Mississippi § 89-7-77 - Goods removed before debt due, distrained.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-7-77 — Goods removed before debt due, distrained., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-7-77. Goods removed before debt due, distrained.
When any tenant shall have actually removed his effects, other than the agricultural products, upon which there is a lien, from the leased premises before the rent or demand for supplies has become due, so that there be no sufficient property liable to distress or seizure left on the premises, the landlord may in like manner obtain an attachment at any time after such removal or within thirty (30) days after such rent or other claim becomes due, and may levy the same on the effects so removed wherever they may be found and like proceedings shall be had thereon as in other cases. And if any tenant shall remove his agricultural products upon which there is a lien from the leased premises, the landlord may at any time have the same seized wherever they may be found, and like proceedings shall be had thereon as in other cases.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-7-77 ("Goods removed before debt due, distrained.") 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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