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Miss. Code Ann. § 3-3-3 (2026)

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The State of Mississippi is divided into the following counties, to wit: Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, De Soto, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo, which are bounded as described in Chapter 1 of Title 19 of this Code.

Codes, 1857, ch. 2, art. 3; 1871, § 19; 1880, § 22; 1892, § 346; 1906, § 404; Hemingway's 1917, § 3818; 1930, § 3886; 1942, § 3021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1997–1998 · leading case: Cockrell v. City of Southaven, 730 So. 2d 1119 (Miss. 1998).
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Cockrell v. City of Southaven, 730 So. 2d 1119 (Miss. 1998). “Code Annotated MCA § 3-3-1 & § 3-3-3. " [5] IX. ¶ 19. Finding no merit to the assignments of error raised by the Cockrells, we affirm the decision of the court below.”
Billy Hughey Cockrell v. City of Southaven, Mississippi (Miss. 1997). “Code Annotated MCA § 3-3-1 & § 3-3-3."(5) IX. ¶19. Finding no merit to the assignments of error raised by the Cockrells, we affirm the decision of the court below.”
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