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Chancery Courts have jurisdiction over disputes in matters involving equity; domestic matters including adoptions, custody disputes and divorces; guardianships; sanity hearings; wills; and challenges to constitutionality of state laws. Land records are filed in Chancery Court .

The Circuit Clerk serves as Clerk of the County and Circuit Courts, receives and files all lawsuits, indictments, motions and other related papers in all Civil and Criminal Cases filed in the Circuit or County Courts and issues all process including summons and subpoenas, draws jurors and qualifies juries, keeps a record of all judgments and executions, issues marriage licenses and keeps records of marriages, records medical and other professional licenses, and registers citizens to vote and has other duties in handling elections. ... Beginning with the June 3, 2014 Primary Election,…

Vance, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit held justice court civil jurisdiction unconstitutional. MS State Legislature Enacted Law Establishing Today's JC System ... The distinction between civil and criminal cases is an important one. In a civil case, a trial or contested matter occurs between two or more persons, while in a criminal case, the trial is between the State of Mississippi and a person accused of committing a crime.

Mississippi is divided into 22 Circuit Court districts, each overseen by a varying number of Circuit Court judges. Learn more.

The Justice Court resides over a myriad of matters, from civil suits to delinquent mobile home taxes . Traffic tickets issued by the State Highway Patrol and the Holmes County Sheriff's Department are resolved in the Justice Court, as well as Public Service tickets, Gaming, Fishing and Marine ...