Mississippi § 29-1-27 - Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 29-1-27 — Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-1-27. Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list.
The land commissioner and auditor are hereby authorized to report to the attorney general any lands that may now or hereafter be claimed by the state on their respective records, the title to which is in doubt, and the attorney general shall make an investigation into the subject matter. If in his opinion the state has no title to said land, he shall so notify the auditor or land commissioner, who shall strike such land from the record in his office and notify, with certified lists of lands so stricken off, the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which such land is situated. The clerk shall report said land to the board of supervisors for new assessment or, if the land be vacant, state, or United States land, the board of supervisors shall have it stricken from the tax sales list in his office, and the tax collector shall be credited as in erroneous assessments.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29-1-27 ("Lands mistakenly claimed by state stricken from tax list.") 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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