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Miss. Code Ann. § 9-9-9 (2026)

County judge; general restriction on practice of law

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The county judge shall not practice law in any of the courts of the county wherein he holds court, but this prohibition shall not prohibit the judges of the county courts from practicing in any of the courts so far as to enable them to bring to a conclusion cases actually pending when they were appointed or elected, in which such county judges were then employed as provided in Section 9-1-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, for judges of the circuit court and chancellors.

Codes, 1930, § 697; 1942, § 1608; Laws, 1926, ch. 131; Laws, 1936, ch. 254; Laws, 1946, ch. 370; Laws, 1950, ch. 251; Laws, 1952, ch. 238; Laws, 1954, ch. 230; Laws, 1954 Ex Sess ch. 15; Laws, 1955 Ex. ch. 39, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 231, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 234; Laws, 1966, ch. 345, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 311, § 2; Laws, 1970, ch. 402, § 4, eff. 4/3/1970.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2021 · leading case: Mississippi Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Osborne, 876 So. 2d 324 (Miss. 2004).
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Mississippi Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Osborne, 876 So. 2d 324 (Miss. 2004). · cites it 24× “Miss.Code Ann. § 9-9-9 (Rev.2002) extends the prohibition against practicing law to county judges in stating: The county judge shall not practice law in any of the courts of the county wherein he holds court, but this prohibition shall not prohibit the judges of the county…”
Miss. Com'n on Judical Perform. v. Osborne, 977 So. 2d 314 (Miss. 2008). “(4) Whether the misconduct is an isolated incident or evidences a pattern of conduct.”
Mississippi Comm'n on Jud. Performance v. Osborne, 977 So. 2d 314 (Miss. 2008). “(k) Whether the misconduct is an isolated incident or evidences a pattern of conduct. ¶ 38. This misconduct is not the first recorded for Judge Osborne, as he has been disciplined by this Court in the past for practicing law as a judge in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated…”
Mississippi Comm'n on Jud. Performance v. Cnty. Court Judge Mark H. Watts, 324 So. 3d 796 (Miss. 2021). · cites it 3× “Miss. Code Ann. § 9-9-9 . Section 9-1-25 in turn provides six months to “bring to a conclusion cases actually pending when [judges] were appointed or elected .”
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