Mississippi § 19-17-9 - To issue receipt warrants.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 19-17-9 — To issue receipt warrants., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-17-9. To issue receipt warrants.
It shall be the duty of the county auditor to issue his receipt warrant to any person desiring to pay money into the county treasury, specifying the amount and the particular account on which such payment is to be made, and the fund to which it belongs. However, a receipt warrant shall not be credited to the person making such payment, nor be charged to the county depository, until there shall be produced and filed with such auditor a duplicate receipt, signed by the depository, for the sum specified in such receipt warrant.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-17-9 ("To issue receipt warrants.") 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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