Mississippi § 51-31-47 - Notice of assessments.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-31-47 — Notice of assessments., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-31-47. Notice of assessments.
When the commissioners shall have completed their assessments of damages and benefits, they shall file the same with the clerk of the chancery court; and the clerk is authorized to set down and fix a time for the hearing of objections to such assessments, at the request of said commissioners, at any time that the court or chancellor in vacation may be able to hear the same as herein provided. The clerk shall cause a notice to be published at least once a week for two successive weeks, of the time set for hearing objections to such assessments, which time for hearing shall not be less than fifteen days nor longer than thirty days from the time of filing the same, unless a longer time shall be ordered by the court or chancellor or requested by the commissioners. Said publication shall be made in any newspaper published in the county, if there be one published in the county where the cause is pending; otherwise, by posting written notices in ten public places in the district, and shall be sufficient, and the only notice required of the filing of said assessment roll and the time set for hearing objections thereto.
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Section 51-31-47 ("Notice of assessments.") 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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