Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-2 (2026)
Secretary of State to assist in school trust land management
✓ current as of July 2026
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to assist the local school districts, when so requested, in establishing and maintaining local school trust land management systems. The Secretary of State shall also identify and coordinate consultative services which might be available to the school districts from other agencies within the state.
Laws, 1978, ch. 525, § 48; Laws, 1988, ch. 518, § 19, eff. 7/1/1988.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Quitman Sch. Dist. & The Sch. Bd. of The Quitman Sch. Dist. v. Keith Clay, Ben Graves, Leah Parson, Fred Andrews, Charles Chapman, Jimmy D. Barnett, & Terry Graham (Miss. 2022).
Wayne Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Quitman Sch. Dist. & The Sch. Bd. of The Quitman Sch. Dist. v. Keith Clay, Ben Graves, Leah Parson, Fred Andrews, Charles Chapman, Jimmy D. Barnett, & Terry Graham (Miss. 2022). “The board of education under the general supervision of the state land commissioner [now, the Secretary of State, Miss. Code Ann. § 29-3-2 (Rev. 2020)] shall have control and jurisdiction of said school trust lands and of all funds arising from any disposition thereof heretofore…”
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