Mississippi § 9-5-159 - Abstract of certain decrees furnished circuit clerk.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 9-5-159 — Abstract of certain decrees furnished circuit clerk., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-5-159. Abstract of certain decrees furnished circuit clerk.
The clerk of the chancery court shall, within ten days after the expiration of the term at which any decree for money shall be made, which is enforceable by execution against the defendant, furnish an abstract of such decree to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which such decree is made; and it shall be the duty of the circuit clerk forthwith to enroll the same on the “Judgment Roll” in his office as judgments of the circuit court are required to be enrolled.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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