STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 7 - Liens.

• 85-7-1 - Employer and employees; lien on crops.
• 85-7-3 - Sawmill employees and timber men; lien on lumber and timber.
• 85-7-5 - Owner of stallion, jackass, or bull; lien on foal or calf.
• 85-7-7 - Water craft; work, materials, supplies, etc.
• 85-7-9 - Water craft; municipal dockage, wharfage, or anchorage charges.
• 85-7-31 - Commencement of suit.
• 85-7-33 - Non-resident or unknown parties.
• 85-7-35 - Precedents.
• 85-7-37 - Affidavit.
• 85-7-39 - Writ; form.
• 85-7-41 - Writ; where returnable.
• 85-7-43 - Writ; when returnable.
• 85-7-45 - Writ; return to wrong court not to affect the case.
• 85-7-47 - Replevy of property seized.
• 85-7-49 - Issue and judgment.
• 85-7-51 - Death of party not to abate suit.
• 85-7-53 - Sale of steamboat or water craft and its effect.
• 85-7-71 - Definition.
• 85-7-73 - Sale of watches, jewelry, etc., left over 90 days for repairs, etc. permitted.
• 85-7-75 - Notice to owners.
• 85-7-77 - Sale; disposition of proceeds.
• 85-7-79 - Notices required to be posted.
• 85-7-81 - Purpose and intent of §§ 85-7-71 to 85-7-81.
• 85-7-101 - Articles constructed, manufactured or repaired; lien for labor and materials.
• 85-7-103 - Stable keepers; lien on animals.
• 85-7-105 - Remedy where lienholder loses possession to owner.
• 85-7-107 - Lien on motor vehicle for labor and materials used in constructing, manufacturing or repairing vehicle; notice to legal owner and holder of any lien; judgment on lien; redemption; sale of v
• 85-7-121 - Definitions.
• 85-7-123 - Owner's lien for rent on personal property in self-storage facility.
• 85-7-125 - Enforcement of owner's lien.
• 85-7-127 - Satisfaction of lien; sale of property.
• 85-7-129 - Application of act to rental agreements entered into on or after July 1, 1988.
• 85-7-131 - Property subject to lien; effect as to purchasers, etc., without notice.
• 85-7-132 - Lien to enforce violations related to oil and gas production.
• 85-7-133 - Chancery clerk to keep record of construction liens.
• 85-7-135 - Lien limited to contractor or employee.
• 85-7-137 - When lien limited to building and estate of tenant.
• 85-7-139 - Contract in writing may be recorded.
• 85-7-141 - Commencement of suit to enforce lien.
• 85-7-143 - Parties to the suit.
• 85-7-145 - Summons of defendants.
• 85-7-147 - Defenses and counterclaims.
• 85-7-149 - Issues and trial.
• 85-7-151 - Judgment in suits on builder's and contractor's liens; costs and attorney's fees.
• 85-7-153 - Execution.
• 85-7-155 - Sale of house, building, etc., with or without land; procedure; purchaser's estate in land.
• 85-7-157 - Sale of railroad land or buildings; procedure; purchaser's estates property.
• 85-7-181 - Amount due contractor or master workman may be bound by written notice; suit.
• 85-7-183 - Assignments by contractor prohibited.
• 85-7-185 - Bond; provisions; right to intervene in action on bond.
• 85-7-187 - Bond; Persons with right of action.
• 85-7-189 - Bond; suit on; commencement.
• 85-7-191 - Bond; suit; on; only one action permitted; intervention.
• 85-7-193 - Bond: judgment; pro rata recovery where funds insufficient.
• 85-7-195 - Process.
• 85-7-197 - Claim may be recorded in lis pendens record.
• 85-7-199 - Discharge of lien to be noted of record.
• 85-7-201 - Penalty for false notice; action to expunge.
• 85-7-221 - Definition.
• 85-7-223 - Sale of clothing, etc., for cleaning charges.
• 85-7-225 - Sale of clothing, etc., for storage charges permitted.
• 85-7-227 - Notice to owners.
• 85-7-229 - Sale; disposition of proceeds.
• 85-7-231 - Notices required to be posted; form and content of notices.
• 85-7-233 - Purposes and intent of §§ 85-7-221 to 85-7-233.
• 85-7-235 - Sale of clothing after 180 days without notice or liability to owner.
• 85-7-251 - Sale of motor vehicle for towing and storage cost; notice requirement.
• 85-7-261 - How lien created.
• 85-7-263 - Liens on the same building, etc. concurrent.
• 85-7-265 - Proceedings under justice courts.

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