Mississippi § 87-5-13 - Execution against principal and sureties; how served.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 87-5-13 — Execution against principal and sureties; how served., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 87-5-13. Execution against principal and sureties; how served.
When execution shall issue on any judgment or decree rendered against a principal and surety, and the surety shall make affidavit that he is only surety on the instrument upon which the judgment or decree is founded, and deliver it to the officer serving the execution, the officer shall make the money, or as much thereof as possible, out of the property of the principal debtor, if he have any in the county to which the execution is issued subject to execution; and the officer shall return the affidavit with the execution.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 87-5-13 cover?
Section 87-5-13 ("Execution against principal and sureties; how served.") 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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