Mississippi § 13-3-189 - Completion of title under justice’s execution.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 13-3-189 — Completion of title under justice’s execution., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-3-189. Completion of title under justice’s execution.
The title to land sold under execution issued by a justice of the peace shall not be complete in the purchaser until he shall have obtained from the justice a certified transcript of the proceedings had before him in the suit, including a copy of the execution and the officer’s return on it, which shall be filed with the conveyance made by the officer in the chancery clerk’s office and recorded with the conveyance. Upon filing such transcript and conveyance for record in the chancery clerk’s office of the county where the land lies, the title of the purchaser shall be as full and complete as if the sale had been under a judgment and execution from a circuit court.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-3-189 ("Completion of title under justice’s execution.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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