Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-25 (2026)
Salaries of sheriffs
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) through ( 3) of this section, the salaries of sheriffs of the various counties are fixed as full compensation for their services.
The annual salary for each sheriff shall be based upon the total population of his county according to the latest federal decennial census in the following categories and for the following amounts; however, no sheriff shall be paid less than the salary authorized under this section to be paid the sheriff based upon the population of the county according to the most recent federal decennial census:
- (a) For counties with a total population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000), a salary of One Hundred Four Thousand Dollars ($104,000.00).
- (b) For counties with a total population of more than forty-four thousand (44,000) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), a salary of Ninety-five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00).
- (c) For counties with a total population of more than thirty thousand (30,000) and not more than forty-four thousand (44,000), a salary of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00).
- (d) For counties with a total population of more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) and not more than thirty thousand (30,000), a salary of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00).
- (e) For counties with a total population of not more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500), a salary of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00).
- (2) In addition to the salary provided in subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may pay an annual supplement to the sheriff of the county in an amount not to exceed Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00). The amount of the supplement shall be spread on the minutes of the board.
- (3) In addition to the salary provided in subsection (1) of this section and any supplements authorized in subsection (2) of this section, a sheriff may receive the premium pay provided for in Section 45-2-41 as part of the sheriff's compensation.
- (4)
- (a) The salaries provided in this section shall be payable monthly on the first day of each calendar month by chancery clerk's warrant drawn on the general fund of the county; however, the board of supervisors, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may provide that such salaries shall be paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth day of each month. If a pay date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, salary payments shall be made on the workday immediately preceding the weekend or legal holiday.
- (b) At least Ten Dollars ($10.00) from each fee collected and deposited into the county's general fund under the provisions of paragraphs (a), (c) and (g) of subsection (1) of Section 25-7-19 shall be used for the sheriffs' salaries authorized in Section 25-3-25; as such Ten Dollar ($10.00) amount was authorized during the 2007 Regular Session in Chapter 331, Laws of 2007, for the purpose of providing additional monies to the counties for sheriffs' salaries.
- (5)
- (a) All sheriffs, each year, shall attend twenty (20) hours of continuing education courses in law enforcement. Such courses shall be approved by the Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training. Such education courses may be provided by an accredited law enforcement academy or by the Mississippi Sheriffs' Association.
- (b) The Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training shall reimburse each county for the expenses incurred by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs for attendance at any approved training programs as required by this subsection
- (6) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, no sheriff shall receive for his services an annual salary less than the salary paid to that sheriff on the effective date of this act.
Codes 1942, § 4234.5; Laws, 1968, ch 369, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 542, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 483; Laws, 1977, ch. 454; Laws, 1980, ch. 529; Laws, 1981, ch. 340, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 496; Laws, 1985, ch. 421; Laws, 1988, ch. 498, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 478, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 431, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 570, § 5; Laws, 1998, ch. 459, § 2; Laws, 2004, ch. 505, § 3; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 6, eff. 4/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 382, SB 2311,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 469, SB 2444,§ 5, eff. 4/14/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 498, HB 1408,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 323, HB 1409, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1992–2013 · leading case: Patterson v. City of Greenville, 117 So. 3d 630 (Miss. 2013).
Patterson v. City of Greenville, 117 So. 3d 630 (Miss. 2013). “Compare Miss.Code Ann. § 25-3-25(6)(o) (Rev.2010) (acknowledging that the Sheriff of Hinds County regularly provides security for the State fairgrounds and museums in Jackson) with Miss.”
Knight v. Newton Cnty., 806 F. Supp. 105 (S.D. Miss. 1992). “§§ 19-25-13, -19; Miss.Code Ann. 25-3-25(2), -27. It is apparent to the court that the Mississippi Legislature intended for each county, through its general fund, to pay the compensation due sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, just as it intended liability insurance to cover…”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-25(2): 1 case
Knight v. Newton Cnty., 806 F. Supp. 105 (S.D. Miss. 1992). “§§ 19-25-13, -19; Miss.Code Ann. 25-3-25(2), -27. It is apparent to the court that the Mississippi Legislature intended for each county, through its general fund, to pay the compensation due sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, just as it intended liability insurance to cover…”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-3-25(6)(o): 1 case
Patterson v. City of Greenville, 117 So. 3d 630 (Miss. 2013). “Compare Miss.Code Ann. § 25-3-25(6)(o) (Rev.2010) (acknowledging that the Sheriff of Hinds County regularly provides security for the State fairgrounds and museums in Jackson) with Miss.”
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