Mississippi § 51-33-77 - Proceedings for appointment of receiver.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 51-33-77 — Proceedings for appointment of receiver., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51-33-77. Proceedings for appointment of receiver.
Upon the filing of petition, process may be had on all interested persons by publication of summons as provided by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure directed to the landowners, bondholders, and creditors of said drainage district commanding them to appear before the chancery court at a place named within such chancery court district on a day certain in termtime or before the chancellor in vacation and show cause, if any they can, why a receiver shall not be appointed for said drainage district. Upon the hearing of said petition, if it shall be proven that any or all of said allegations as set forth herein and alleged in said petition are true, the court shall appoint the State Auditor of Public Accounts as receiver for said drainage district.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 51-33-77 ("Proceedings for appointment of receiver.") 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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