In any municipality having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000) according to the latest available federal census, it shall be discretionary with the governing authorities of the municipality as to whether or not a municipal judge or a prosecuting attorney, or both, shall be appointed. If the authorities of any municipality having a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) according to the latest available federal census appoint a municipal judge, he shall be an attorney licensed in the State of Mississippi or a justice court judge of the county in which the municipality is located. The mayor or mayor pro tempore shall not serve as a municipal judge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-23-5
Appointment of municipal judge in certain municipalities; qualifications
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Miss. Jud. Performance Com'n v. Thomas (1989)
Most recently applied in 631 So. 2d 758 - In Re Grant (January 1994)
Codes, 1892, § 3001; 1906, §§ 3398, 3399; Hemingway’s 1917, §§ 5926-5929; 1930, §§ 2535-2537; 1942, § 3374-103; Laws, 1910, ch. 169; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 103; Laws, 1958, ch. …
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