Mississippi § 89-7-83 - Sale of goods stopped without bond.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-7-83 — Sale of goods stopped without bond., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-7-83. Sale of goods stopped without bond.
If the tenant shall make affidavit, before the officer holding his property under an attachment for rent or supplies alleged to be due or to become due, that he does not or will not owe the amount claimed, such officer shall not sell the property, unless it be liable to perish or greatly depreciate, or be expensive to keep, in which case he shall sell it and hold the proceeds to the end of the suit; and he shall return the attachment with the affidavit and a statement of his proceedings to the proper court, and shall summon the party who sued out the attachment to appear there; and further proceedings shall be had as if the tenant had replevied the goods by giving bond.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-7-83 ("Sale of goods stopped without bond.") 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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