Hancock County government

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Hancock County government is the local administrative authority responsible for providing public services, law enforcement, and governance for communities within Hancock County, Mississippi, including Pearlington.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hancock County government canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county government
local government
coordinatesEmergencyResponseWith Federal Emergency Management Agency
State of Mississippi emergency management agencies
country United States
follows Mississippi Constitution
United States Constitution
governingBody Hancock County Board of Supervisors
governs Hancock County, Mississippi
hasBudgetSource federal grants
property taxes
sales taxes (shared revenues)
state transfers
hasDepartment Hancock County Building Department
Hancock County Emergency Management Agency
Hancock County Planning and Zoning Department
Hancock County Road Department
Hancock County Sheriff’s Office
Hancock County Solid Waste Department
Hancock County Tax Assessor’s Office
Hancock County Tax Collector’s Office
hasElectedOfficialRole chancery clerk
circuit clerk
county supervisor
sheriff
tax assessor
tax collector
hasExecutiveFunction Hancock County Board of Supervisors
hasLegislativeBody Hancock County Board of Supervisors
hasSeatIn Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
jurisdiction unincorporated areas of Hancock County, Mississippi
legalSystem Mississippi state law
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
providesServiceTo Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Pearlington, Mississippi
Waveland, Mississippi
responsibleFor elections administration at the county level
emergency management and disaster response coordination
land use planning and zoning in unincorporated areas
local law enforcement in unincorporated areas of Hancock County
operation of county courts and related services
property tax assessment
property tax collection
recording of land and court records
road maintenance in unincorporated areas of Hancock County
solid waste services in unincorporated areas
state Mississippi
subdivisionOf Hancock County, Mississippi
State of Mississippi

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pearlington, Mississippi governingBody Hancock County government
Hancock County Commission governingBodyFor Hancock County government
Hancock County micropolitan area governingBody Hancock County government