Bill Text: MS HB866 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Unlawful entry and detainer; revise service of process and notice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB866 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB866-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Lamar
House Bill 866
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-25-109, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE FOR UNLAWFUL ENTRY AND DETAINER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 11-25-109, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
11-25-109. The warrant
shall be directed to the sheriff, or any constable of the county, or to a
private process server, and shall be made returnable * * *
not more than ten (10) days * * * after the date of
issuance of the said warrant; and the cause shall be triable at such term, or
before the judge in vacation, (if so returnable), on the day therein, provided
the defendant has been served with process at least five (5) days before the
return day of writ.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
