MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

Index for Chapter 001 of Title 29

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 purchased for benefit of state agency; use of assets of Public Employees' Retirement System restricted; cultural resources survey; land acquired for highways, through federal funds or for the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority projects exempt; recovery of expenses for record-keeping; requirements for certain legislatively authorized conveyances of specifically described real property. 
29-1-3.  Sixteenth section or 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 lands heretofore sold in 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 line. 
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. 
29-1-209.  Use of property leased; reversion of property to state. 
29-1-211.  Exemption from ad valorem taxation. 

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