MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Denny

House Bill 291

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 15-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON DEBTS WHEN PARTIAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 15-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     15-1-3.  (1)  The completion of the period of limitation prescribed to bar any action, shall defeat and extinguish the right as well as the remedy.  However, the former legal obligation shall be a sufficient consideration to uphold a new promise based thereon.

     (2)  In any case founded on a debt, when any part of the debt shall have been paid, or an acknowledgment of an existing liability, debt or claim, or any promise to pay the same shall have been made, an action may be brought in such case within the period prescribed for the same, with the said period to begin after such payment, acknowledgment or promise.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.