Mississippi Circuit Courts

The Mississippi circuit courts are trial courts that hear felony criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits. They also hear appeals from the county courts, the justice courts, the municipal courts and from various administrative boards and commissions such as the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

Judicial pay

Mississippi circuit court judges are paid $104,170 a year.

Districts

District Counties served District 1 Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo District 2 Hancock, Harrison, Stone District 3 Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah and Union District 4 LeFlore, Sunflower, Washington District 5 Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster and Winston District 6 Adams, Amite, Franklin, Wilkinson District 7 Hinds District 8 Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott District 9 Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren District 10 Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, Wayne District 11 Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica District 12 Forrest, Perry District 13 Covington, Jasper, Simpson, Smith District 14 Lincoln, Pike, Walthall District 15 Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Pearl River District 16 Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha District 17 DeSoto, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha District 18 Jones District 19 George, Greene, Jackson District 20 Madison, Rankin District 21 Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo District 22 Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson See also Judicial selection in Mississippi Mississippi Chancery Court External links List of circuit judges About the Mississippi circuit courts Mississippi Court Records Footnotes Mississippi courts Federal courts: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi State courts: Mississippi Supreme Court • Mississippi Court of Appeals • Mississippi circuit courts • Mississippi Chancery Court • Mississippi county courts • Mississippi justice courts • Mississippi youth courts • Mississippi Municipal Courts State resources: Courts in Mississippi • Mississippi judicial elections • Judicial selection in Mississippi