Mississippi County Court Information

A county court is provided with judicial power over one or more counties of a state. In some states, this jurisdiction is exclusively administrative and in others it has authority to hear criminal and civil cases too. A Mississippi county court can exercise its exclusive jurisdiction on certain cases like those of juvenile matters. For some civil cases, the county courts of Mississippi share jurisdiction along with the chancery and circuit courts.

Mississippi County Court Jurisdiction

The highest claim limit under the jurisdiction of a Mississippi county court is $200,000. They are eligible to hear cases of non-capital felonies that have been transferred to county court from a circuit court. The judges serving a Mississippi county court have authority to issue search warrants, set bonds for release, and preside over initial hearings in the courtroom. The county courts of Mississippi have parallel jurisdiction with the justice courts of the state in different cases, be it criminal or civil.

Locations of Mississippi County Courts

There are twenty Mississippi county courts with twenty-nine judges. These judges serve a term of four years. The election of these judges is implemented by a non-partisan method. The counties with county courts are Adams, Bolivar, Lee, Hinds, Jackson, Harrison, De Soto, Jones, Coahoma, Forrest, Pike, Madison, Rankin, Lauderdale, Lamar, Warren, Leflore, Lowndes, Washington and Yazoo. All these courts are funded locally. Hinds and Harrison have currently three county judges; Jackson, Madison, Rankin and Lauderdale have two, while the rest of the courts have only one judge.

If you are a resident of Adams County and want to know about the cases heard in this county court, you can visit http://www.adamscountyms.net/departments/county_court.php. The present judge of this county court is Hon John Hudson and the address of the courthouse is Adams County Court House, PO BOX 1371, Natchez, MS 39121. The phone number to reach them is (601) 442-6416 and their fax number is (601) 445-2369.

The link to Lamar County Justice Court is http://www.lamarcounty.com/09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174&Itemid=113. The court is held on every Thursday from 10 am onwards, however for details you can call the office at 601-794-2950 during usual working hours.

To know about Bolivar County Court or the county judge, you can visit http://www.co.bolivar.ms.us/countycourtjudge.htm. To reach the court house, the address is County Court Judge, P.O. Box 188, Cleveland, MS  38732. You can also reach them by phone at 662-843-7175 ad through fax at 662-843-5337.

De Soto County Court rules are found at http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/rules/countyrules/DesotoCountyRules.pdf. You can also visit the official website at http://www.desotoms.com/departments/courts/county-court, and their address is De Soto County Courthouse, 2535 Highway 51 South, Hernando, MS 38632. Their official phone number is (662) 429-5011.

Some county courts do not have individual website addresses. However, to reach them you can go the official website of Mississippi courts. The link to this site is http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/trialcourts/countycourt/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/countycourt.html. You will find all information here about each Mississippi county court, jurisdictions, and name of the counties with each county court. For contact information and their current judges you can visit http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/trialcourts/countycourt/countycourtjudges.pdf. This link would provide you with the names of the judges along with their address, phone numbers and fax numbers.