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§ 27-31-1. Exempt property

The following shall be exempt from taxation: All cemeteries used exclusively for burial purposes. All property, real or personal, belonging to the State of Mississippi or any of its political subdivisions, except property of a municipality not being used for a proper municipal purpose and located outside the county or counties in which such municipality […]

§ 27-31-11. Parking garages not operated for profit; exemption by municipalities

The governing authorities of any municipality located within any county as described in Section 27-31-9, may, in their discretion, exempt from all municipal ad valorem taxation, for a period of not more than ten (10) years, any parking garage providing motor vehicle parking service to the general public, provided the parking garage is operated solely […]

§ 27-31-13. Commodities in transit

All commodities, including everything movable that is of value usually bought and sold, which is in transit and assembled or in storage on wharfs, railway cars, or in warehouses, at ports of entry, designated by the U. S. government as such, in the State of Mississippi, intended for export or import into, through or from […]

§ 27-31-15. Nonprofit cooperative electric power associations

The property of all nonprofit cooperative electric power associations organized heretofore or which may be hereafter organized under any of the laws of this state for the purpose of selling, transmitting, distributing or generating electricity, electric current or power, and which shall engage in any such business or businesses shall be exempt from ad valorem […]

§ 27-31-17. Bonds, etc., of agricultural agencies

All stocks in, bonds of or other evidences of debt issued by any agricultural credit corporation or association, and all money loaned by any such organization for agricultural purposes are hereby exempted from all ad valorem taxes; provided, however, that the exemption from taxation on money loaned, as provided herein, shall not apply to money […]

§ 27-31-19. Oil, gas and other petroleum products refined in state

There shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes now levied or hereafter levied by the State of Mississippi, or any county, municipality, levee district, school, or any other taxing district within the state, all oil, gas, and petroleum products, whether produced within or without the state, which oil, gas or petroleum products are owned […]

§ 27-31-2. Property owned by not-for-profit foundation providing charitable contributions and funding for legal services to the poor and projects to improve administration of justice

All real and personal property, except motor vehicles, owned by a not-for-profit foundation providing charitable contributions and funding for legal services to the poor, for projects to improve the administration of justice, for assistance to the trial and appellate courts and similar activities and purposes, shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxation. Such property […]

§ 27-31-21. Public school libraries and buildings

All public libraries and buildings in which the free public schools are taught, and the lots on which same are situated, not exceeding four (4) acres in dimensions, without cost to the state or any county or municipality thereof for rent or lease, and also the real and personal property of library associations, used for […]

§ 27-31-23. Confederate soldiers’ home

Any and all property maintained and operated for the benevolent purpose of a confederate soldiers’ home is hereby exempted from all municipal, county and state taxation; provided no individual or corporation derive any revenue or income from such property.

§ 27-31-25. Toll bridges

If a toll bridge shall have been constructed outside of a municipality and completed and exempted by the county, and a municipality shall extend its limits so as to take in territory including said toll bridge, the said bridge and the operating company shall be exempt from municipal taxes for a period for which it […]

§ 27-31-29. Newly constructed single-family dwellings

Any single-family dwelling, including a condominium unit which was built, or caused to be built, to completion on or after January 1, 1983, and is and always has been owned by the person, or his or her donee, who built or caused such dwelling to be built, shall, upon presentation of an affidavit to the […]

§ 27-31-3. Turpentine, etc.; agricultural products

Crude turpentine gum (oleoresin), the product of a living tree, or trees, of the pine species, and gum-spirits-of-turpentine and gum-rosin as processed therefrom, are hereby classified and declared to be agricultural commodities, agricultural products and farm products.

§ 27-31-30. Certain military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities

Military housing units and ancillary supporting facilities that are acquired or constructed pursuant to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (10 USC 2871 et seq.) to support and house active duty military personnel and their families and Department of Defense civilian personnel shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.

§ 27-31-31. Structures within central business district of municipality

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxation, except ad valorem taxation for school district purposes, for new structures or improvements to or renovations of existing structures located in the designated central business district of the municipality, for a period of not more than ten […]

§ 27-31-32. Exemption from certain ad valorem taxes for residential structures improved, renovated or converted in areas designated as blighted; procedure

The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to grant exemptions from ad valorem taxation, except ad valorem taxation for school district purposes, for improvements to or renovations of existing residential structures or existing structures converted for residential use that are located in the areas that are designated as blighted by the […]