Mississippi Code — 89
Browse 340 sections in division 89 of the Mississippi code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 89-1-1. Land conveyed to vest immediately or in future.
- § 89-1-3. Land to be conveyed only by writing.
- § 89-1-5. Words of inheritance not necessary.
- § 89-1-7. Estate in two or more persons.
- § 89-1-9. The rule in Shelley’s Case abolished.
- § 89-1-11. Remainder good without particular estate.
- § 89-1-13. Limitation on failure of issue.
- § 89-1-15. Estates in fee tail prohibited.
- § 89-1-17. Alienation good for grantor’s interest; remainder not affected.
- § 89-1-19. Right of entry not tolled by death of disseizor.
- § 89-1-21. How body politic, public or private corporation may convey land.
- § 89-1-23. Aliens holding land.
- § 89-1-25. Quitclaim deeds and disclaimers of title by school district boards of trustees, municipalities and boards of supervisors.
- § 89-1-27. Conveyances by masters, commissioners, sheriffs or other officers.
- § 89-1-29. Spouse’s role in conveying homestead; incompetent spouse; limited power of attorney in conveyance of homestead.
- § 89-1-31. Repealed.
- § 89-1-33. Effect of word “warrant” in conveyance.
- § 89-1-35. Effect of words “warrant specially.”
- § 89-1-37. Effect of a conveyance without warranty.
- § 89-1-39. Effect of quitclaim and release.
- § 89-1-41. Effect of words “grant, bargain, sell.”
- § 89-1-43. Mortgages and trust estates; trust estates subject to execution.
- § 89-1-45. Mortgage for purchase money of land.
- § 89-1-47. Deed not shown to be mortgage by parol evidence.
- § 89-1-49. Extinguishment of mortgage; applicability; line of credit.
- § 89-1-51. Trustee may acknowledge satisfaction.
- § 89-1-53. Mortgages and deeds of trust on land; to be referred to in deed of conveyance under foreclosure proceedings.
- § 89-1-55. How lands sold under mortgages and deeds in trust.
- § 89-1-57. Deed of trust or mortgage; how sale made when terms not specified.
- § 89-1-59. Accelerated debt may be reinstated by payment of all default before sale.
- § 89-1-61. Forms for conveyances.
- § 89-1-63. Deed of trust or mortgage; power of sale; relationship of trustee to other party to deed of trust; beneficiary may purchase at sale made under power of sale; appointment or substitution of trustee by beneficiary.
- § 89-1-65. Sheriff’s conveyance.
- § 89-1-67. Conveyance by administrator, executor, guardian, master, or commissioner.
- § 89-1-69. Prohibition against covenants requiring payment of a fee upon the transfer of real property; exception.
- § 89-1-301. Preliminary injunction against foreclosure proceedings; application to dissolve.
- § 89-1-303. Hearing; determination of carrying charge payments.
- § 89-1-305. Effect of default; explanation and remedy; revocation of extension on final order of sale due to changed circumstances.
- § 89-1-307. Reference to master, farm debt adjustment committee or similar agency.
- § 89-1-309. Suspension of statute of limitations.
- § 89-1-311. Application to levies and advertisements for sale.
- § 89-1-313. Auxiliary jurisdiction of court.
- § 89-1-315. Approval of compromise settlements or compositions of mortgage indebtedness.
- § 89-1-317. Agreements as to interest or finance charges; right to prepay without penalty.
- § 89-1-319. Suspension of inconsistent laws; application to renewed or extended mortgages.
- § 89-1-321. Construction of terms.
- § 89-1-323. Exclusion of mortgages held by United States and mortgages securing payment of public debts or funds.
- § 89-1-325. Postponement or extension shall not substantially diminish value of contract or obligation.
- § 89-1-327. Provisions are severable.
- § 89-1-329. Expiration of relief.
- § 89-1-501. Applicability of real estate transfer disclosure requirement provisions.
- § 89-1-503. Delivery of written statement required; indication of compliance; right of transferee to terminate for late delivery.
- § 89-1-505. Limit on duties and liabilities with respect to information required or delivered.
- § 89-1-507. Approximation of certain information required to be disclosed; information subsequently rendered inaccurate.
- § 89-1-509. Form of seller’s disclosure statement.
- § 89-1-511. Disclosures to be made in good faith.
- § 89-1-513. Provisions not exhaustive of items to be disclosed.
- § 89-1-515. Amendment of disclosure.
- § 89-1-517. Delivery of disclosure.
- § 89-1-519. Agent; extent of agency.
- § 89-1-521. Delivery of disclosure where more than one agent; inability of delivering broker to obtain disclosure document; notification to transferee of right to disclosure.
- § 89-1-523. Noncompliance with disclosure requirements not to invalidate transfer; liability for actual damages.
- § 89-1-525. Enforcement by Mississippi Real Estate Commission.
- § 89-1-527. Failure to disclose nonmaterial fact regarding property as site of death or felony crime, as site of act or occurrence having no effect on physical condition of property, or as being owned or occupied by persons affected or exposed to certain diseases; failure to disclose information provided or maintained on registration of sex offenders.
- § 89-2-1. Declaration of purpose; effect of opening property for outdoor recreational purposes.
- § 89-2-3. Definitions.
- § 89-2-5. Certain liability not limited.
- § 89-2-7. Application of article.
- § 89-2-21. Definitions.
- § 89-2-23. Landowner’s duty of care with respect to recreational users of land.
- § 89-2-25. Effect of landowner’s permission to use land.
- § 89-2-27. Exceptions to limitation of liability.
- § 89-3-1. Acknowledgment or proof necessary to recording.
- § 89-3-3. Acknowledgment and proof.
- § 89-3-5. Acknowledgments before commissioned officers of United States armed forces.
- § 89-3-7. Forms of acknowledgment.
- § 89-3-9. Acknowledgment or proof in another state.
- § 89-3-11. Acknowledgment or proof in another state; construction and application as to prior acknowledgments.
- § 89-3-13. Acknowledgment or proof in foreign country.
- § 89-3-15. Grantor and witness dead or absent, how proved.
- § 89-5-1. Recording instruments; conveyances, acknowledgment, priority.
- § 89-5-3. Conveyances, mortgages; void if not lodged for record.
- § 89-5-5. Priority of all instruments, and notice thereof controlled by date of filing for record; take effect, when.
- § 89-5-7. Written contracts in relation to land recordable.
- § 89-5-8. Affidavits relating to identification, marital status, heirship, etc. of party to instrument affecting real estate titles recordable; affidavit of scrivener’s error recordable; admissibility.
- § 89-5-9. Copies of certain records may be recorded.
- § 89-5-11. Patents issued by United States or this state recordable.
- § 89-5-13. Instruments of conveyance recorded for seven and ten years; acknowledgment valid.
- § 89-5-15. Transfer of record; debt to be noted on record.
- § 89-5-17. Assignments of indebtedness to be marked on record.
- § 89-5-19. When a lien appears by the record to be barred, it ceases.
- § 89-5-21. Entry of satisfaction upon record of mortgage or deed of trust.
- § 89-5-23. Oil, gas, and mineral leases; cancellation of record upon expiration.
- § 89-5-24. Form of certain documents or instruments presented for recording; contents; exempt documents or instruments; additional recording fee for nonconforming documents or instruments.
- § 89-5-25. How instrument recorded and indexed; records public; copies.
- § 89-5-27. Receipt for instruments delivered to chancery clerk for recording.
- § 89-5-29. Mortgages and deeds of trust on land; how recorded.
- § 89-5-31. Repealed.
- § 89-5-33. General index; direct and reverse.
- § 89-5-35. How certain conveyances indexed.
- § 89-5-37. Name of beneficiary must be disclosed in mortgage or deed of trust to be recorded; exception.
- § 89-5-39. Books of record not to be removed.
- § 89-5-41. Records in counties divided into two districts.
- § 89-5-43. Penalty on clerk for failure of duty.
- § 89-5-45. Substitution of trustee must appear of record; general substitution allowed for certain beneficiaries.
- § 89-5-47-89-5-53. Repealed.
- § 89-5-101. Short title.
- § 89-5-103. Definitions.
- § 89-5-105. Validity of electronic documents.
- § 89-5-107. Recording of documents.
- § 89-5-109. Administration and standards.
- § 89-5-111. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 89-5-113. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 89-6-1. Description of systems of plane coordinates.
- § 89-6-3. Plane coordinate values.
- § 89-6-5. Definitions applicable to Mississippi Coordinate System of 1927.
- § 89-6-7. Definitions applicable to Mississippi Coordinate System of 1983.
- § 89-6-9. Explanation of terms.
- § 89-6-11. Recording coordinates; requirements for recognition.
- § 89-6-13. Use of system of plane coordinates to describe location of point within state.
- § 89-6-15. Effective date for usage of systems.
- § 89-6-17. Conversion of distances or coordinates between English and metric unit.
- § 89-6-19. Use of metes and bounds descriptions or lot and block descriptions.
- § 89-7-1. Goods not to be removed until rent paid.
- § 89-7-3. Tenant not bound to pay rent for, or to restore, buildings destroyed; exception.
- § 89-7-5. Action for use and occupation where there is no contract.
- § 89-7-7. Remedy by action for rent in arrear.
- § 89-7-9. Death of tenant for life; apportionment of rent.
- § 89-7-11. Rent assets in hands of personal representative.
- § 89-7-13. Executor or administrator may sue or distrain.
- § 89-7-15. Rights of assignees of lessor.
- § 89-7-17. Grants of rents, good without attornment.
- § 89-7-19. Attornment of tenant to stranger void; exception.
- § 89-7-21. Rights of lessees against assignees of lessor.
- § 89-7-23. Notice to terminate tenancy.
- § 89-7-25. Tenant holding after notice liable for double rent.
- § 89-7-27. Proceedings against tenant holding over.
- § 89-7-29. Affidavit to remove.
- § 89-7-31. Issuance of summons; notice that landlord may dispose of tenant’s personal property if judge awards exclusive possession of premises.
- § 89-7-33. Service of summons.
- § 89-7-35. Issuance of warrant for removal.
- § 89-7-37. Defense may be made.
- § 89-7-39. Continuances, subpoenas.
- § 89-7-41. Form of judgment for landlord; disposition of tenant’s abandoned personal property.
- § 89-7-43. Judgment for defendant.
- § 89-7-45. When warrant for removal may issue in cases of nonpayment of rent.
- § 89-7-47. Record, appeals.
- § 89-7-49. Proceedings when tenant deserts premises.
- § 89-7-51. Lien of landlord.
- § 89-7-53. Lien for live stock, implements and vehicles.
- § 89-7-55. Attachment for rent and supplies; who entitled to and for what.
- § 89-7-57. How obtained.
- § 89-7-59. Before whom complaint made.
- § 89-7-61. Writ.
- § 89-7-63. Form of affidavit.
- § 89-7-65. Form of bond.
- § 89-7-67. Form of the writ.
- § 89-7-69. Goods sold if not replevied.
- § 89-7-71. Form of bond for payment of rent.
- § 89-7-73. Bond delivered to lessor, and proceedings thereon.
- § 89-7-75. Remedy when claim not due in certain cases.
- § 89-7-77. Goods removed before debt due, distrained.
- § 89-7-79. Goods removed, seized within thirty days.
- § 89-7-81. Distress may be made after termination of lease.
- § 89-7-83. Sale of goods stopped without bond.
- § 89-7-85. Distress to be reasonable, and property seized not to be removed from county.
- § 89-7-87. Irregularities not to affect distress.
- § 89-7-89. How goods replevied.
- § 89-7-91. Summons or publication for party distraining.
- § 89-7-93. Form of replevin-bond.
- § 89-7-95. Party replevying to propound claim.
- § 89-7-97. Form of declaration.
- § 89-7-99. Pleas to the declaration.
- § 89-7-101. The avowry.
- § 89-7-103. The replication.
- § 89-7-105. Replication in case rent not due.
- § 89-7-107. Replevin; when triable, and judgment upon default.
- § 89-7-109. Suit revived in case of death of party.
- § 89-7-111. Judgment if trial results against lessor.
- § 89-7-113. Papers transferred, if returned to wrong court.
- § 89-7-115. Tenant’s remedy against landlord.
- § 89-7-117. Property of strangers not liable.
- § 89-7-119. Replevin of property by strangers.
- § 89-7-121. Form of affidavit by third person.
- § 89-7-123. Proceedings to be as in replevin by tenant.
- § 89-7-125. Burden of proof.
- § 89-8-1. Short title.
- § 89-8-3. Application of chapter.
- § 89-8-5. Waiver of rights prohibited; provisions prohibited in rental agreement.
- § 89-8-7. Definitions; agent of landlord.
- § 89-8-9. Obligation to act in good faith.
- § 89-8-11. Rules and regulations of landlord concerning tenant’s use and occupancy of premises.
- § 89-8-13. Right to terminate tenancy for breach; notice of breach; return of prepaid rent and security; disposition of tenant’s abandoned personal property.
- § 89-8-15. Repair of defects by tenant.
- § 89-8-17. Rights of landlord after expiration of rental agreement.
- § 89-8-19. Length of term of tenancy; notice to terminate tenancy; exception to notice requirement.
- § 89-8-21. Tenant’s security deposit.
- § 89-8-23. Duties of landlord.
- § 89-8-25. Duties of tenant.
- § 89-8-27. Housing authorities authorized to contract with tenant management organizations; authority to sell public housing units to tenant management organizations.
- § 89-8-29. Derrick Beard Act; termination of lease of residential premises by cosigner upon death of lessee; presumption of termination; cosigner’s choice not to terminate; effect of termination on certain liabilities of lessee’s estate or cosigner; applicability of section.
- § 89-9-1. Citation of chapter.
- § 89-9-3. Purpose of chapter.
- § 89-9-5. Definitions.
- § 89-9-7. Condominium constitutes real property.
- § 89-9-9. Recordation of plan; amendment or revocation.
- § 89-9-11. Conveyance of unit or apartment, etc., which is part of unit presumed to convey entire condominium.
- § 89-9-13. Incidents of condominium grant.
- § 89-9-15. Partition of common areas or of tenancy in common in condominium.
- § 89-9-17. Recording, enforcement and provisions of declaration of restrictions.
- § 89-9-19. Restrictions on sales and leases of units in project; first refusal of management not mandatory.
- § 89-9-21. Liability of owner for assessment upon condominium; lien on assessed condominium; recording, priority, enforcement, etc., of lien.
- § 89-9-23. Lien for labor performed or services or materials furnished.
- § 89-9-25. Acquisition, etc., of personal property by management body for benefit of condominium owners; transfer of beneficial interest.
- § 89-9-27. Construction of deed, declaration, or plan for condominium project.
- § 89-9-29. Liabilities of unit owners.
- § 89-9-31. Taxes and special assessments; provisions of declaration enforceable after foreclosure of assessment, tax deed, etc.; exemption as homestead.
- § 89-9-33. Construction of local zoning ordinances.
- § 89-9-35. Action for partition of condominium project by sale thereof.
- § 89-9-37. Action for partition of condominium project by sale; venue; powers of court; sale.
- § 89-11-1. When property shall escheat.
- § 89-11-3. County administrator or sheriff is escheator; his duty, and duty of the assessor.
- § 89-11-5. Proceedings to establish escheats.
- § 89-11-7. What persons summoned; publication made.
- § 89-11-9. A claimant not a party may answer.
- § 89-11-11. Proceedings in court.
- § 89-11-13. Persons in possession liable for rent or hire of escheated property.
- § 89-11-15. Reports by escheator.
- § 89-11-17. Sale of escheated personalty; payment of debts.
- § 89-11-19. How real estate subjected to payments of debts.
- § 89-11-21. Where escheated land is recovered from the purchaser.
- § 89-11-23. Proceeds of personal property reclaimed.
- § 89-11-25. Proceedings, where had.
- § 89-11-27. Costs shall be allowed as in other cases.
- § 89-11-29. Institution of escheat proceedings.
- § 89-11-31. Sale of severed minerals which escheat to the state.
- § 89-12-1. Short title.
- § 89-12-3. Definitions.
- § 89-12-5. Presumed abandonment of property held or owing by bank or other business association.
- § 89-12-7. Presumed abandonment of unclaimed funds held or owing by life insurance corporation.
- § 89-12-9. Presumed abandonment of funds held or owing by utility.
- § 89-12-11. Presumed abandonment of dividend, interest and the like held or owing by business association for or to shareholder, bondholder and the like.
- § 89-12-13. Presumed abandonment of intangible personal property held by fiduciary.
- § 89-12-14. Presumed abandonment of intangible property held by business association, federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency or entity.
- § 89-12-15. Presumed abandonment of intangible personal property held in ordinary course of holder’s business.
- § 89-12-16. Presumed abandonment of tangible personal property or intangible personal property held by federal government, federal agency, or any officer or appointee thereof.
- § 89-12-17. Additional conditions for presumption of abandonment of intangible personal property.
- § 89-12-19. Additional conditions for presumption of abandonment of sum payable on money order, traveler’s check and the like.
- § 89-12-21. Recovery by another state of property paid or delivered to treasurer under this chapter.
- § 89-12-23. Report to treasurer by holder of property presumed abandoned.
- § 89-12-25. Agreements to locate property presumed abandoned; prohibitions; approval.
- § 89-12-27. Published notice of names of persons appearing to own property presumed abandoned; mailed notice.
- § 89-12-29. Payment or delivery of abandoned property to treasurer.
- § 89-12-30. Sale of securities listed on stock exchange.
- § 89-12-31. Holder relieved from liability upon payment or delivery of abandoned property to treasurer.
- § 89-12-33. Owner entitled to further income or increments.
- § 89-12-35. Effect of expiration of period of limitation.
- § 89-12-37. Abandoned property fund; abandoned property claims payment fund.
- § 89-12-39. Claim for abandoned property paid or delivered to treasurer; determination; interest.
- § 89-12-41. Judicial review of action of treasurer upon claim.
- § 89-12-43. Treasurer may decline to receive property presumed abandoned.
- § 89-12-45. Examination of records by treasurer or designated regulatory authority.
- § 89-12-47. Penalties for failure to make reports or to pay or deliver abandoned property.
- § 89-12-49. Rules and regulations.
- § 89-12-51. Repealed.
- § 89-12-53. Chapter inapplicable to property of minor or incompetent.
- § 89-12-55. Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 89-12-57. Provisions of chapter supplemental to Section 21-39-21.
- § 89-12-59. Certain unclaimed United States savings bonds escheat to state; procedures.
- § 89-13-1. Adjoining owners to contribute.
- § 89-13-3. Enforcement of contribution.
- § 89-13-5. Enforcement of contribution; notice and proceedings.
- § 89-13-7. Enforcement of contribution; action for amount assessed.
- § 89-13-9. Enforcement of contribution; costs.
- § 89-13-11. Contribution where fence already built.
- § 89-13-13. Contribution to keep fence in repair.
- § 89-13-15. Ownership of party fence; fence not to be removed.
- § 89-13-17. Departure from line.
- § 89-13-19. Removal and abandonment of party fence.
- § 89-13-21. Sale of land; lessee or owner to contribute.
- § 89-13-23. Fence removed if not paid for, and adopted by paying proportion of value.
- § 89-15-1. Parol agreement concerning, binding.
- § 89-15-3. How wall may become a party wall.
- § 89-15-5. Wall not to be used until paid for; how sum ascertained.
- § 89-15-7. Exceptions to appraisers.
- § 89-15-9. Either party may appeal; final record.
- § 89-15-11. Party wall not to be removed or impaired in value.
- § 89-17-1. Abandoned logs, boats, etc., salvaged.
- § 89-17-3. Replevin by owner; bond; lien for salvage.
- § 89-17-5. Prima facie abandonment.
- § 89-17-7. Jurisdiction limited.
- § 89-17-9. How claims for salvage service rendered shall be filed and prosecuted.
- § 89-17-11. Clerk to issue summons.
- § 89-17-13. How notice given where parties are nonresidents of state.
- § 89-17-15. Procedure on return of writ; defendant to plead to petition in case of contest.
- § 89-17-17. Sheriff to advertise property for sale; proceeds held for result of suit.
- § 89-17-19. Failure of defendant to appear at return term; funds condemned to satisfy judgment.
- § 89-17-21. Jurisdiction of justice courts; time for trial; notice to parties.
- § 89-17-23. Person claiming property admitted to defend.
- § 89-17-25. Penalty for converting derelict property to own use.