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William E. "Sluggo" Davis, Chancery Court Clerk
2535 Highway 51 South
Room 104
Hernando, MS 38632
Phone: (662) 429-1318
William E. "Sluggo" Davis is DeSoto County's Chancery Clerk. The chancery clerkâs primary duties lie within the chancery court. Elected at large for a four year term, the chancery clerk is responsible for attending all sessions of chancery court and keeping all minute books in which records and directions of the chancellors and proceedings of the court are kept. However, the Chancery Clerk's responsibilities extend well beyond the Chancery Court.
Land Records
The Chancery Clerk performs the following tasks for DeSoto County:
- Receive and record all documents (Warranty Deeds, Deeds of Trust, etc.) filed int he Public Land Records
- Account for various filing fees required to accompany documents left for recording
- Create an index and scan all recorded documents using imaging software
- Maintain all records of property sold for taxes by the Tax Collector each year; accept and process payments in redemption of those taxes
- Instruct landowners how to search the land record indexes
Clerk of the Board
The Chancery Clerk serves the Board of Supervisors in these regards:
- Attend all meetings of the Board of Supervisors
- Record the minutes of each board meeting
- Compiles the land roll and other reports on the Board's behalf and submits them to other state governmental entities as required
- Receives and processes all applications made for homestead exemption and submits the results to the State Tax Commission
Clerk of the Court
The Chancery Clerk is also responsible for construction and maintaining all DeSoto County Chancery Court files. These also must be maintained within the guidelines set by the State of Mississippi. In addition, passport filing, child support disbursements, and bonds are filed in the Chancery court.
- Receives and assigns cases to one of three Chancery Court Judges
- Maintains and files all records (files, minutes, etc) of the court
- Issues process for service upon defendants
- When necessary, summon jurors
- Receive and account for various filing fees
- Transmit statistical data to the Mississippi Supreme Court, Administrator of the Court
- Process the court's records for appeals to the Supreme Court
The Chancery Clerk's office is located on the first floor of the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Mississippi. The Chancery Clerk's department is divided into Land Records and Court Records. The Land Records office receives, records and files documents such as deeds, warranty deeds, etc. The Court Records office processes all cases heard by the Chancery Court Chancellors. Both departments record and index documents for public inquiry. |
