Land Redemption

Duties and Responsibilities

The Land Redemption Department handles the collection of property taxes after the Tax Collector has sold them at a tax sale.

If a landowner does not pay his property taxes for any given year by the end of August, the land is sold for taxes. To redeem his property, the owner must pay taxes and penalties to the Land Redemption Department within two years of the date of the tax sale; otherwise the tax purchaser can claim title to the property. Land Redemption personnel send notices to landowners and mortgage-holders before the tax sale matures and issue tax deeds to the tax purchasers if the property is not redeemed.

This department also reviews homestead exemption applications and forwards the information to the State Tax Commission. Disallowed homestead exemptions are returned to this department for further action.

Other duties include supervising the printing of the land and personal property rolls each year and processing changes to these rolls for the Board of Supervisors.

*** 2022 *** TAXES HAVE NOW MATURED AND ARE UN-REDEEMABLE
TAX YEAR	MATURITY DATE	FINAL REDEMPTION DATE
2022	8/28/2025	8/28/2025
1ST NOTICE WAS SENT	2ND NOTICE WAS SENT	SHERIFF/CONSTABLES SERVED NOTICES ON
3/24/2025	6/15/2025	4/1/2025

2023 TAXES WILL MATURE IN 2026
TAX YEAR	MATURITY DATE	FINAL REDEMPTION DATE
2023	8/26/2026	8/26/2026
1ST NOTICE WILL BE SENT	2ND NOTICE WILL BE SENT	SHERIFF/CONSTABLES WILL SERVE NOTICES ON
3/23/2026	6/15/2026	4/1/2026

Land Redemption - Judicial District 1
Mailing Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department PO Drawer CC Gulfport, MS 39502	Physical Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department 1801 23rd Ave Gulfport, MS 39501
Patty Johnson - Land Redemption Supervisor Phone: (228) 865-4031       Fax: (228) 214-1513 Email: pjohnson@co.harrison.ms.us
Land Redemption Phone: (228) 865-4033       Fax: (228) 214-1513
Lorie Berumen - Land Redemption Clerk Phone: (228) 865-4265       Fax: (228) 214-1513 Email: leberumen@co.harrison.ms.us
Rachel Mitchell - Land Redemption Clerk Phone: (228) 563-5326       Fax: (228) 214-1513 Email: rgmitchell@co.harrison.ms.us
Redemption - Judicial District 2
Mailing Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department PO Box 544 Biloxi, MS 39533	Physical Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department 730 Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. Blvd Biloxi, MS 39530
Gloria Davis - Land Redemption Supervisor Phone: (228) 435-8220       Fax: (228) 435-8292 Email: gdavis@coharrison.ms.us
Bridget Stribling - Land Redemption Clerk Phone: (228) 435-8220       Fax: (228) 435-8292 Email: blstribling@co.harrison.ms.us