Mississippi Criminal Records

• Mississippi has 845,101 total people (FBI, 2018).
• Mississippi is the 39th largest state by population.

Court System

• The Youth Courts handle all matters involving the abuse or neglect of minor or actual offenses committed by juveniles.
• The Municipal Courts have jurisdiction over misdemeanor crimes, municipal ordinances, and traffic violations.
• The Drug Courts are a type of special court who try to help drug-using offenders through drug treatment and intense supervision by the court.
• The Justice Courts have jurisdiction over small claims civil cases where the amount in dispute is $3,500 or less and they handle misdemeanor criminal cases.
• The County Courts share jurisdiction in with the Circuit and Chancery Courts in civil matters and they have concurrent jurisdiction with the Justice Courts in all civil and criminal matters.
• The Chancery Courts have jurisdiction over cases involving equity issues and domestic matters.
• The Circuit Courts hear felony criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits.
• The Court of Appeals is an error correction court and it will hear cases that are assigned to them by the Supreme Court.
• The Supreme Court is the court of last resort, but it will hear all appeals from the lower courts.