a county with two judicial districts, it shall be the duty of the chancery clerk to keep in his office at Biloxi, suitable record books or electronic equipment for the purpose of recording deeds, deeds of trust and other conveyances, instruments and contracts …

The clerk or his deputy may at any time receive and file all bills, petitions, motions, accounts, inventories, reports, or other papers offered for that purpose, and may issue all process authorized by law and proper in any matter or proceeding. He may also at any time, in termti…

In all applications and proceedings before the clerk in vacation or in term time, the same pleadings and evidence and forms shall be observed, and the same process and service and return shall be necessary, as though the proceedings were before the court.

All acts, judgments, orders, or decrees made by the clerk in term time or vacation or at rules, shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the court of which he is clerk, and shall not be final until approved by the court. All such orders and proceedings of the clerk may,…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Fourth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Amite County;(b) Franklin County;(c) Pike County; and(d) Walthall County. (a) Amite County; (b) Franklin County; (c) Pike County; and (d) …

The minutes so kept of proceedings in vacation or in term time shall constitute a record of the office and shall be carefully preserved as such, free from erasure or alteration; and, at the first term thereafter of the court, in the case of minutes in vacation, or in the case of …

The approval by the court of minutes entered in vacation or in term time, and adoption of the orders and decrees made by the clerk, may be evidenced by an order of the court approving such orders and decrees, excepting such as may be specified as not approved. It shall not be nec…

The chancellor shall, at each term of the court, carefully examine all bonds taken by the clerk in vacation, in pursuance of any order of the court, or the requirement of law, in any proceeding in such court, and make such orders in reference thereto as he shall deem necessary fo…

The clerk of the chancery court shall either 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 record…

The clerk of the chancery court shall, within ten days after the expiration of the term at which any decree for money shall be made, which is enforceable by execution against the defendant, furnish an abstract of such decree to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in whic…

(1) The clerk shall, within three (3) months after the final termination of each suit involving real estate, record all the pleadings, proofs, exhibits and proceedings therein, or such part thereof as may be required by order of the chancellor, in a book to be kept for that purpo…

The clerk of the chancery court shall be the custodian of all documents, records, books and papers belonging, or in any way appertaining, to the probate court, and of the board of police, formerly existing, except as to such as may be required by law to be kept by the clerk of th…

The clerk shall not suffer any paper filed to be withdrawn but by leave of the chancellor, and then only by retaining a copy to be made at the cost of the party obtaining the leave. Provided, however, that any duly licensed and practicing attorney in good standing in the court ma…

The clerk of the chancery court shall subscribe to at least one (1) and not more than two (2) of the newspapers published in his county as the court or chancellor may direct; and in the event no newspaper is published in the county, the clerk shall subscribe to the newspaper in w…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2, all of the records and papers of the office of the chancery clerk shall, at all reasonable hours on business days, be subject to the inspection and examination of all citizens; and the clerk shall show to any person inquiring fo…

[Until January 1, 2031, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Fifth Chancery Court District is composed of Hinds County. (2) The Fifth Chancery Court District shall be divided into the following four (4) subdistricts:(a) Subdistrict 5-1 shall consist of the following preci…

(1) The chancery clerk of each of the counties of the State of Mississippi, with the approval of the board of supervisors of such county, after an inventory has been made and checked by the board and an order spread on its minutes listing the reference, is authorized to dispose o…

The clerk shall keep in his office a well-bound book, or by means of electronic filing or storage or both as provided in Sections 9-1-51 through 9-1-57, as the clerk may elect, to be called the “Register of Claims,” each page of which shall be divided into five (5) columns, the f…

[Until January 1, 2031, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be four (4) chancellors for the Fifth Chancery Court District. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from each subdistrict. (2) While there shall be no limitation whatsoever upon the powers and duties of t…

(1) The clerk shall keep a general docket in which he shall enter the names of the parties in each suit, the time of filing the complaint, petition or answer, and all other papers in the cause, the issuance and return of process, and a note of reference to all orders made therein…

The clerk shall place on the general docket all applications made and proceedings had in said court in matters testamentary, of administration, in minors’ business, and in cases of persons of unsound mind, by entering the name of the person whose estate is the subject of the appl…

The chancery clerk shall keep an issue docket in which he shall set down (1) all causes triable according to due course at the instant term and (2) such other causes for final hearings as may be ordered (a) by the court or (b) by consent of all the parties. And he shall also plac…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Sixth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Attala County;(b) Carroll County;(c) Choctaw County;(d) Kemper County;(e) Neshoba County; and(f) Winston County. (a) Attala County; (b) Car…

The clerk shall also keep a motion docket in which he shall, in the order in which they are filed, docket as of course and without request, all demurrers, motions, ex parte petitions, exceptions to evidence or reports, and all matters pertaining to administration or guardianship …

(a) Any chancellor in this state may, by an order made and entered on the minute book of the chancery court in each of said counties in his district, require the docket of said court to be provided and kept as follows:(a) The clerk shall provide and keep, for the use of the chanc…

The clerk shall keep an execution docket in the manner required of the clerk of the circuit court, in which he shall enter all final process issued by him, and record at large the returns that may be made thereon.

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be two (2) chancellors for the Sixth 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” a…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Seventh Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Bolivar County;(b) Coahoma County;(c) Leflore County;(d) Quitman County;(e) Tallahatchie County; and(f) Tunica County. (a) Bolivar County…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Seventh Chancery Court District. The three (3) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from Subdistrict 7-1 and shall be denominat…

(1) Except as provided by subsection (9) of this section, the senior chancellor of each chancery court district in the state may apply to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the appointment of one or more persons to serve as family masters in chancery in each of the counti…

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

(1) There shall be four (4) chancellors for the Eighth 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.” (3) While the…

(1) The state shall be divided into an appropriate number of chancery court districts, severally numbered and composed of the counties as set forth in the sections which follow. A court to be styled “The Chancery Court of the County of ____” shall be held in each county, and with…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) The Ninth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Humphreys County;(b) Issaquena County;(c) Sharkey County;(d) Sunflower County;(e) Warren County; and(f) Washington County. (a) Humphreys Co…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Ninth Chancery Court District. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from each subdistrict.

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Tenth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Forrest County;(b) Lamar County;(c) Marion County;(d) Pearl River County; and(e) Perry County. (a) Forrest County; (b) Lamar County; (c) Ma…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be four (4) chancellors for the Tenth 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,…

(1) The Eleventh Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Holmes County;(b) Leake County;(c) Madison County; and(d) Yazoo County. (a) Holmes County; (b) Leake County; (c) Madison County; and (d) Yazoo County. (2) The Eleventh Chancery Court District shall…

There shall be three (3) chancellors for the Eleventh Chancery Court District. The three (3) chancellorships shall be separate and distinct. One (1) chancellor shall be elected from Subdistrict 11-1 and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One,” one…

(a) The Twelfth Chancery Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Clarke County; and(b) Lauderdale County. (a) Clarke County; and (b) Lauderdale County.