MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Newman, Hopkins, Williamson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS TO FILE ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTRONIC COURT SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-1-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-1-59. (1) Each circuit, chancery and county court in this state shall require all pleadings and other papers to be served, filed, signed or verified by electronic means in conformity with the Mississippi Electronic Court System procedures by July 1, 2021.
(2) Each justice and municipal court in this state shall require all pleadings and other papers to be served, filed, signed or verified by electronic means in conformity with the Mississippi Electronic Court System procedures by July 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.