Miss. Code § 21-15-1

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 21-15-1 - Term of elected municipal officers

All officers elected at the general municipal election provided for in Section 23-15-173, shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of July after such general election that is not on a weekend, and shall hold their offices for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Codes, 1930, § 2597; 1942, § 3374-62; Laws, 1922, ch. 219; Laws, 1928, ch. 184; Laws, 1932, ch. 226; Laws, 1936, ch. 281; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 62; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 27; Laws, 1988, ch. 488, § 6; Laws, 2010, ch. 319, § 3, eff. 7/22/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).