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MS Code § 89-12-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-33. Owner entitled to further income or increments

 When property other than money is paid or delivered to the Treasurer under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the Treasurer any dividends, interest or other increments realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion into money.
MS Code § 89-12-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-35. Effect of expiration of period of limitation

 The expiration of any period of time specified by statute or court order, during which an action or proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or recovery of property, shall not prevent the money or property from being presumed abandoned property, nor affect any duty to file a report required by the provisions of this chapter, or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the treasurer.
MS Code § 89-12-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-37. Abandoned property fund; abandoned property claims payment fund

  All funds received under the provisions of this chapter shall forthwith be deposited by the Treasurer in a special fund hereby established in the State Treasury to be designated the "Abandoned Property Fund," except that the Treasurer shall deposit in a separate special fund hereby established in the State Treasury to be designated the "Abandoned Property Claims Payment Fund" an amount not exceeding One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) from which he shall make prompt payment of claims duly allowed by him as hereinafter provided. Before making the deposits in either special fund, he shall record the name and last known address of each person appearing from the holders' reports to be entitled to the abandoned property and the name and last known address of each insured person or annuitant and, with respect to each policy or contract listed in the report of a life insurance corporation, its number, the name of the corporation and the amount due. The record shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable business hours.   There is created within the Abandoned Property Fund in the State Treasury a trust to be known as the Historic Properties Financing Fund, which shall be used as provided in this section. On July 1, 1999, Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in the Abandoned Property Fund shall be set aside and placed in the Historic Properties Financing Fund created herein. The principal of the Historic Properties Financing Fund shall remain inviolate within the Abandoned Property Fund, and shall be invested in the same manner as the remainder of the Abandoned Property Fund. The interest and income earned from the investment of the principal of the Historic Properties Financing Fund shall be transferred quarterly to the Mississippi Landmark Grant Program account within the Historic Properties Trust Fund created under Section 39-5-23. The transferred money shall be utilized by the Department of Archives and History for the purposes as specified in Section 39-5-23(3).   Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the funds reflected by the cancellation of State of Mississippi warrants that constitute part of the Abandoned Property Fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer back to the original fund source if unclaimed by the owner within the time specified in Section 7-7-42.
MS Code § 89-12-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-39. Claim for abandoned property paid or delivered to treasurer; determination; interest

  Any person claiming an interest in any property delivered to the state under the provisions of this chapter may file a claim on the form prescribed by the Treasurer.   The Treasurer shall consider any claim filed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and may hold a hearing and receive evidence concerning it. If a hearing is held, he shall prepare a finding and a decision in writing on each claim filed, stating the substance of any evidence heard by him and the reasons for his decision. The decision shall be a public record.   If the validity of a claim shall be determined in favor of the claimant, the Treasurer shall pay over to the claimant only that amount which the Treasurer actually received, without deduction for costs of notices or for service charges, together with interest at the rate of one-twelfth of one percent (1/12 of 1%) per month from the time when it was received by the Treasurer to the time when it was paid by him to the claimant. However, if the property claimed was interest bearing to the owner on the date of surrender by the holder, then the Treasurer shall instead add interest at a rate not to exceed five-twelfths of one percent (5/12 of 1%) per month or the lesser current market rate. The interest on interest-bearing property shall begin to accumulate on the date that the property is delivered to the Treasurer and shall cease on the earlier of the expiration of fifteen (15) years following delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner. No interest on the interest-bearing property shall be payable for any period prior to July 1, 1982. Any holder who pays to the owner property which has been delivered to the state and which, if claimed from the Treasurer, would be subject to the provisions of this section as interest-bearing property, shall add interest as provided in this section. The added interest shall be repaid to the holder by the Treasurer in the same manner as the principal.
MS Code § 89-12-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-41. Judicial review of action of treasurer upon claim

 Any person aggrieved by a decision of the treasurer or as to whose claim the treasurer has failed to act within ninety (90) days after the filing of the claim, may commence an action in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, to establish his claim. The proceeding shall be brought within thirty (30) days after the decision of the treasurer or within sixty (60) days from the filing of the claim if the treasurer fails to act.
MS Code § 89-12-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-43. Treasurer may decline to receive property presumed abandoned

 The treasurer, after receiving reports of property deemed abandoned pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may decline to receive any property reported which he deems to have a value less than the cost of giving notice, or he may, if he deems it desirable because of the small sum involved, postpone taking possession until a sufficient sum accumulates. Unless the holder of the property is notified to the contrary within thirty (30) days after filing the report required under Section 89-12-23, the treasurer shall be deemed to have elected to receive the custody of the property.
MS Code § 89-12-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-45. Examination of records by treasurer or designated regulatory authority

  The Treasurer may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any person to determine if such person has complied with the provisions of this chapter. The Treasurer may designate the Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance or other appropriate regulatory authority to examine the records of institutions of regulated industries to determine if such institutions have complied with the provisions of this chapter.   If, in connection with such examination, property which should have been reported pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is discovered, the holder shall pay a per diem rate equal to actual costs per examination as the cost of conducting the examination.   If any person refuses to permit the examination provided in this section or to deliver property to the Treasurer as required under the provisions of this chapter, the Treasurer shall bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to compel such examination or to enforce such delivery.
MS Code § 89-12-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-47. Penalties for failure to make reports or to pay or deliver abandoned property

  Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform other duties required under the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day the report is withheld, but not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).   Any person who willfully refuses to pay or deliver abandoned property to the Treasurer as required under the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court.   In addition to any damages, penalties, or fines for which a person may be liable under any other provision of law, any person who fails to report, pay or deliver abandoned property within the time prescribed by the provisions of this chapter shall pay to the Treasurer interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month on the property or the value thereof from the date the property should have been paid or delivered, but in no event prior to July 1, 1982; except that if the failure to report, pay or deliver is the result of mistake or other good cause shown, the Treasurer may reduce the rate of interest or waive the interest payable thereon.
MS Code § 89-12-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-49. Rules and regulations

 The treasurer is hereby authorized to adopt necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 89-12-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-53. Chapter inapplicable to property of minor or incompetent

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who is the owner of any type of property described herein where such person is either a minor or mentally incompetent, nor to any person who is the owner of any type of property described herein which is subject to the provisions of Section 43-13-120.
MS Code § 89-12-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-55. Uniformity of interpretation

 This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
MS Code § 89-12-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-57. Provisions of chapter supplemental to Section 21-39-21

 This chapter shall not be construed as repealing the provisions of Section 21-39-21, but shall be additional and supplemental to those provisions.
MS Code § 89-12-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 12 - Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act|§ 89-12-59. Certain unclaimed United States savings bonds escheat to state; procedures

  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law, United States savings bonds which are unclaimed property and subject to the provisions of this chapter shall escheat to the State of Mississippi three (3) years after becoming unclaimed property by virtue of the provisions of this chapter, and all property rights and legal title to and ownership of such United States savings bonds or proceeds from such bonds, including all rights, powers and privileges of survivorship of any owner, co-owner or beneficiary, shall vest solely in the State of Mississippi according to the procedure set forth in subsections (2) through (5) of this section.   Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the three (3) years prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, if no claim has been filed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for such United States savings bonds, the State Treasurer shall commence a civil action in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for a determination that such United States savings bonds shall escheat to the State of Mississippi. The State Treasurer may postpone the bringing of such action until sufficient United States savings bonds have accumulated in the State Treasurer custody to justify the expense of such proceedings.   If no person shall file a claim or appear at the hearing to substantiate a claim or where the court determines that a claimant is not entitled to the property claimed by such claimant, then the court, if satisfied by evidence that the State Treasurer has substantially complied with the laws of the State of Mississippi, shall enter a judgment that the subject United States savings bonds have escheated to the State of Mississippi, and all property rights and legal title to and ownership of such United States savings bonds or proceeds from such bonds, including all rights, powers and privileges of survivorship of any owner, co-owner or beneficiary, shall vest solely in the State of Mississippi.   The State Treasurer shall redeem such United States savings bonds escheated to the State of Mississippi and the proceeds from such redemption of United States savings bonds shall be deposited in the State General Fund. The State Treasurer shall not deposit the proceeds from the redemption of the United States savings bonds in the Abandoned Property Fund or the Abandoned Property Claims Payment Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 89-12-37.   Any person making a claim for the United States savings bonds escheated to the State of Mississippi under this subsection, or for the proceeds from such bonds, may file a claim in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Upon providing sufficient proof of the validity of such person's claim, the State Treasurer may pay such claim in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 89-13-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-1. Adjoining owners to contribute

 Persons owning adjoining land or lots, or being lessees thereof for more than two (2) years, shall be bound to contribute equally to the erection of fences on the line dividing the land or lots, if the land or lots on their respective sides be used by the owner or lessee thereof for purposes of cultivation, or for horticultural purposes, or for the purpose of pasturing cattle, horses, hogs or sheep, or if a lot be used as an inclosure for any other purpose; and each party shall be bound to contribute equally toward keeping the party fences in good repair so long as the land or lot be so used. An owner shall not be bound to contribute to the erection of a party fence, either built or to be built, or to keeping the same in repair, who may prefer to build a fence and to leave a lane on his land between himself and the adjoining owner. But the failure to erect such fence for the space of sixty (60) days shall be deemed an abandonment of the intention to do so, and a determination to adopt the fence built, and the person so failing shall then be bound to pay his proportion of the value of the party fence.
MS Code § 89-13-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-3. Enforcement of contribution

 If any person, being requested to do so, will not contribute his proper share of the work and furnish the requisite materials suitable for a party fence, or pay the value of his share, the person desiring to build the fence may erect or construct the whole of it, of a proper and suitable kind, being a lawful fence, and may thereafter apply, in writing, to a justice of the peace, who shall appoint three (3) impartial freeholders of the neighborhood to view the fence and determine what amount should be paid by the person who has failed to contribute.
MS Code § 89-13-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-5. Enforcement of contribution; notice and proceedings

 The opposite party shall have five (5) days' notice of the time of the meeting of the freeholders, which may be served as a summons is required to be, and each party may introduce evidence of the value of the fence; and the freeholders, or a majority of them, may assess the amount to be paid by the one party to the other, and shall give to the party entitled to the compensation a certificate stating the amount they assess in his favor.
MS Code § 89-13-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-7. Enforcement of contribution; action for amount assessed

 The party may maintain an action for the amount assessed by the freeholders; and the order of the justice appointing the freeholders, and the certificate of the freeholders, and proof of notice to the opposite party of the time of the meeting, shall be prima facie evidence to support the action. The amount recovered shall be a lien upon the land or lot of the defendant.
MS Code § 89-13-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-9. Enforcement of contribution; costs

 The freeholders each shall receive One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per day whilst discharging their duty, to be paid by the party at whose instance they were appointed, who may recover the amount as costs, and the justice shall be entitled to fees as in other cases.
MS Code § 89-13-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-11. Contribution where fence already built

 In case any party fence has been already built, and the adjoining land be used by the owner thereof for any of the purposes set forth in Section 89-17-1, the party who built the same shall in like manner be entitled to compensation, to the extent that ought to be contributed by the owner of the adjoining land, and in case of refusal to pay the same, the amount may be assessed and a recovery had in the same manner as for erecting a new fence.
MS Code § 89-13-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-13. Contribution to keep fence in repair

 Each proprietor of land or lots separated by a party fence, shall be bound to contribute his due proportion of labor and materials for keeping the fence in good repair, so far as to make it a lawful fence; and contributions for that purpose may be enforced as above provided.
MS Code § 89-13-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-15. Ownership of party fence; fence not to be removed

 A party fence will be owned jointly by the respective proprietors, either of whom may require the other to contribute to repairing it, but it shall not be taken away, razed, removed, or left down by either party without the consent of the other; and if either party violate this provision, he shall be liable to the action of the other, and be subject to such penalties as a stranger would be. However, a party shall not be bound to contribute towards keeping a party fence in repair, after he shall have ceased to use the land which is divided by it.
MS Code § 89-13-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-17. Departure from line

 When, from natural obstacles, it shall be impracticable to erect the entire fence on the dividing line, and it be necessary to make a departure on either side, such departure may be made, but the fence shall, notwithstanding, be a party fence.
MS Code § 89-13-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-19. Removal and abandonment of party fence

 In case a joint-owner of a party fence shall desire to have a lane on his land, between his own and the adjoining land, he shall be at liberty to remove his part of the fence, on giving six (6) months' notice to the other joint-owner, and not otherwise; but any proprietor who may remove from his land, and cease to use it for any of the purposes before mentioned, shall thereby abandon his right to the party fence.
MS Code § 89-13-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-21. Sale of land; lessee or owner to contribute

 In case of the sale of the premises to another person, the purchaser shall have the same right and incur the same liabilities as the original owner, in regard to the party fence. A lessee for a longer time than two (2) years shall stand in the attitude of a purchaser during his term; but if the lease be for two (2) years, or a shorter time, the owner shall be bound to contribute towards the erection and repair of the party fence, if either the owner or the tenant use the land; and in such case, the notice served on the tenant, if the owner be absent, will be sufficient.
MS Code § 89-13-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 13 - Party Fences|§ 89-13-23. Fence removed if not paid for, and adopted by paying proportion of value

 The person who built the party fence may remove it at pleasure, if the owner of the adjoining land will not pay his proportion thereof; and although the proprietor of any land may desire to retain any fence built by him on a line which divides his land from that of another person, as a private fence, yet that other person may adopt the same as a party fence by paying his proportion of the value thereof; and if the value cannot be agreed upon by the parties, the person desiring to adopt the fence may apply to a justice of the peace to appoint freeholders to assess the proportion that should be paid, as in other cases.
MS Code § 89-15-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-1. Parol agreement concerning, binding

 Any agreement for erecting walls which parties may make who own adjoining lots and desire to build party walls, shall be binding, whether in writing or not; and in case of the failure of either party to comply with his contract, the other may have an action for damages.
MS Code § 89-15-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-3. How wall may become a party wall

 If the owner of any lot shall build a substantial and durable brick or stone wall on the line which divides his lot from another, and the owner or lessee of that other lot should desire to erect an adjoining building and connect the same with the building already erected, so as to make the wall of the former building serve as the wall of his own, he may do so by paying to the owner of the first wall half the value thereof, or half the value of so much of the former wall as he may use as a wall to his own house; but he shall not be at liberty to use the former wall in any way which may prove dangerous or detrimental to the owner, except he may close lights therein.