Chancery Clerk
 | Ronnie Boozer
Chancery Clerk
P. O. Box 578
Aberdeen, MS 39730
662-369-8143 The chancery clerk assists not only the functions of the chancellor and the court, but assists the board of supervisors and plays a vital role in many county affairs, as well. The duties of the chancery clerk include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: |
● Attending and maintaining the minutes of the Chancery Court
● Creating and maintaining files for each Chancery Court suit
● Issuing process for service upon defendants
● Recording the court's activities in various dockets and minute books
● Maintaining dockets
● Processing all phases of civil commitments
● Summoning jurors (in those Chancery Court matters in which a jury trial has been granted)
● Receiving and accounting for various filing fees required to accompany pleadings and appeals
● Attending each session of the Chancery Court
● Transmitting statistical data to the Mississippi Supreme Court, AOC
● Processing the court's record(s) for appellate review
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● Creating and maintaining various indexes for documents filed in the public land recordss (i.e., sectional index, direct/reverse index, etc.
● Creating and maintaining volumes which contain copies of all documents filed and indexed in the public land records (i.e., deed books, deed of trust books, or some combination thereof, etc.).
● Receiving and accounting for various filing fees required to accompany documents left for recording
● Maintaining all records of property sold for taxes by the county tax collector each year and accepting and processing payment in redemption of those taxes
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● Attending all meetings of the Board of Supervisors
● Recording the minutes of the Board
● Receiving and processing claims made against the county, which necessarily includes maintaining the county's Docket of Claims
● Assisting the Board in equalizing the assessment rolls of real and personal property
● Compiling various reports on the Board's behalf and submitting them to other state governmental entities as required
● Receiving and processing all applications made for homestead exemption and reporting thereon to the State Tax Commission.
● Assisting the Board in preparing the annual county budget (not required, but routinely done as a courtesy to the Board)
● Submitting a monthly report of all county funds to the Board
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● Keeping accounts with each county office
● Keeping ledger accounts of all receipts and disbursements of county funds
● Keeping financial records for all county officers responsible for receiving or collecting money for the county, including a detailed account for debits and credits against the tax collector
● Issuing receipt warrants and properly documenting funds paid to the county
● Collecting privilege taxes and issuing privilege licenses on an annual basis
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● Receiving and disbursing money on behalf of the county
● Reconciling statements from the county depository |
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