§ 89-21-3. Right to disclaim interest in property
A person, or the representative of a person, to whom an interest in or with respect to property or an interest therein devolves by whatever means may disclaim it in whole or in part by delivering or filing a written disclaimer under this chapter. The right to disclaim exists notwithstanding (a) any limitation on the […]
§ 89-21-5. Time of disclaimer
The following rules govern the time when a disclaimer must be filed or delivered: If the property or interest has devolved to the disclaimant under a testamentary instrument or by the laws of intestacy, the disclaimer must be filed, if of a present interest, not later than nine (9) months after the death of the […]
§ 89-17-19. Failure of defendant to appear at return term; funds condemned to satisfy judgment
In case the defendant shall not appear at the return term of the writ, or in cases against unknown owners, where no person or party interposes a claim, the court shall award the petitioner a judgment for the amount as appears to the court that petitioner is entitled to, and condemn the funds in the […]
§ 89-17-21. Jurisdiction of justice courts; time for trial; notice to parties
Justice courts shall have jurisdiction of all cases provided for in this chapter, where the value of the property described in the petition does not exceed the amount provided in Section 9-11-9, and in all cases where the defendant is a nonresident, or is not served with process, the provisions of the section of the […]
§ 89-17-23. Person claiming property admitted to defend
On the return of the summons before a justice of the peace, or on the day fixed for trial, in cases against nonresidents or parties not served with process, or in cases against unknown owners, the justice shall hear the cause. Any person making claim to the property described in the petition shall be admitted […]
§ 89-17-25. Penalty for converting derelict property to own use
If any person shall convert to his own use, sell or otherwise dispose of any saw log, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat, or other water craft, or other floatable thing of value not belonging to him, which may have come into his possession while floating as derelict, in any of the waters of the […]
§ 89-17-27. Unlawful to purchase derelict property from finder thereof
If any person shall purchase, or otherwise acquire, except at a sale as provided in this chapter, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, from any person other than the owner thereof, any property of the character or description, and in the condition enumerated in the foregoing section, such person shall be guilty […]
§ 89-19-1. Short title
This chapter shall be known as the “Mississippi Conservation Easement Act of 1986.”
§ 89-19-3. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: “Conservation easement” shall mean a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations, the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, historical or open-space values of real property, assuring […]
§ 89-19-5. General provisions relating to conservation easement; acceptance; recordation; duration
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded and assigned, in the same method and manner as other easements. No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before […]