Mississippi Chancery Courts


Mississippi Chancery Courts are courts of equity. They also have jurisdiction over family law, sanity hearings, wills, and constitutional law. In counties with no County Court, they have jurisdiction over juveniles. Typically, trials are heard without a jury, but juries are permitted. There are 20 districts.

Elections

Judges in Mississippi Chancery Courts are elected every four years in a nonpartisan election. Judges are required to have five years of experience as a practicing attorney, to be at least 26 years old, to have lived in Mississippi for at least five years, and to live within the court's district.

Districts

Mississippi Chancery Courts are divided into the following 20 districts.
DistrictCounties covered
1stAlcorn, Itawamba, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Lee, Tishomingo, Union
2ndJasper, Newton, Scott
3rdDesoto, Grenada, Montgomery, Panola, Tate, Yalobusha
4thAmite, Franklin, Pike, Walthall
5thHinds
6thAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Winston
7thBolivar, Coahoma, Leflore, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica
8thHancock, Harrison, Stone
9thHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington
10thForrest, Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Perry
11thHolmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo
12thClarke, Lauderdale
13thCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith
14thChickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster
15thCopiah, Lincoln
16thGeorge, Greene, Jackson
17thAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Wilkinson
18thBenton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah
19thJones, Wayne
20thRankin