2013 Mississippi Code
Title 19 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS
Chapter 25 - SHERIFFS
§ 19-25-27 - Deputy liable on motion of sheriff
When any fine, penalty, or judgment shall be assessed or rendered against a sheriff or his sureties, for or on account of any misconduct of a deputy, the court in which the fine, penalty, or judgment shall be rendered shall, upon motion by the sheriff or his sureties, give judgment against the deputy and his sureties, jointly and severally, for the full amount of all such fines, penalties, or judgments, and shall award execution therefor. The deputy and his sureties shall have five days' notice of such motion.
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