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(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2, it shall be the duty of the tax collector of the county in which the manufactured home or mobile home is registered and assessed to collect the ad valorem taxes thereon. In cases where the manufactured home or mobile home is assessed on the land rolls, the penalty for nonpayment or delinquency of taxes shall be the same as is prescribed by law in regard to real estate. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the case of all other manufactured homes or mobile homes, if the ad valorem tax is not paid within ninety (90) days after it becomes due and payable as provided by Section 27-53-11, the tax collector shall have the authority to file a civil suit in order to collect these taxes. Suits to collect delinquent manufactured home or mobile home taxes may be combined and included in one or more civil suits, the costs of which (including publication fees and like necessary expenses) shall be assessed pro rata among the delinquent taxpayers party to a suit as part of the judgment.
(b) After taking all possible legal action, the tax collector shall submit a report of uncollected manufactured home or mobile home taxes to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be verified by the affidavit of the collector, that he has made, in person or by deputy, a legal demand for taxes due and that the taxpayers mentioned in the report have failed to pay their taxes. Separate lists of the delinquents shall be made for each election district and for each city, town and village.
(c) The board shall allow the collector a credit for those taxes which it is satisfied may remain uncollected without the default of the collector, and no more. A list of the allowances shall be made out and certified by the clerk and transmitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and shall be credited to the collector in his settlement with the auditor and chancery clerk.
(2) As an alternative to the authority granted under this section to county tax collectors to file suit for the collection of delinquent manufactured home or mobile home taxes, the board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may contract in the manner provided in Section 19-3-41 with a private attorney or private collection agent or agents for the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes on manufactured homes or mobile homes that are entered as personal property on the manufactured home rolls.
(3) As an alternative to the method of collecting delinquent taxes provided for in this section, the method provided for in Sections 27-41-101 through 27-41-109 may, in the discretion of the tax collector, be used to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes on manufactured homes or mobile homes classified as personal property.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 27. Taxation and Finance § 27-53-17 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-27-taxation-and-finance/ms-code-sect-27-53-17/
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