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Miss. Code Ann. § 27-41-81

Sales of land for taxes; certified lists of lands sold

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 545 So. 2d 734 - Barrett v. Hinds County (1989)

Most recently applied in 545 So. 2d 734 - Barrett v. Hinds County (May 1989)

Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 8, art. 17 (26); 1857, ch. 3, art. 36; 1871, § 1698; 1880, § 523; 1892, §§ 3815, 3818; 1906, §§ 2933, 4333; Hemingway’s 1917, §§ 5268, 6967; 1930, …

The tax collector shall on or before the first Monday of June transmit to the clerk of the chancery court of the county separate certified lists of the lands struck off by him to the state and that sold to individuals, specifying to whom assessed, the day of the sale, the amount of taxes for which the sale was made and each item of cost incidental thereto, and, where sold to individuals, the name of the purchaser, to be separately recorded by the clerk in books kept by him for that purpose. Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-59, the lists shall vest in the state or the individual purchaser thereof a perfect title to the land sold for taxes, but without the right of possession and subject to the right of redemption; but a failure to transmit or record a list, or a defective list, shall not affect or render the title void. If the tax collector or clerk shall fail to perform the duties herein prescribed, he shall be liable to the party injured by such default in the penal sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), and also on his bond for the actual damages sustained.

The list hereinabove provided shall, when filed with the clerk, be notice to all persons in the same manner as are deeds when filed for record.

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