11-27-5 - Complaint to condemn; parties; preference. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-27-5. Complaint to condemn; parties; preference.
 

Any person or corporation having the right to condemn private property for public use shall file a complaint to condemn with the circuit clerk of the county in which the affected property, or some part thereof, is situated and shall make all the owners of the affected property involved, and any mortgagee, trustee or other person having any interest therein or lien thereon a defendant thereto. The complaint shall be considered a matter of public interest and shall be a preference case over other cases except other preference causes. The complaint shall describe in detail the property sought to be condemned, shall state with certainty the right to condemn, and shall identify the interest or claim of each defendant. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2749-03; Laws,  1971, ch. 520, § 3; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 61, eff from and after July 1, 1991.