{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-9-1-103","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-103","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-103","body":"Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any judicial office by reason of death of an incumbent, resignation or retirement of an incumbent, removal of an incumbent from office, or creation of a new judicial office in which there has not heretofore been an incumbent, the Governor shall have the authority to appoint a qualified person to fill such vacancy to serve for the unexpired term or until such vacancy is filled by election as provided in Section 23-15-849, Mississippi Code of 1972 . When a vacancy shall occur for any of the reasons enumerated in this section, the clerk of the court shall notify the Governor of such vacancy immediately.","path":["MS Code","Title 9"],"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":"78ebc9d960dc4956959565ce4c39b1e9210e04b577b9fa56a5c7fe691319331b","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-9-1-101","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-9-1-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}