Title 9, Courts

(a) The Twentieth Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Madison County; and(b) Rankin County. (a) Madison County; and (b) Rankin County.

(1) There shall be three (3) judges for the Twentieth Circuit Court District. (2) The three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One”, “Place Two”, and “Place Three”. The judge to fill Place One must…

[Until January 1, 2031, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Twenty-second Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Holmes County;(b) Humphreys County; and(c) Yazoo County. (a) Holmes County; (b) Humphreys County; and (c) Yazoo County.

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (a) The Twenty-third Circuit Court District is composed of the following counties:(a) Claiborne County;(b) Copiah County; and(c) Jefferson County. (a) Claiborne County; (b) Copiah County; and (c) Jefferson County.

The Twenty-first Circuit Court District shall be composed of DeSoto County.

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be three (3) circuit judges for the Twenty-first Circuit Court District. (2) For the purposes of appointment and election, the three (3) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated as “Plac…

[Until January 1, 2027, this section shall read as follows:] (1) There shall be four (4) judges for the First Circuit Court District. (2) The four (4) judgeships shall be separate and distinct and denominated for purposes of appointment and election only as “Place One,” “Place Tw…

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 c…

The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all cases transferred to it by the chancery court or remanded to it by the supreme court.

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…

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 bou…

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.

(a) The Second Circuit 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.

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, sh…

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 bus…

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 …