MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2005 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Fillingane
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 85-3-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE CERTAIN SETTLEMENTS AS PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION OR ATTACHMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 85-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
85-3-17. The proceeds of any judgment not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) recovered by any person on account of personal injuries sustained, shall inure to the party or parties in whose favor such judgment or a settlement may be rendered, free from all liabilities for the debts of the person injured.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.