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Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-31 (2026)

Riding bailiffs

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Each judge of a circuit, chancery or county court, or a court of eminent domain may, in the judge's discretion, by order entered on the minutes of the court, allow the sheriff riding bailiffs to serve in the respective court of such judge, not to exceed four (4) bailiffs. Any such person so employed shall be paid by the county on allowances of the court on issuance of a warrant therefor in an amount between Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each day, or part thereof, for which he or she serves as bailiff when the court is in session. No full-time deputy sheriff shall be paid as a riding bailiff of any court. County court judges shall be limited to one (1) bailiff per each court day.

Codes, 1930, § 3311; 1942, § 4236; Laws, 1926, ch. 198; Laws, 1958, ch. 329; Laws, 1977, ch. 357; Laws, 1989, ch. 487, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 505, § 7, eff. 8/19/2004 (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).

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 392, HB 400,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court, 158 So. 3d 1117 (Miss. 2015).
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Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court, 158 So. 3d 1117 (Miss. 2015). · cites it 12× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-31. ¶ 32. We hold sections one and four to be void in full because they completely contradict statutory law.”
Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court (Miss. 2015). · cites it 12× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-31 (Rev. 2012). Riding bailiffs are hired under the judge’s discretion by a court order and allow the sheriff additional bailiffs.”
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