The auditor, in his settlements with the tax collector, shall credit him with the amount of state taxes on all lands sold for taxes and struck off to the state, with the legal fees of the publisher of the newspaper for advertising such land for sale; and the collector shall also be credited in his […]
The tax collector shall make reports in writing, verified by his affidavit, on the first day of each month or within twenty (20) days thereafter, except as hereinafter provided, to the Auditor of Public Accounts and to the clerk of the board of supervisors, of all taxes collected by him during the preceding month for […]
The tax collector’s final report and settlement with the auditor of public accounts and with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the taxes of any fiscal year shall be made on or within fifteen (15) days after the first day of November next thereafter. If the tax collector fails to make any report, […]
The tax collector of each county within the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District shall make reports in writing, verified by affidavit, on the first day of each month, or within twenty (20) days thereafter, to the auditor of public accounts and to the treasurer of the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta of all […]
If any collector fails to pay into the state treasury the amount of taxes due the state within the time prescribed, the auditor shall immediately notify the district attorney, and shall furnish him a statement under his hand and seal of office of the amount due by the collector. The district attorney shall forthwith commence […]
Suits against tax collectors as provided in Section 27-29-17 shall be tried at the return term and shall have precedence over all other civil causes. Judgment shall be given for the amount due by the collector with thirty per centum (30%) per annum damages, after deducting all legal allowances to which he may be entitled.
Like proceedings to those provided in Section 27-29-17 shall be instituted by the district attorney, or any attorney employed by the board of supervisors, for nonpayment of county taxes, on notification by the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, whose duty it shall be to give such notification.
Every tax collector shall make report to the auditor of public accounts and clerk of the board of supervisors, respectively, as hereinbefore provided; and if any tax collector shall not report to the auditor or clerk, and pay over to the state and county treasurers, within twenty (20) days after the last day of each […]
Whenever the tax collector shall make a report as provided, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors to examine the same and to carefully compare it with the duplicate tax receipts, the cash book, and all other books and records in the collector’s office pertaining to the collection of […]
The assessor and collector, with their sureties, shall be severally held liable on their bonds and bound to pay the county or state the full amount of all sums lost to the state or county, respectively, from the failure or neglect of the assessor to assess, return, or otherwise faithfully to complete his assessment, or […]
An allowance shall not be made by any auditing officer to any tax collector for the taxes on any land for which he claims credit until he shall present a list thereof, with his affidavit annexed that it is a correct list, and that he has not received any taxes thereon from any person.
Every tax collector, at the expiration of his term of office, shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, on the first Monday of January, a list of all the uncollected taxes for the current fiscal year, which shall show the name of every person owing taxes, the amount of […]
The clerk of the board of supervisors shall transmit to the auditor of public accounts a certified copy of the list of uncollected taxes, furnished by the tax collector whose term of office has expired, on or before the first day of February, after it has been filed, together with certified transcripts of orders of […]
From and after July 1, 2004, the board of supervisors of a county shall reduce the ad valorem taxes levied by the county in an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the county’s share of the revenue derived from the oil and gas severance tax under Sections 27-25-505 and 27-25-705 as a result of offshore […]
Before the fifteenth day of September every year and before the fifteenth day of January of every year, within which the tax collector’s term of office shall expire, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall file, with the auditor of public accounts, on blanks to be furnished by such auditor, the following lists of […]
The clerk of the board of supervisors shall certify to the truth and correctness of such lists of amendments to assessments referred to in Section 27-29-5 and shall further certify that he has compared the items listed for credit with the stub tax receipts and that no taxes have been collected on any such items.
Any such clerk of the board of supervisors, who shall fail to make such list or lists, referred to in Section 27-29-5, by the time specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense.
