85-8-5 - Notice of lien; filing. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 85-8-5. Notice of lien; filing.
 

(1)  Notices of liens, certificates and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this chapter. 

(2)  Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk of the county in which the real property subject to a federal lien is situated. 

(3)  Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates of notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows: 

(a) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in the state, as these entities are defined in the Internal Revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the Secretary of State. 

(b) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a trust that is not covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection, in the office of the Secretary of State. 

(c) If the person against whose interest the lien applies is the estate of a decedent, in the office of the Secretary of State. 

(d) In all other cases in the office of the chancery clerk of the county where the owner resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1989, ch. 515, § 3, eff from and after January 1, 1990.