Rankin County, Mississippi

Court Services

All types of process should be mailed to:

Rankin County Sheriff’s Office
Attn: Court Services
221 N. Timber Street
Brandon , MS 39042

Phone: 601-825-1480 
Fax: 601-824-2661

Contact:

 Michael Chandler

Email: [email protected]

 Robin Hetherington

Email: [email protected]

We only serve process that is filed with a clerk of court or signed by a judge. Two copies of the summons, subpoena, garnishment, etc. should be included. One copy is to serve and the second copy is to be stamped with our service for a return. Mississippi law does not require our process to be notarized, therefore we do not notarize. If you would like the completed process returned to you, please include a self addressed stamped envelope, otherwise, completed process will be returned to the clerk of court where it was filed.

Process that needs to be served to an inmate at the Central MS Correctional Facility located at 3794 Hwy. 468 W., Pearl, MS 39208 should be sent to the Rankin County Sheriff's Office. Please make sure that the MS Dept. of Corrections number issued to the inmate is on the paper being served. The process papers will be sent back if the MDOC number is missing.

Fees for Process

Fees for process are as follows:

(a) A uniform total fee in all criminal and civil cases for the service of any process, summons, warrant, writ or other notice as may be required by law or the court, each $45.00

(b) In all cases where there is more than one (1) defendant residing at the same household, service on each additional defendant $5.00

(c) After final judgment has been enrolled, notice of further proceedings involving levy of execution on judgments, and attachment and garnishment proceedings, shall be deemed a new suit and the sheriff shall be entitled to the following fee $45.00

(d) Attendance in habeas corpus proceeding in vacation, eminent domain court and commitment cases $25.00

(e) On all money made by virtue of any decree, execution or attachment, or other process, the following commissions, to wit: On the first one hundred dollars ($100.00), five percent (5%), On the second one hundred dollars ($100.00), four percent (4%), On all sums over two hundred dollars ($200.00), three percent (3%).