MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representatives Comans, Bozeman, Cummings, Evans, Franks, Green (34th), Jennings, Middleton, Myers, Nettles, Scott (80th), Wallace

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 15-1-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT TEN YEARS' ADVERSE POSSESSION SHALL VEST TITLE TO PROPERTY TO THE OCCUPANT OF SUCH PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 15-1-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that ten (10) years' adverse possession shall vest title to property to the occupant of such property, is repealed.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.