Miss. Code § 99-35-13

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 99-35-13 - Remittance of fines and forfeitures

In the event there is an acquittal or the case is nolle prosequi, the order of the court shall direct that any fine or forfeiture paid in the lower court be remitted, and a certified copy of the said order shall be sufficient authority for the remittance of said fine or forfeiture by the board of supervisors in the event the case was appealed from a judgment of a justice of the peace, or by the governing authorities of a municipality in the event the case was appealed from a judgment of a mayor or police justice of a city, town or village.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art. 14(4); 1857, ch. 58, art. 23; 1871, § 1335; 1880, § 2355; 1892, § 86; 1906, § 87; Hemingway's 1917, § 69; 1930, § 68; 1942, § 1202; Laws, 1956, ch. 216; Laws, 1968, ch. 308, § 1, eff. 6/27/1968.