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§ 16-16-120. Information to Be Collected and Reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Nics Index and the Department of Safety by Those County and Probate Courts in Which Commitments to a Mental Institution Are Ordered

As used in this section: “Adjudication as a mental defective or adjudicated as a mental defective” means: A determination by a court in this state that a person, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, mental illness, incompetency, condition or disease: Is a danger to such person or to others; or Lacks the ability to […]

§ 16-16-117. Procedure in Exercising Concurrent Jurisdiction

The mode of procedure in the county court, where the jurisdiction is concurrent either with the circuit or chancery court, shall be as near as may be, according to the rules laid down for the conduct of similar business in those courts. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the […]

§ 16-16-118. Return of Process

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all process shall be returnable to the first Monday coming five (5) days after the service of such process. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than  not more than 12,800 12,900 […]

§ 16-16-109. Powers Necessary to Jurisdiction

The county court is expressly vested, over all subjects enumerated in §§ 16-16-107 and 16-16-108, with all the power and authority necessary and proper to the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less […]

§ 16-16-110. Powers in Sale of Property

The court may, pursuant to § 16-16-109, appoint commissioners to make sale of real or personal property, taking bond and security for the faithful performance of duty, when deemed necessary; may revise, set aside, or confirm the proceedings of the commissioners, as such other courts; render judgments or decrees upon notes and obligations taken in […]

§ 16-16-111. Powers After Confirmation of Sale

When land is sold by any order or decree of the county court, and the sale reported by the clerk and confirmed by the court, the county court shall have the same power and jurisdiction over the cause against the purchaser as the chancery court has by law, notwithstanding the sale has been reported and […]

§ 16-16-112. Enforcement of Small Liens

Jurisdiction is conferred upon the county court to enforce vendors’ liens and foreclose mortgages upon all sums under fifty dollars ($50.00), and also to enforce all liens on all sums under fifty dollars ($50.00) in such cases as the chancery court alone would have jurisdiction if the amount were more than fifty dollars ($50.00). The […]

§ 16-16-113. Writs of Possession

The county court shall have the same power to issue writs of possession to put the purchaser in possession in all cases that the chancery court has and shall be governed by the same rules. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal […]