Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-111: Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-111

Property seized in execution of any process by one appointed by the clerk of the justice court to execute it shall be immediately delivered, with the process, to the sheriff of the county; and the person from whom the property was taken shall be at once informed who has it. Such property shall be considered and dealt with as if it had been seized by the officer to whom it was delivered at the time of its delivery to him.