Mississippi § 29-1-51 - Tax land may be sold to municipality.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 29-1-51 — Tax land may be sold to municipality., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-1-51. Tax land may be sold to municipality.
The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to sell state forfeited tax lands situated within the corporate limits of a municipality to the governing authorities of such municipality in the manner provided by law. If a municipality makes an application to purchase those lands, the municipality shall have priority over all other applicants except the original owner, his heirs or assigns. As an alternative method to disposing of tax lands situated within a municipality, the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Governor, may transfer those lands to the municipality, which then may retain or dispose of the lands as provided by law.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29-1-51 ("Tax land may be sold to municipality.") 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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