Chapter
Public Lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-1— Purchase of land by state; title to land acquired with state funds as under name of state; sale of public lands; gift or donation of land to state; 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-3— Sixteenth section or in lieu lands; biennial report of commissioner; public officials to supply management and investment information
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-5— Value of state lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-7— Suits for or on behalf of public lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-9— Suits for recovery of lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-11— Fraudulent purchases declared void
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-13— Private claims to lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-15— Counties and municipalities may grant lands to state
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-17— Protection of public lands from trespass
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-19— Damages for trespass
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-21— Record of tax lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-23— Definition
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-25— Lands acquired through error
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-27— Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-29— Lands mistakenly sold to state may be stricken
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-31— Void tax sales stricken
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-33— Sale price of tax lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-35— Sale of land after buildings destroyed; factors Secretary of State may consider in determining sales price for land
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-37— Application to purchase tax lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-39— Contract for sale of tax lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-41— Unlawful to cut timber until purchase price is paid
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-43— Lands under contract for sale taxable
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-45— Cancellation of contract of sale
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-47— Purchase price forfeited
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-49— Tax land may be sold to drainage district
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-51— Tax land may be sold to municipality
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-53— Sale of tax; forfeited improvements
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-55— Sale of tax-forfeited timber
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-57— Sale of buildings, personal property and land associated with tax lands; factors Secretary of State may consider in determining sale price for land
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-59— Sale price of swamp and overflowed lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-61— Sale price of internal improvement lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-63— Sale price of Chickasaw school lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-65— Sale price of other lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-67— Sale of lands in municipalities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-69— Sale of certain lands sold by municipalities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-71— Sale of lands for municipal defense projects
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-73— Quantity purchased by one person
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-75— Who may not purchase public lands [Repealed effective July 1, 2022]
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-77— Sale or lease to highway commission
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-79— How purchase money paid
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-81— Issuance of patents and contracts
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-83— Land sold by the state to be assessed for taxes
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-85— Failure of title to public lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-87— Patents cancelled where state has no title; refund to purchasers for cancelled patents; determination of failure of title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-89— Certain entries cancelled
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-91— Taxes remain a charge on redeemed land
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-93— Fees of county officers
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-95— County, municipality, public school district, drainage district and levee board taxes; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund and use of monies so deposited
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-97— Lien of drainage district or municipality not abated
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-99— Easements for flood control, etc
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-101— Easements for pipe lines
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-103— Liability for damages in construction of pipe lines
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-105— Restrictions on construction or use of pipe lines
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-107— Leasing or renting of surface and submerged lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-109— Fees or commissions prohibited for collecting rent on state-owned property
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-111— Duplicate of conveyance issued
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-113— Presumption of patent in absence of record
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-115— Presumption of validity of patents of forfeited tax land
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-117— Titles and claims vacated and relinquished
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-119— Patents to issue in certain cases
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-121— Agent to collect fund due state
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-123— Lists of tax lands prepared; copies to counties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-125— Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-127— Reports as to mineral interests and payment of royalties and other returns
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-129— Accounting for and disposition of monies collected or received
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-131— Powers and duties of Department of Revenue
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-133— Information to be furnished to State Tax Commission
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-135— Lien of state
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-137— Powers and duties of Attorney General
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-139— Agents of Department of Revenue
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-141— Interest on unpaid sums
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-143— Jurisdiction of chancery court
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-145— State reimbursement of county or municipality for maintenance costs of land to be sold for unpaid taxes
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-147— Relinquishment by state of claims for certain forfeited tax lands
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-149— Report of transactions for all conveyances of real property
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-201— Authorization to lease or rent certain state-owned lands located in Jackson; terms, purpose
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-203— Authorization to lease or rent additional state-owned lands located in Jackson; terms; purpose
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-205— Lease of certain land in Jackson to national educational honor fraternity
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-207— Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-209— Use of property leased; reversion of property to state
- Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-211— Exemption from ad valorem taxation