Perry County, MS
Chancery Clerk
Chancery Clerk
Larry Wilson
601.964.8746
Larry Wilson
Chancery Clerk
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, he records minutes of the board of supervisors meetings. And as treasurer the Clerk assists with payroll 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 liens, federal tax liens, Lis Pendens (notices of pending lawsuits) and military discharges. 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 foreclosure of the right of redemption. The Clerk also issues tax deeds on lands sold for taxes upon the maturity of tax sale.