Mississippi § 11-51-101 - State, county, and municipality, and officials representing them, may appeal without bond; prepayment of costs in lower court; costs of record of trial court.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-51-101 — State, county, and municipality, and officials representing them, may appeal without bond; prepayment of costs in lower court; costs of record of trial court., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-51-101. State, county, and municipality, and officials representing them, may appeal without bond; prepayment of costs in lower court; costs of record of trial court.
The state and any county or municipality of the state, and the officials representing the state, county or municipality, in any suit or action, and any state, county or municipal officer who is a party to any suit or action in his official character, in which suit or action the state, county or municipality is beneficially interested, and the several incorporated charitable or educational institutions established and maintained by the state, and all corporate instrumentalities wholly owned by the United States government, shall be entitled to appeal from a judgment, decree, decision or order of any court or judge from which an appeal may be taken without prepayment of costs in the lower court; however, the cost of the preparation of the record of the proceedings in the trial court shall be prepaid. In any such case, if a supersedeas is allowed and desired, a bond for supersedeas shall not be required. Any person who is a party to a suit or action in his individual capacity, which suit arises from allegedly tortious actions and deeds committed by him during the time he was a member, trustee, director, superintendent, official or employee, as the case may be, of the Department of Corrections, the State Penitentiary or the state psychiatric hospitals or institutions, and which allegedly tortious acts and deeds were committed by the person in the performance of his duties or employment, shall be entitled to appeal from a judgment, decree, decision or order of any court or judge from which an appeal may be taken without prepayment of costs in the lower court, including the costs of the preparation of the record of the proceedings in the trial court. In those cases, if a supersedeas is allowed and desired, a bond for supersedeas shall not be required. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such judgment, decree, decision or order in favor of the State of Mississippi.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-51-101 cover?
Section 11-51-101 ("State, county, and municipality, and officials representing them, may appeal without bond; prepayment of costs in lower court; costs of record of trial court.") 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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