43-31-29 - Relief of those not entitled to a settlement; burial of strangers; indigent burial policy; board adjudication of person as pauper; board authorized to contribute funds or pay full cost of b - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-31-29. Relief of those not entitled to a settlement; burial of strangers; indigent burial policy; board adjudication of person as pauper; board authorized to contribute funds or pay full cost of burial.
 

The board of supervisors of any county shall also relieve, support or employ paupers found or being in the county, though not entitled to a settlement therein, and, in case of their decease, shall decently bury them; and all expenses shall be chargeable to and recoverable from the county in which such pauper had a settlement; and the board shall decently bury all strangers dying in the county. The board shall establish an indigent burial policy which shall be spread upon the minutes of the board. The policy shall establish standards and eligibility criteria for the administration of indigent burials. The board may be able to establish the status of someone as a pauper, either before or after his death, based upon available records of recent public assistance and any other available evidence. After review of the records, the board may adjudicate a person as a pauper and shall spread upon its minutes the adjudication. The board, in its discretion, may then pay the full cost of burial or may contribute funds to assist in the cost of the burial. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 23, art. 10; 1871, § 1983; 1880, § 632; 1892, § 3145; 1906, § 3568; Hemingway's 1917, § 6184; 1930, § 5708; 1942, § 7359; Laws, 2009, ch. 347, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2009.