Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-21 (2026)

Sheriff to keep a jail docket; what to contain

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The sheriff of each county shall keep a well bound alphabetical jail docket. In it he shall promptly enter under the proper initial the name, age, color and sex of each convict, the date of his or her commitment, each day worked on the county farm, time required to be served and amount of fine and costs and the jail fees charged against the prisoner and the date of discharge.

The sheriff shall submit his docket to the board of supervisors at each of their regular meetings, and the same shall be examined carefully by the president of the board, and by any other members who desire to examine the same, in the presence of the board while in session.

Codes, 1892, § 800; 1906, § 858; Hemingway's 1917, § 4024; 1930, § 4071; 1942, § 7912; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1996–1996 · leading case: Robert W. Brooks v. George Cnty., Mississippi, George Cnty., Mississippi, Cross-Appellee, Wilbur Ward & Earl Koskela, 84 F.3d 157 (5th Cir. 1996).

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Robert W. Brooks v. George Cnty., Mississippi, George Cnty., Mississippi, Cross-Appellee, Wilbur Ward & Earl Koskela, 84 F.3d 157 (5th Cir. 1996). “Miss.Code Ann. § 47-1-21 requires that [t]he sheriff of each county shall keep a well bound alphabetical jail docket.”

Brooks v. George Cnty., MS, 77 F.3d 834 (5th Cir. 1996). “Miss.Code Ann. § 47-1-21 requires that [t]he sheriff of each county shall keep a well bound alphabetical jail docket.”

Unknown, 77 F.3d 834. “Miss.Code Ann. § 47-1-21 requires that [t]he sheriff of each county shall keep a well bound alphabetical jail docket.”

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