Chancery Clerk

scott county ms chancery clerkWelcome to the Scott 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, he records the official minutes. As Treasurer, the Clerk prepares the claims docket and payrolls for all departments of the County, and after Board approval, he 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. In addition, the Clerk offers passport photo service. 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.

 

E-Recording now available

E-Recording is available for Scott County Chancery Clerk’s office land records.   Submitters who wish to record deeds, deeds of trust, and any other document which would be filed in land records department can utilize either Simplifile  or CSC eRecording. I hope this new service will add to the public and attorney’s ability to file legal documents from the convenience of your home or office. For help utilizing either of these services, please contact the vendors as indicated below:

Simplifile:

CSC eRecording:

For any other information or questions about these services, please feel free to contact the Chancery Clerk's office.

Tom Miles
Chancery Clerk
Post Office Box 630
Forest, MS 39074
Phone: 601-469-1922
Fax: 601-469-5180
E-Mail: tmiles@scottcountyms.gov