13-1-263 - Venue for filing motion for examination and for conducting examination. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 13-1-263. Venue for filing motion for examination and for conducting examination.
 

(1)  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the written motion for the examination of a judgment debtor shall be filed, and the proceedings conducted, in the court which rendered the judgment. 

(2)  If the judgment debtor is an individual who is domiciled in the state but not in the county where the judgment was rendered, or who has changed his domicile to another county after the institution of the suit, the written motion for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county of his then domicile. If the judgment debtor is a nonresident, the petition for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county where he may be found. In any case mentioned in this paragraph, a certified copy of the judgment shall be attached to the written motion for examination. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1976, ch. 381, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 26, 1976).