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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 35 - AD VALOREM TAXES--ASSESSMENT
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 27-35-71 - School lands taxable when leased

MS Code § 27-35-71 (2015) What's This?

All school lands known as the sixteenth sections, reserved for the use of schools, or lands reserved or granted in lieu of or as a substitute for the sixteenth sections, shall be liable, after the same shall have been leased, to be taxed as other lands are taxed during the continuance of the lease; but in case of sale thereof for taxes, only the title of the lessee or his assignee shall pass by the sale.

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