Clerks, sheriffs, and other officers shall be liable to the same proceedings for any neglect of duty, in respect to executions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as in case of executions in civil cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-221
Liability of officers for default as to fines
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 308; 1871, § 869; 1880, § 1788; 1892, § 766; 1906, § 828; Hemingway’s 1917, § 616; 1930, § 620; 1942, § 1564.
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