Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-3 (2026)
Eligibility of supervisors
✓ current as of July 2026
A person shall not be a member of the board of supervisors who is not a resident freeholder in the district for which he is chosen, and the owner of real estate of the value of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00).
Codes, 1892, § 273; 1906, § 292; Hemingway's 1917, § 3664; 1930, § 196; 1942, § 2871; Laws, 1968, ch. 282, § 1, eff. 6/10/1968.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1978–2007 · leading case: Young v. Stevens, 968 So. 2d 1260 (Miss. 2007).
Young v. Stevens, 968 So. 2d 1260 (Miss. 2007). “2006) mandates that the proper executive committees of the political parties shall determine the qualifications of the candidates seeking office.”
United States v. The Bd. of Supervisors of Forrest Cnty., Mississippi, 571 F.2d 951 (5th Cir. 1978). “16); the property requirement for county officers, Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-3 (1972); and the electoral mechanisms of majority vote requirement, Miss.”
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