Mississippi § 25-7-7 - Fees due from state or county.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 25-7-7 — Fees due from state or county., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 25-7-7. Fees due from state or county.
The clerk of the Supreme Court shall make out a separate, detailed account of fees adjudged against the state, in cases where the state fails in the prosecution or suit or in case of felony where the defendant appeals on pauper oath and the costs cannot be made out of his estate, or against any county, and due him in civil or criminal cases, keeping the fees in each case separate, and shall present it to the attorney general, who shall examine the fee bill in each case and approve it if found to be correct. The fee bill thus approved shall be presented to the supreme court for allowance. If the court allow the same, it shall direct in criminal cases that it be paid out of the county treasury of the county where the prosecution was begun, on the order of the board of supervisors thereof; and in civil cases, that it be paid out of the state or county treasury, as the case may be. The board of supervisors shall allow said claim for fees against the county on presentation of a duly certified copy of the judgment of the supreme court ordering the same to be paid; and the auditor shall issue a warrant, on the order of the supreme court, for such costs against the state in civil cases to be paid by the state treasurer out of the proper appropriation.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 25-7-7 cover?
Section 25-7-7 ("Fees due from state or county.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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