Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 37-5-3 (2026)

Residency requirements of members of board; qualifications of electors

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No person who is a resident of the territory embraced within a municipal separate school district or a special municipal separate school district shall be eligible to be a member of the county board of education. Qualified electors residing within a municipal separate school district or special municipal separate school district shall not be eligible to vote or participate in the election of members of the county board of education.

The provisions of this section shall be applicable in the case of a special municipal separate school district and a line consolidated school district of which another county is the home county which together occupy all of the territory of a supervisors district of the county.

Codes, 1942, § 6271-01; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess ch. 10, § 1; Laws, 1954, ch. 283, § 1; Laws, 1958, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 297, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 342, eff. 5/21/1962.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Hosford v. Ray, 806 F. Supp. 1297 (S.D. Miss. 1992).

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Hosford v. Ray, 806 F. Supp. 1297 (S.D. Miss. 1992). · cites it 3× “§ 37-5-3 12 (1991) specifically excludes electors residing in a municipal separate school district, such as the Canton Municipal Separate School District, from participating in the election of members of the county boards of education.”

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