- The State Auditor is responsible for auditing state agencies, county governments, school districts, and state colleges and universities. They also perform data audits of public schools and monitor the inventory of state agencies. 
- The State Auditor also investigates the misuse of public funds and provides advice to local governments on how to use funds responsibly. 
- The State Auditor runs the Department of Audit, which has 150 employees, including 40 accountants, and has four divisions: Financial and Compliance Audit Division, Investigative Division, Government Accountability Division, and Technical Assistance Division. 
- The State Auditor is elected to four year terms. Elections take place in odd-numbered years before a presidential election (2023, 2027, 2031, etc.). There are no term limits. They are paid a salary of $90,000 per year, which is set to increase to $150,000 in 2024. 

Makes sure that state funds are spent appropriately

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State Auditor

- The state treasurer is responsible for investing state funds and managing the state budget, keeping receipts, recording deposits, paying bills on time, and giving out money from the state treasury. 
- The state treasurer reviews and approves all state contracts for state agencies and the state congress. They also issue public bonds in order to raise funds for the state government. 
-  The state treasurer is elected to four year terms in statewide elections. Elections take place in odd-numbered years before a presidential election (2023, 2027, 2031, etc.). There are no term limits. The treasurer makes $90,000 per year, which will increase to $120,000 in 2024. 

The financial record keeper of the state. 

Economic Growth

Treasurer

- The Insurance Commissioner is responsible for carrying out all state laws about insurance companies and corporations, including licensing and regulating insurance companies. 
- The Insurance Commissioner also serves as the state fire marshall and enforces the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code. 
- The Insurance Commissioner is elected to four year terms in statewide elections. Elections take place in odd-numbered years before presidential elections (2023, 2027, 2031, etc.).

Healthcare Costs

Public Safety

Insurance Commissioner

- The County Coroner runs the Coroner’s Office, which is responsible for making sure that death investigators are available 24 hours per day to investigate all deaths “affecting the public interest.” 
- Deaths that they are responsible for investigating include deaths causes by accidents, murder, suicide, radiation, heat, electric, chemicals, abortion, disease, sudden infant death syndrome, unexplained deaths, deaths in prison or jail, and deaths where the identity of the dead is unknown. 
- The Coroner is responsible for maintaining copies of all death investigations for five years and coordinating with the State Medical Examiner. 
- There are two types of coroners: chief medical examiners (CMEs) and chief medical investigations (CMEIs). CMEs have a medical or osteopathic degree, while CMEIs are non-physicians who have at least a high school diploma. 
- Coroners are elected to four year terms in partisan elections.

The chief medical examiner or chief medical investigator for the county

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County Coroner

- The County Sheriff is an elected official who acts as the chief law enforcement officer in their county. They are tasked with operating the county jails, keeping courtrooms secure during trials, and keeping the public safe through proper law enforcement. 
- Each Sheriff's Office in Mississippi may look a little different in how they hire and run their teams, but they are all responsible for serving civil paperwork, making arrests, and enforcing laws in unincorporated areas of the county. 
- While city police are in charge of law enforcement in their specific cities, county sheriffs are responsible for law enforcement in the areas outside of those cities but within the broader county. 
- There are 82 county sheriffs in Mississippi, one for each individual county. 

The chief law enforcement officer in the county

Policing

County Sheriff

- The Tax Assessor & Collector is responsible for determining how much people owe in taxes, as well as collecting those taxes. 
- The Tax Assessor & Collector figures out how much each person in the county owes in property taxes on real estate and personal property, and they keep records on changes in ownership in property. 
- The Tax Assessor & Collector sends tax bills, collects payments, and distributes tax payments to the county in order to fund government services. They also handle registration and titling of vehicles. 
- Tax Assessors & Collector are elected every four years in partisan elections. Some Mississippi counties have this one office, while other counties elect separate officials to two distinct offices; Tax Collector and Tax Assessor. 

Housing Costs

Cost of Living

Tax Assessor & 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

- Chancery Court Clerks receive, file, and maintain court paperwork for the Chancery Court. They also serve as the clerk to the county board of supervisors, including keeping board minutes, issuing checks for the board, and acting as county treasurer and auditor. 
- Chancery Courts are for family law, including adoptions, custody disputes, and divorces, guardianships, sanity hearings, wills, equity, and challenges to the constitutionality of state laws. Court paperwork in all of these types of cases are filed with the clerk’s office, as well as land records. 
- Some Mississippi counties have no county courts. In these counties, everything that is normally heard in a county court is heard by the chancery court. This includes youth court, delinquency, abuse, and neglect. 
- These are 20 chancery court districts, with one elected clerk for each district. 

Official record keeper and administrator of the chancery court

Judicial Efficiency

Public Health

Chancery Court Clerk

- Circuit Court Clerks are responsible for receiving and filing all lawsuits, indictments, motions, and other court paperwork in all civil and criminal cases filed in county and circuit courts. 
- These clerks also issue all summons and subpoenas at the county and circuit court level, as well as selects and qualifies citizens to serve on juries. 
- Circuit Court Clerks keep records of all court judgements, issue marriage licenses, record all professional licenses, and register citizens to vote. 
- Cases in circuit court are high-level criminal cases and civil cases, while cases in county court are eminent domain cases and juvenile court matters, including youth court, delinquency, abuse, and neglect cases. 
- Circuit Court Clerks are elected every four years in partisan elections

Official record keeper and administrator of the county and circuit courts

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