Mississippi § 85-11-19 - Tax lien registry; information to be included; certification of records on the tax lien registry; sale of bulk information appearing on tax lien registry; limitation on uses of tax lien registry information.

§ 85-11-19. Tax lien registry; information to be included; certification of records on the tax lien registry; sale of bulk information appearing on tax lien registry; limitation on uses of tax lien registry information.

The department shall maintain notices of tax liens filed in the tax lien registry after January 1, 2015 in its information management system in a form that permits them to be readily accessible in an electronic form through the Internet and to be reduced to printed form. The electronic and printed form shall include the following information: The name of the taxpayer as judgment debtor; The name and address of the department; The tax lien number assigned to the lien by the department; Whether the enrollment is the first enrollment of the tax lien or a reenrollment of the tax lien; The amount of the taxes, penalties, interest, and fees indicated due on the notice of tax lien received from the department; and The date and time of enrollment or reenrollment. The department shall not charge for the access to information on the enrollment of tax liens by name of judgment debtor or by tax lien number. The department is, however, authorized to charge for the certification of any record or lack of records appearing on the tax lien registry. The department shall determine the process by which such tax lien registry certification can be requested, including a charge for such certification that shall cover at least the cost of providing the certification. The payment of the charge for a tax lien registry certification shall be retained by the department as reimbursement of its cost to provide the certification. The department is authorized to sell at bulk the information appearing on the tax lien registry. In selling the information, the department shall determine the process by which the information will be sold and the media or method by which it will be available to the purchaser and shall set a price for the information that will at least cover the cost of producing the information. The proceeds from the sale of bulk information shall be retained by the department and used to cover its cost to produce the information sold and to maintain the tax lien registry. Tax lien registry information, whether accessed by name of judgment debtor or by tax lien number at no charge, through a bulk sale of information or by other means, will not be used for a survey, marketing or solicitation purposes. Survey, marketing or solicitation purpose shall not include any action by the department or its authorized agent to collect a debt represented by a tax lien appearing in the tax lien registry. The department or the Attorney General is hereby authorized to bring an action to enjoin the unlawful use of tax lien registry information for a survey, marketing or solicitation purpose and to recover the cost of such action, including reasonable attorney’s fees.