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MS Code § 89-15-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-5. Wall not to be used until paid for; how sum ascertained

 A person shall not be at liberty to join or use a wall as a party-wall without first paying to the owner thereof one-half (1/2) the value of so much as may be used; and if the parties cannot agree as to the value, either may apply to the mayor, police justice of the city, town or village, or to any justice of the peace of the county, in writing, for the appointment of suitable persons to assess the amount to be paid; and such mayor or police justice or justice of the peace shall thereupon appoint three (3) mechanics skilled in the description of work, who, or a majority of whom, shall examine the wall, and assess the amount to be paid to the owner thereof, and give a certificate of such examination and assessment to the party at whose instance they were appointed. The opposite party shall have five (5) days' notice of the time of the meeting of the appraisers, and their names, which notice may be served as a summons is required by law to be served. On payment or tender of the amount assessed, the party desiring to use the wall may proceed to do so.
MS Code § 89-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-7. Exceptions to appraisers

 If either party present to such mayor or police justice or justice of the peace, within ten (10) days after filing of assessment, exceptions to any of the appraisers, and the mayor or police justice or justice of the peace be of the opinion that the exception is well founded, a new appraiser or appraisers may be appointed, and either party shall be at liberty to introduce evidence before the appraisers as to the value of the wall.
MS Code § 89-15-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-9. Either party may appeal; final record

 The officer so appointing the appraisers shall make and preserve a record of all proceedings as in other cases before him, which shall contain the report of the appraisers, which shall be final, unless appealed from within ten (10) days, as in cases appealed from justice of the peace courts. But either party desiring may appeal, as in other cases before justices of the peace, to the circuit court of the county or district, where the whole matters of difference between the parties shall be heard anew, with or without written pleadings, in a summary way, before a jury and the court, as in other cases appealed from justices of the peace, and the findings of the circuit court in the case shall be final. On the proper certificate from the proper officer of the court finally disposing of the case, either party interested may have the final record recorded in the record of deeds of the county or district thereof.
MS Code § 89-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 15 - Party Walls|§ 89-15-11. Party wall not to be removed or impaired in value

 Any party wall which has been paid for, and is used as such, shall not be removed by either party without the consent of the other; nor shall it be so damaged or altered as to render it less valuable to either. And if either party violate this provision he shall be liable to the other as a trespasser for all damages that may be sustained.
MS Code § 89-17-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-1. Abandoned logs, boats, etc., salvaged

 Any saw logs, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat, building, or other floatable thing of value that may have become derelict in any of the waters or watercourses of the state or in the beds thereof and which have been relinquished, deserted or left by the owner thereof with the intention of abandoning same shall become the property of the owner of the bed of the stream, or the part thereof, where such property may be found and such owner may raise, float or salve said property or authorize the raising, floating or salving of such property.
MS Code § 89-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-3. Replevin by owner; bond; lien for salvage

 Any person claiming to be the owner of such property may institute an action in replevin for the recovery of such property. Any bond given in such suit to obtain possession of said property shall be liable for any depreciation in value of the property between the date of the giving of the bond and final termination of the suit. If no bond be given by either party within seventy-two (72) hours after the seizure of the property under the writ, the sheriff on the written demand of either party shall sell the same for cash at public outcry after posting a notice of the time and place of sale at three (3) or more public places in the county. The proceeds of sale shall be paid into the registry of the court to await the final outcome of the suit. The defendant in such suit, in the event he or any person acting for him or with his consent has raised, floated or salvaged the property whose title or possession is in issue, shall be entitled to a lien on such property for the reasonable expense of raising, floating, or salvaging such property.
MS Code § 89-17-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-5. Prima facie abandonment

 In any suit brought by one claiming to be the owner of such property, proof that such property has been relinquished, deserted or left for a period of three (3) years thereafter without effort to salve such property shall be prima facie evidence of the intention to abandon.
MS Code § 89-17-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-7. Jurisdiction limited

 The following sections, and not the foregoing, shall apply to the waters of the Mississippi Sound or of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction and control of the State of Mississippi; provided that if the foregoing sections should be held unconstitutional, then the following sections shall apply to the entire state.
MS Code § 89-17-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-9. How claims for salvage service rendered shall be filed and prosecuted

 Whenever any person shall desire to claim compensation for any salvage service rendered by him in reclaiming and protecting from loss, damage, injury or destruction, any saw log, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat or other water craft, or other floatable thing of value, that may have become derelict, in any of the waters of this state or in the beds or on the shores thereof, or for compensation for the preservation thereof, such finder, salvor, or person raising or floating such property, shall file a petition for compensation in the circuit court of the county in which such property shall be found, raised or floated, or salved. In the petition he shall set forth a full and particular description of the property found, raised or floated, or salved, containing all names, letters or other marks of identification appearing thereon, and in the petition he shall also set forth the facts constituting his claim for compensation, and the amount claimed by him for such service, and shall also state the name of the owner of the property, if known to the petitioner, and his place of residence and post-office address. Said owner shall be made a party defendant thereto, and if the owner be unknown, all persons having or claiming any interest in the property shall be made parties defendant, and the petition shall be sworn to. Immediately upon the filing of such petition, the petitioner shall deliver to the sheriff of the county the property described in the petition to be dealt with as hereinafter provided in Section 89-17-17.
MS Code § 89-17-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-11. Clerk to issue summons

 Upon filing such petition the clerk shall issue a summons to the defendant named as required by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. In case the owners of the property are unknown, then a notice shall be published as provided for by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
MS Code § 89-17-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-13. How notice given where parties are nonresidents of state

 In suits against persons named in the petition, as defendants thereto, where such defendant is a nonresident of the state, or cannot be served with process, then notice shall be given to such defendant as is provided for in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
MS Code § 89-17-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-15. Procedure on return of writ; defendant to plead to petition in case of contest

 At the return of the process, in case the defendant shall contest the petitioner's right to compensation or salvage, or the amount thereof, the petition shall stand for a complaint and the defendant shall plead to it as if it were an ordinary action at law and the matter shall be tried as provided for in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
MS Code § 89-17-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-17. Sheriff to advertise property for sale; proceeds held for result of suit

 Immediately upon the delivery to the sheriff of the property described in the petition as provided in Section 89-17-9, the sheriff shall at once advertise the property for sale in the same manner as provided by law for the advertisement and sale of personal property under execution, and on the day fixed shall sell the property for cash to the highest bidder, and shall hold the proceeds to abide the result of the suit or proceeding. But the defendant to the petition, or any person interposing a claim thereto, in cases against unknown owners, can at any time before the day of sale, execute a bond with two (2) or more sureties in double the value of the property, such valuation to be fixed by the sheriff conditioned to satisfy such judgment as the petitioner shall recover in the case, and upon the execution of such bond, to be approved by the sheriff, the property shall be delivered to the defendant or claimant.
MS Code § 89-17-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-19. Failure of defendant to appear at return term; funds condemned to satisfy judgment

 In case the defendant shall not appear at the return term of the writ, or in cases against unknown owners, where no person or party interposes a claim, the court shall award the petitioner a judgment for the amount as appears to the court that petitioner is entitled to, and condemn the funds in the hands of the sheriff, or render judgment against the defendant or his bond as the case may be, for the satisfaction of the judgment so rendered and costs. In case there shall be a surplus remaining in the hands of the sheriff after satisfying the judgment and costs, it shall be paid to the clerk of the court, to be held by him subject to the claim of the owners of the property so sold, and shall be paid out to such owner, upon the order of the court, after satisfactory evidence is adduced, establishing in the judgment of the court such ownership. In all cases where the petitioner establishes his claim, and is awarded a judgment for the amount stated in the petition, the court shall allow the petitioner a reasonable attorney's fee for preparing the petition, which shall be taxed as part of the costs of the case.
MS Code § 89-17-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-21. Jurisdiction of justice courts; time for trial; notice to parties

 Justice courts shall have jurisdiction of all cases provided for in this chapter, where the value of the property described in the petition does not exceed the amount provided in Section 9-11-9, and in all cases where the defendant is a nonresident, or is not served with process, the provisions of the section of the code in relation to attachments before justice court judges shall apply, and notice shall be given to the defendant, and the case tried as provided in that section of the code. When the case shall be one against unknown owners, the justice court judge shall fix the trial for a date not earlier than one (1) month from the beginning of the suit, and notices shall be posted for three (3) consecutive weeks in the county of the justice court judge, addressed to all persons having or claiming any interest in the property described in the petition, and describing the property in such notices, requiring them to appear before the justice court judge on the date fixed for trial to contest the claim of the petitioner, which notices shall be posted in the public places in the county likely to be seen, which shall be in lieu of a publication thereof in a newspaper.
MS Code § 89-17-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-23. Person claiming property admitted to defend

 On the return of the summons before a justice of the peace, or on the day fixed for trial, in cases against nonresidents or parties not served with process, or in cases against unknown owners, the justice shall hear the cause. Any person making claim to the property described in the petition shall be admitted to defend as provided in Section 89-17-15 for cases in the circuit court, and the same mode of procedure shall be followed in the trial as is provided for the trial of civil actions before justices of the peace, under the general laws of the state, and judgment shall be rendered as hereinbefore provided in cases before the circuit court.
MS Code § 89-17-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-25. Penalty for converting derelict property to own use

 If any person shall convert to his own use, sell or otherwise dispose of any saw log, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat, or other water craft, or other floatable thing of value not belonging to him, which may have come into his possession while floating as derelict, in any of the waters of the State of Mississippi, or which may theretofore have been sunken and raised or floated from such sunken condition by him or others, or which he or others may have found cast upon the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, or Mississippi Sound, in the State of Mississippi, or any bay, inlet, or bayou, emptying into same, or upon the shore of any other watercourse in the State of Mississippi, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than double the value of the property converted, sold or disposed of, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months.
MS Code § 89-17-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 17 - Salvage|§ 89-17-27. Unlawful to purchase derelict property from finder thereof

 If any person shall purchase, or otherwise acquire, except at a sale as provided in this chapter, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, from any person other than the owner thereof, any property of the character or description, and in the condition enumerated in the foregoing section, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding double the value of the property so purchased, or acquired, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months.
MS Code § 89-19-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Conservation Easement Act of 1986."
MS Code § 89-19-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-3. Definitions

 For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:    "Conservation easement" shall mean a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations, the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, historical or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, educational or open-space use, protecting natural features and resources, maintaining or enhancing air and water quality or preserving the natural, historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of real property.   "Holder" shall mean either:   A governmental body empowered by the law of this state or the United States to hold an interest in real property; or   A private, nonprofit, charitable or educational corporation, association or trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, historical or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, educational or open-space use, protecting natural features and resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality or preserving the natural, historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of real property which is the recipient or grantee of a conservation easement.     "Third-party right of enforcement" shall mean a right granted in a conservation easement to a governmental body or private, nonprofit charitable corporation, association or trust, which is not a holder but which is eligible to be a holder, to enforce any of the terms of the conservation easement.   "Person" shall mean any natural person or legal entity.
MS Code § 89-19-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-5. General provisions relating to conservation easement; acceptance; recordation; duration

  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded and assigned, in the same method and manner as other easements.   No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.   Except as provided in subsection (2) of Section 89-19-7 of this chapter, a conservation easement is unlimited in its duration unless the instrument creating it otherwise provides.   An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired by the conservation easement unless the owner of the interest is a party to the conservation easement or consents to it.   A conservation easement shall continue to be effective and shall not be extinguished if the easement holder is or becomes the owner in fee of the subject property.
MS Code § 89-19-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-7. Actions affecting easements

  Any action to enforce a conservation easement may be brought by:   An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;   A holder of the easement;   A person having a third-party right of enforcement;   The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi;   The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; or   A person otherwise authorized and empowered by law.     This chapter does not, and shall not be construed to, affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity. In such proceeding, the holder of the conservation easement shall be compensated for the value of the easement.
MS Code § 89-19-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-9. Validity of easements not affected by certain conditions

 A conservation easement shall be valid despite the following:   It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;   It may be or has been assigned to another holder;   It is not of a character that has been traditionally recognized at common law;   It imposes a negative burden;   It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;   The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or   There is no privity of estate or contract.
MS Code § 89-19-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-11. Capital improvements on property upon which easements have been granted

 With the exception of "Mississippi Landmarks," as defined by the Antiquities Law of Mississippi (Section 39-7-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972) and of properties entered in the National Register of Historic Places, no public money, derived either from a special fund or the General Fund, shall be expended for capital improvements on any real property upon which a conservation easement has been granted unless the conservation easement is perpetual, a governmental body is the holder of the easement and the capital improvements are solely for the use and benefit of such holder.
MS Code § 89-19-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-13. Interests to which chapter applies; relation to other laws

  This chapter shall apply to an interest created after March 27, 1986, whether the interest is designated as a conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise, as long as such interest complies with the provisions of this chapter.   This chapter shall apply to any interest created prior to March 27, 1986, if the interest would have been enforceable had it been created after March 27, 1986, unless retroactive application would contravene the Constitution or laws of this state or the United States.   This chapter shall not invalidate any interest, whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise, that is enforceable under any other law of this state.   The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and supplemental to any other provision of law.
MS Code § 89-19-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 19 - Mississippi Conservation Easements|§ 89-19-15. Recorded easements to be filed with Attorney General and Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

 Whenever any instrument conveying a conservation easement is recorded after April 18, 1988, the clerk of the court recording it shall mail certified copies thereof, together with notice as to the date and place of recordation, to the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The requirement that certified copies be mailed to the Attorney General and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be stated in any instrument which conveys a conservation easement after April 18, 1988. The holder of any conservation easement created prior to the date hereof wishing to qualify such easement for the benefits provided under this chapter shall provide to the Attorney General and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, within one (1) year after April 18, 1988, a certified copy of the instrument creating such easement, indicating the date and place of the recordation.
MS Code § 89-21-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 89 - Real and Personal Property|Chapter 21 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act|§ 89-21-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act."