MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Moak
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 89-7-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME PERIOD REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF A SUMMONS IN LANDLORD AND TENANT PROCEEDINGS; 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, 2013.