 Elisha Moree Chancery Clerk |
Welcome to the Marion County Chancery Clerk web page! Here you will find information about our office and descriptions of our duties, plus our office address, telephone numbers, and email address. Please feel free to contact us if we can be of service to you.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Chancery Clerk occupies perhaps the most unique and diverse office in all of Mississippi government. The various duties given the Chancery Clerk by statute, or assumed voluntarily by the individual Clerk, cover a wide range of vitally important functions. The duties and functions of the Chancery Clerk are governed by an elaborate assortment of statutes and court rules, along with procedures established either by the State Department of Audit or the Department of Finance and Administration.
As the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, she records the official minutes. As Treasurer, the Clerk prepares the claims docket and payrolls for all departments of the County, and after Board approval, she writes and signs checks for payments.
As public recorder, the Clerk handles the recording and storage of several types of documents and maintains various indexes that aid people in researching these records. The primary records are deeds and mortgages relating to real property, but the Clerk also records construction and condominium liens, federal tax liens, Lis Pendens (notices of pending lawsuits) and military discharges. The Clerk is in charge of the storage and authorized disposal of older land rolls, tax receipts and many other County records after their active use lifespan. As Clerk of the Chancery Court, the Clerk handles a multitude of tasks such as matters of estates, guardianships, conservatorships, divorces, child custody, adoption, property disputes and other matters of equity.
The Chancery Clerk also collects delinquent taxes. The duties of this function include researching owners and lienors of land and issuing various forms of notice prior to the forecloser of the right of redemption. The Clerk also issues tax deeds on lands sold for taxes upon maturity of tax sale.
Among other various duties, the Chancery Clerk’s office serves as county-wide notary and is a designated passport acceptance facility on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.
Contact Information
250 Broad Street, Suite 2
Columbia, MS 39429
Phone: 601-736-2691
Fax: 601-444-0206
E-Mail: elisha@marioncountyms.gov
Deeds and Records: http://records.marioncountyms.gov
Chancery Court Website: https://chancery10th.com/
Passport Application Information: travel.state.gov
A list of unclaimed funds may be found at the State Treasurers Office website at treasury.ms.gov.