Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-17 (2026)

District attorney to give opinions and prosecute public debtors

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It shall be the duty of the district attorney, when requested by the county depository or the board of supervisors, or the clerk thereof, to give his opinion in writing upon all cases concerning the revenue or expenses of the county, and with the approval of the Attorney General to institute and prosecute to effect, before the proper court, all persons indebted to the state or any county within his district.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 22, art 3 (4); 1857, ch. 6, art 71; 1880, § 257; 1892, § 1558; 1906, § 1665; Hemingway's 1917, § 1402; 1930, § 4366; 1942, § 3923.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1997–1999 · leading case: Sanction of Knott v. State, 731 So. 2d 573 (Miss. 1999).

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Sanction of Knott v. State, 731 So. 2d 573 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 3× “§ 25-31-17 (1991), states: It shall be the duty of the district attorney, .”

Sanford Knott v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1997). · cites it 6× “" However, Miss. Code Ann. § 25-31-17 (1991), states: It shall be the duty of the district attorney, .”

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