{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-329","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 69-13-329","body":"A justice of the peace, where there is a county ranger, shall not have authority to do any act concerning estrays, except to take the information from the taker up and to issue the summons for the appraisers; and he shall be entitled to the same fee for such service as the ranger, to be collected and paid over by the ranger; but if there be not a ranger, a justice of the peace may perform all the duties.","path":["MS Code","Title 69"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"4862d07a196d6651b9c0613bbe224ecbece738be8d6431fdb6290dd35dcbbbd3","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-327","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-69-13-331"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}