Bill Text: MS HB1277 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Justice court; increase jurisdiction to $5,000.00.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB1277 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB1277-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Porter, Harness
House Bill 1277
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-11-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE COURTS TO $5,000.00; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-11-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-11-9. Justice court
judges shall have jurisdiction of all actions for the recovery of debts or
damages or personal property, where the principal of the debt, the amount of the
demand, or the value of the property sought to be recovered shall not exceed * * *
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
The justice court judges shall have no pecuniary interest in the outcome of any action once suit has been filed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
