2016 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 7 - Income Tax and Withholding
Article 1 - Income Tax
§ 27-7-67. Sheriff and special agent not personally liable

MS Code § 27-7-67 (2016) What's This?

Every warrant issued to a sheriff of any county of this state or to a special agent of the state tax commission shall provide that the state tax commission will indemnify and save harmless the said sheriff or special agent against all damages which he may sustain in consequence of the seizure or sale of the property, and the commissioner is hereby authorized to pay all obligations, which may accrue by reason of the issuance and execution of any warrant authorized by Sections 27-7-55 through 27-7-65, out of funds appropriated by the legislature to defray the expenses of the state tax commission. Any claimant accepting any payment authorized to be made by the commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be barred of any action against the sheriff or special agent of the tax commission for damages sustained by the same as a consequence of the levying of process authorized by Sections 27-7-55 through 27-7-65.

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