Date terms begin for district, county, and beat officers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-1-5
in effectThe term of office of all officers elected at such election for any district office, in a district composed of more than one county, or any county office, or any office of a subdivision of a county shall commence on the first Monday of January next succeeding the election.
Source: Public.Resource.Org MS CodeURL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ms/transforms/ms/ocms/r78/gov.ms.code.title.25.htmlFetched: 6/9/2026
