STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 1 - Public Lands.

• 29-1-1 - Purchase of land by state; title to land acquired with state funds as under name of State; sale of public lands; Secretary of State to sign conveyances; inventory of state lands; land purchas
• 29-1-3 - Sixteenth section or in lieu lands; biennial report of commissioner; public officials to supply management and investment information.
• 29-1-5 - Value of state lands.
• 29-1-7 - Suits for or on behalf of public lands.
• 29-1-9 - Suits for recovery of lands.
• 29-1-11 - Fraudulent purchases declared void.
• 29-1-13 - Private claims to lands.
• 29-1-15 - Counties and municipalities may grant lands to state.
• 29-1-17 - Protection of public lands from trespass.
• 29-1-19 - Damages for trespass.
• 29-1-21 - Record of tax lands.
• 29-1-23 - Definition.
• 29-1-25 - Lands acquired through error.
• 29-1-27 - Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list.
• 29-1-29 - Lands mistakenly sold to state may be stricken.
• 29-1-31 - Void tax sales stricken.
• 29-1-33 - Sale price of tax lands.
• 29-1-35 - Sale of land after buildings destroyed.
• 29-1-37 - Application to purchase tax lands.
• 29-1-39 - Contract for sale of tax lands.
• 29-1-41 - Unlawful to cut timber until purchase price is paid.
• 29-1-43 - Lands under contract for sale taxable.
• 29-1-45 - Cancellation of contract of sale.
• 29-1-47 - Purchase price forfeited.
• 29-1-49 - Tax land may be sold to drainage district.
• 29-1-51 - Tax land may be sold to municipality.
• 29-1-53 - Sale of tax; forfeited improvements.
• 29-1-55 - Sale of tax-forfeited timber.
• 29-1-57 - Sale of buildings, personal property and land associated with tax lands.
• 29-1-59 - Sale price of swamp and overflowed lands.
• 29-1-61 - Sale price of internal improvement lands.
• 29-1-63 - Sale price of Chickasaw school lands.
• 29-1-65 - Sale price of other lands.
• 29-1-67 - Sale of lands in municipalities.
• 29-1-69 - Sale of certain lands sold by municipalities.
• 29-1-71 - Sale of lands for municipal defense projects.
• 29-1-73 - Quantity purchased by one person.
• 29-1-75 - Who may not purchase public lands.
• 29-1-77 - Sale or lease to highway commission.
• 29-1-79 - How purchase money paid.
• 29-1-81 - Issuance of patents and contracts.
• 29-1-83 - Land sold by the state to be assessed for taxes.
• 29-1-85 - Failure of title to public lands.
• 29-1-87 - Patents cancelled where state has no title.
• 29-1-89 - Certain entries cancelled.
• 29-1-91 - Taxes remain a charge on redeemed land.
• 29-1-93 - Fees of county officers.
• 29-1-95 - County, municipality, public school district, drainage district and levee board taxes.
• 29-1-97 - Lien of drainage district or municipality not abated.
• 29-1-99 - Easements for flood control, etc.
• 29-1-101 - Easements for pipe lines.
• 29-1-103 - Liability for damages in construction of pipe lines.
• 29-1-105 - Restrictions on construction or use of pipe lines.
• 29-1-107 - Leasing or renting of surface and submerged lands.
• 29-1-109 - Fees or commissions prohibited for collecting rent on state-owned property.
• 29-1-111 - Duplicate of conveyance issued.
• 29-1-113 - Presumption of patent in absence of record.
• 29-1-115 - Presumption of validity of patents of forfeited tax land.
• 29-1-117 - Titles and claims vacated and relinquished.
• 29-1-119 - Patents to issue in certain cases.
• 29-1-121 - Agent to collect fund due state.
• 29-1-123 - Lists of tax lands prepared; copies to counties.
• 29-1-125 - Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests.
• 29-1-127 - Reports as to mineral interests and payment of royalties and other returns.
• 29-1-129 - Accounting for and disposition of monies collected or received.
• 29-1-131 - Powers and duties of State Tax Commission.
• 29-1-133 - Information to be furnished to State Tax Commission.
• 29-1-135 - Lien of state.
• 29-1-137 - Powers and duties of Attorney General.
• 29-1-139 - Agents of State Tax Commission.
• 29-1-141 - Interest on unpaid sums.
• 29-1-143 - Jurisdiction of chancery court.
• 29-1-145 - State reimbursement of county or municipality for maintenance costs of land to be sold for unpaid taxes.
• 29-1-147 - Relinquishment by state of claims for certain forfeited tax lands.
• 29-1-201 - Authorization to lease or rent certain state-owned lands located in Jackson; terms, purpose.
• 29-1-203 - Authorization to lease or rent additional state-owned lands located in Jackson; terms; purpose.
• 29-1-205 - Lease of certain land in Jackson to national educational honor fraternity.
• 29-1-207 - Repealed.
• 29-1-209 - Use of property leased; reversion of property to state.
• 29-1-211 - Exemption from ad valorem taxation.

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