MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Ellington
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 89-7-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF A SUMMONS REGARDING THE POSSESSION OF A LANDLORD'S PREMISES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 89-7-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
89-7-31. On receiving such affidavit, the county judge, justice, mayor, or other officer shall issue a summons, directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, or the marshal of the city, town, or village wherein the premises, or some part thereof, are situated, describing the premises, and commanding him to require the person in possession of the same or claiming the possession thereof, forthwith to remove therefrom, or to show cause before the justice or other officer, on a day to be named not less than three (3) * * * days from the date of the summons, why possession of the premises should not be delivered to the applicant.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.