Mississippi § 27-33-51 - Duties of tax collectors.

§ 27-33-51. Duties of tax collectors.

The tax collectors of the several counties of the state shall perform such duties as are generally imposed upon them by the laws of this state with respect to the collection of taxes and the payment of same into the proper accounts; and in addition to such general duties: He shall, upon receipt of a duly certified copy of the order of the board of supervisors, adopted under the provisions of Section 27-33-37(l), correct the supplemental roll as required by said order and list as subject to all taxes the assessed value of homes in all cases to the extent directed by the order of the board; and he shall change the supplemental roll for the year, or years, in accord with the order of the board, so as to show the additional taxes due and he shall prepare a tax receipt therefor, with proper references thereon to the board, the year or years for which the additional taxes are levied, and to the page and line of the supplemental roll where the assessment is listed. He shall collect all additional taxes on or before the first day of February of the year following that in which the notice is issued to make the correction and reassessment, and the collection of taxes shall be made in the same manner and at the same time taxes are collected on other property, if any, of the same owner; and he shall give to the taxpayer a separate receipt for such additional taxes. He shall give to all taxpayers having an exempted home under the terms of this article a tax receipt made in the manner and form directed by Sections 27-41-33 and 27-41-35; and this requirement shall apply to receipts given for additional taxes as provided by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. He shall collect all taxes due to the extent required by this article; and it shall be his duty to collect said taxes, including additional taxes as provided by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, by sale of the property in the manner provided by law in the case of other real property, and by any other method or means provided by law for the collection of taxes levied against real property.