MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION
ADVISORY OPINIONS
COURT ADMINISTRATORS
95-001-E
A county may lease office space for use by the circuit judge and court
administrator from the brother of the circuit judge provided the circuit
judge has no financial interest in and receives no pecuniary benefit from
the leasing of the office. [9, 14, 27, 28, 31]
95-005-E
The spouse of a sheriff may be appointed by the county/youth court judge
as the county court administrator in the same county in which the sheriff
serves as an elected official, and serve in that position. [13, 27, 28,
A]
95-013-E
1. A county may pay the office telephone and utility costs for the court
administrator's office when the office space and related furnishings are
owned by the circuit judge, as long as the telephone and utility services
are in the name of the court administrator's office and are used solely
for court administrator duties.
2. A circuit judge may not issue an order that
the court administrator's office be located in property titled to the circuit
judge. [14, 27, 28]
89-01-E
Counties within a judicial district may not furnish funds to a court administrator
for office rent when the funds are thereafter paid to the owner/renter
of the real/personal property who is the circuit judge nor may the judge
order the county to pay the rent. Violations of 25-4-105(1) and (3)(a).
89-98-E
1. A chancellor may not lease his private law office property to a county
for use as the court administrator's office when said office was created
by an order of the chancellor. It is a violation of 25-4-105(1).