- The County Attorney, also known as the County Prosecuting Attorney or the County Prosecutor, represents the state of Mississippi in low-level criminal cases filed in the county Justice Court system. 
- The County Attorney decides which cases to bring before the court and represents Mississippi’s interests in those cases. Examples of cases that the county attorney works on include DUIs, possession of drugs, assaults, domestic violence, and traffic cases. 
- Criminal appeals from the Justice Court to the Circuit Court are also prosecuted by the County Attorney. 
- County Attorney’s are elected in partisan elections to four year terms. 

Acts as the attorney for the county in low-level criminal cases

Lauderdale

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County Attorney

- The Tax Assessor is responsible for determining the value of all real estate and personal property in the county in order to determine how much each person owes in property taxes. 
- The Tax Assessor keeps and maintains records of changes in ownership in property, including land, furniture, machinery, and equipment. 
- Tax Assessors also help homeowners apply for homestead exemption tax benefits, which let certain homeowners avoid some of their property taxes. 
- Tax Assessors are elected every four years in partisan elections. 

The county accountant who keeps track of property taxes

Housing Costs

Cost of Living

Tax Assessor

- The Tax Collector is responsible for collecting taxes for the county, all cities within the county, and local school districts. They send bills, collect payments, and distribute tax payments to the county to fund government services
- Taxes handled by the Tax Collector’s office include taxes on real estate, personal property, license plates for cars, privilege licenses, manufactured homes, sales tax on cars, and airplanes. . 
- The Tax Collector’s office also handles the registration of all vehicles and mobile homes in the county, titling vehicles bought from out of state, and issuing and renewing county privilege licenses. 
- Tax Collectors are elected every four years in partisan elections.

The accountant who collects taxes for the county

Tax Collector

- County Supervisors are members of a county-level board called the Board of Supervisors. The board runs the county government, including setting county priorities and funding projects with a multi-million dollar county budget. 
- The board is in charge of county roads, ferries, bridges, law enforcement, collections, fines, and taxes. They also appoint some county-level officials. 
- Decisions made by county supervisors directly impact economic development, public health, safety, and welfare of county citizens. 
- Each county is divided into five supervisor districts of equal population size. Supervisors are elected every four years in partisan elections. Elections take place in odd-numbered years before a presidential election (2023, 2027, 2031, etc.). 

Member of a 5-person board that runs the county

Small Businesses

County Supervisor

- Each county has an elected constable, who serves court papers in civil court cases and makes arrests throughout the county. 
- Constables are responsible for helping to carry out the laws of the state and keep the peace within the county. They attend the local Justice Court. 
- Sometimes, constables are responsible for collecting money that people owe to the court system. 
- County constables are elected in partisan elections to four year terms. One constable is elected per district, and the districts are the same as the districts for Justice Court Judges. 

Law enforcement of the county court system

Judicial Efficiency

Constable

- Justice Court Judges hear and decide cases for small claims of $3,500 or less, low-level criminal cases and traffic cases that take place outside of cities. 
- Justice Court Judges have the power to issue search warrants for the police to search a suspect’s property, and they also have the power to decide how much bond should be for high-level criminal cases. 
- Mississippi has 82 Justice Courts with 197 Justice Court Judges. 
- Justice Court Judges are the only Mississippi judges elected in partisan elections. They serve four year terms. 

The decision maker in small claims and traffic cases

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Lauderdale County Attorney

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Lauderdale Tax Assessor

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Lauderdale Tax Collector

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Lauderdale County Supervisor, District 3

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Lauderdale Constable, District 1

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Lauderdale Constable, District 3

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Lauderdale Constable, District 4

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Lauderdale Constable, District 2

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Lauderdale Justice Court Judge, District 3

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Lauderdale Justice Court Judge, District 4

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