Chickasaw Justice Court Judge, District 2
The decision maker in small claims and traffic cases
Full office description
- 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.
How this impacts you
Public Safety — Justice Court Judges are responsible for deciding cases about traffic violations. How they do their job impacts how safe local streets are for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Judicial Efficiency — Justice Court Judges manage the cases that they are hearing, impacting how often the people involved in the case must go to court and what paperwork they need to file in the case.
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Vida Anderson Smith
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