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Mississippi Chancery Courts

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Map of Chancery Court districts

Mississippi Chancery Courts are courts of equity. They also have jurisdiction over family law, sanity hearings, wills, and constitutional law. In counties with no County Court, they have jurisdiction over juveniles. Typically, trials are heard without a jury, but juries are permitted. There are 20 districts.[1]

Elections

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Judges in Mississippi Chancery Courts are elected every four years in a nonpartisan election.[2] Judges are required to have five years of experience as a practicing attorney, to be at least 26 years old, to have lived in Mississippi for at least five years, and to live within the court's district.[3]

Districts

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Mississippi Chancery Courts are divided into the following 20 districts.[1]

District Counties covered
1st Alcorn, Itawamba, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Lee, Tishomingo, Union
2nd Jasper, Newton, Scott
3rd Desoto, Grenada, Montgomery, Panola, Tate, Yalobusha
4th Amite, Franklin, Pike, Walthall
5th Hinds
6th Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Winston
7th Bolivar, Coahoma, Leflore, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica
8th Hancock, Harrison, Stone
9th Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington
10th Forrest, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry
11th Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo
12th Clarke, Lauderdale
13th Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith
14th Chickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster
15th Copiah, Lincoln
16th George, Greene, Jackson
17th Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Wilkinson
18th Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah
19th Jones, Wayne
20th Rankin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Chancery Court – About the Court". State of Mississippi Judiciary. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Mississippi local trial court judicial elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Methods of Judicial Selection: Mississippi". Judicial Selection in the States. National Center for State Courts. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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