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MS Code § 85-7-191 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 11 - Suits on Performance Bonds|§ 85-7-191. Bond; suit on; only one action permitted; intervention

 If only a performance bond is given in accordance with this chapter and if suit is instituted on said performance bond only one (1) action shall be brought for performance and payment claims and any person entitled to sue may upon application intervene and be made a party to said suit and such intervention must occur within the time limited for such person to bring an original action; provided, however, if a separate payment bond is given then only one (1) separate action for payment claims shall likewise be brought on the payment bond and intervention shall be allowed in accordance with this statute.
MS Code § 85-7-193 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 11 - Suits on Performance Bonds|§ 85-7-193. Bond: judgment; pro rata recovery where funds insufficient

 If only a performance bond is given in accordance with this chapter and the recovery on the performance bond should be inadequate to pay the full amount found due including amounts due the obligee, judgment shall be given after the performance bond obligee is fully satisfied for all its claims, demands, rights and damages to each person, including reasonable attorney's fees in an amount to be set by the judge, pro rata of the amount of the recovery. The surety on said performance bond may pay into court for distribution the full amount of its liability, less any amount which may have been paid to the performance bond obligee by reason of the execution of said bond, and upon so doing the surety will be relieved from further liability.
MS Code § 85-7-195 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 11 - Suits on Performance Bonds|§ 85-7-195. Process

 To all suits instituted under the provisions of this chapter the parties interested shall be summoned as provided by Section 85-7-145; provided further that where any contractors' bond has been executed and delivered under any of the foregoing sections of this chapter and the contractor or principal obligor in said bond, or any one or more of said principal obligors therein shall be a non-resident or shall remove from the state, or so conceal himself therein that service of process cannot be directly made upon him personally, then in such case personal service of summons for said absent or absconding principal obligor may be made upon the insurance commissioner of the State of Mississippi in like manner, with the same procedure thereabout, and with the same effect as process may be served on said commissioner in cases of a defendant foreign insurance company; and the delivery of any such bond within this state shall be deemed equivalent to the appointment, by the principal obligors and by the surety or sureties therein, of the state insurance commissioner or his successors in office to be the true and lawful attorney of said obligors upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding arising under said bond when for any one of the reasons aforesaid the said principal obligors or any one of them cannot be otherwise served with personal summons in this state, and the delivery of any bond in this chapter mentioned shall be a signification of the agreement and power of attorney of the said principal obligor or obligors and of said sureties that any such process against said principal or principals which is so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the said principal or principals personally.
MS Code § 85-7-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-221. Definition

 As used in Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233, the term "person" shall mean a natural person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity.
MS Code § 85-7-223 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-223. Sale of clothing, etc., for cleaning charges

 Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel or household goods, which have been repaired, altered, dyed, cleaned, pressed, glazed or laundered, remaining in the possession of a person for a period of ninety (90) days or more, may be sold to pay reasonable or agreed charges, together with any costs or expenses provided for in Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233. Except as otherwise provided in Section 85-7-235, the person to whom such charges are payable and owing shall first notify the owner or owners of the proposed sale of the articles belonging to them and the amount of the charges due thereon in the manner prescribed in Section 85-7-227.
MS Code § 85-7-225 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-225. Sale of clothing, etc., for storage charges permitted

 All garments, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods placed in storage, or on which any of the services or labors mentioned in Section 85-7-223 have been performed and then placed in storage, by agreement and remaining in the possession of a person without the reasonable or agreed charges having been paid for a period of ninety (90) days, may be sold to pay said charges, provided that the person has notified the owner or owners thereof of the sale as prescribed in Section 85-7-227. Persons operating as warehouses or warehousemen shall not be affected by this section.
MS Code § 85-7-227 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-227. Notice to owners

 The mailing by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, of a letter with a return address marked thereon, addressed to the owner or owners, at their last known address or the address given at the time of delivery of such articles to the person, shall constitute notice under the provisions of Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233. The letter shall state that the articles upon which the charges are owing will be disposed of unless they are redeemed within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice. Said notice shall be mailed at least thirty (30) days before the articles belonging to such owner or owners may be sold for charges due thereon. The cost of mailing said letter shall be added to the charges.
MS Code § 85-7-229 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-229. Sale; disposition of proceeds

 If the chattel or chattels are not redeemed within thirty (30) days after the mailing of such letter, the person may sell such articles on the day and at the time and place specified in such letter. Such sales may be made either at public auction or by private sale. The proceeds of the sale in excess of the charges and necessary expenses of the procedure required by Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233, shall be held by the person for a period of six (6) months, and if not reclaimed by the owner thereof within that time shall escheat to the county and be paid over to the chancery clerk to be covered into the general fund of the county in which the sale was held.
MS Code § 85-7-231 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-231. Notices required to be posted; form and content of notices

 All persons, taking advantage of Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233, must keep posted at all times in a prominent place in their receiving office or offices, two (2) notices of dimensions of not less than eight and one-half (8-1/2) by eleven (11) inches which read as follows: "Not responsible for goods left on hand for more than ninety (90) days. All articles cleaned, pressed, glazed, laundered, washed, altered, dyed or repaired, and not called for in ninety (90) days, will be sold to pay charges," and "All articles which are stored by agreement and upon which the charges are not paid for ninety (90) days will be sold to pay charges."
MS Code § 85-7-233 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-233. Purposes and intent of Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233

 The purpose and intent of Sections 85-7-221 through 85-7-233 is to provide an inexpensive means of enforcing liens for small amounts, and to that end the provisions of said sections shall be construed to create a lien in addition to, and shall not exclude, any liens which may exist by virtue of either the common law or any other statute of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 85-7-235 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 13 - Laundry Plant Operators|§ 85-7-235. Sale of clothing after 180 days without notice or liability to owner

 If any person fails to claim any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, household goods or other article delivered to any laundry or dry cleaning establishment described in Sections 85-7-223 and 85-7-225 and displaying the notice described in Section 85-7-231, for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days, the laundry or dry cleaning establishment, without giving notice to the owner, may dispose of such garment, clothing, wearing apparel, household goods, or other article by whatever means it may choose, without liability or responsibility to the owner.
MS Code § 85-7-261 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 17 - General Provisions|§ 85-7-261. How lien created

 Unless otherwise expressly provided, the liens created or mentioned in this chapter shall exist by virtue of the relation of the parties, and without any writing, or if in writing, without recording; and the rights and liens conferred may be asserted and enforced by the assigns and personal representatives of the lienor.
MS Code § 85-7-263 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 17 - General Provisions|§ 85-7-263. Liens on the same building, etc. concurrent

 All liens for erecting, constructing, altering, or repairing the same building, house, structure, fixture, boat, water craft, railroad, or railroad embankment shall be concurrent, and shall be paid in proportion out of the proceeds of the property when sold; and in case the sheriff shall have doubts as to the proper application of the money, he may return the same to the court, stating the question, for its determination.
MS Code § 85-7-265 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 17 - General Provisions|§ 85-7-265. Proceedings under justice courts

 Justice courts shall have jurisdiction of cases arising under this chapter where the amount does not exceed the jurisdictional amount provided for in Section 9-11-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, and the proceedings shall be as nearly in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as may be practicable, and the parties shall have the right of appeal as in other cases. But the sale of buildings under their judgments may be advertised and made as sales of personal property levied on under execution issued by the justice court.
MS Code § 85-7-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-301. Definitions; lien on causes of action accruing to injured persons for uncompensated traumatic burn care

  Except where the context otherwise requires in subsection (2) of this section, as used in Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315, the term:   "Qualifying hospital" means any hospital designated as a burn center by the State Department of Health.   "Qualifying practice" means any physician practice that provides care, treatment or services to a patient who has been admitted to a qualifying hospital.   "Care, treatment or services" means burn care or burn-related treatment, or services furnished by a qualifying hospital or qualifying practice.   "Uncompensated traumatic burn care" means any portion of care, treatment or services rendered by a qualifying hospital or qualifying practice with respect to a patient whose burn care, treatment or services arose out of a single accident or occurrence for which the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice did not receive payment.     Any person, firm, authority or corporation operating a qualifying hospital or qualifying practice providing traumatic burn care in this state shall have a lien for the reasonable charges for care, treatment or services of an injured person for uncompensated traumatic burn care, which lien shall be only upon any and all causes of action accruing to the person to whom the care was furnished or to the legal representative of the person on account of injuries that gave rise to the causes of action and that necessitated the care, treatment or services, subject and subordinate, however, to any attorney's lien or fees. The lien provided for in this subsection is only a lien against those causes of action and shall not be a lien against the injured person, the legal representative, or any other property or assets of those persons and shall not be evidence of the person's failure to pay a debt. This subsection shall not be construed to interfere with the exemption from Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315 provided by Section 85-7-309, nor shall this subsection prohibit an injured person or his legal representative from negotiating with a qualifying hospital or practice.
MS Code § 85-7-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-303. Filing of verified statement; contents; notice

  In order to perfect the lien provided for in Section 85-7-301, the operator of the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice:   Shall, not less than fifteen (15) days before the date of filing the statement required under paragraph (b) of this subsection, provide written notice to the patient and the legal representative of the patient, if applicable, and, to the best of the operator's knowledge, the persons, firms, corporations and their insurers claimed by the injured person or the legal representative of the injured person to be liable for damages arising from the injuries and shall include in the notice a statement that the lien is not a lien against the patient or any other property or assets of the patient and is not evidence of the patient's failure to pay a debt. The notice shall be sent to all those persons and entities by first-class and certified mail or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested; and   Shall file in the office of the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice is located and in the county in which the patient resides, if a resident of this state, a verified statement setting forth the name and address of the patient as it appears on the records of the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice; the name and location of the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice, and the name and address of the operator thereof; the dates of admission and discharge of the patient from the qualifying hospital, or with respect to a qualifying practice, the dates of treatment; the amount claimed to be due for the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice; and certification that the amount claimed is for treatment of uncompensated traumatic burn care, which statement must be filed within the following time period:   If the statement is filed by a qualifying hospital, then the statement shall be filed within seventy-five (75) days after the person has been discharged from the facility; or   If the statement is filed by a qualifying practice, then the statement shall be filed within ninety (90) days after the person first sought treatment from the practice for the injury.       The filing of the claim or lien shall be notice thereof to all persons, firms or corporations liable for the damages, whether or not they received the written notice provided for in this section. The failure to perfect the lien by timely complying with the notice and filing provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall invalidate the lien, except as to any person, firm, or corporation liable for the damages, which receives before the date of any release, covenant not to bring an action, or settlement, actual notice of a notice and filed statement made under subsection (1) of this section, via hand delivery, certified mail, return receipt requested, or statutory overnight delivery with confirmation of receipt.
MS Code § 85-7-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-305. Duties of chancery clerk; lien book

 The clerk of the chancery court shall endorse the date and hour of filing on the statement filed under Section 85-7-303; and, at the expense of the county, the clerk shall provide a lien book with a proper index in which the clerk shall enter the date and hour of the filing; the names and addresses of the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice, the operators thereof, and the patient; and the amount claimed. The information shall be recorded in the name of the patient.
MS Code § 85-7-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-307. Effect of covenant not to bring an action; action to enforce lien; affidavit of payment

  No release of the cause or causes of action or of any judgment thereon or any covenant not to bring an action thereon shall be valid or effectual against the lien created by Section 85-7-301 unless the holder thereof is given notification of the results of the cause of action or executes a release of the lien; and the injured party (the "claimant") or an assignee of the lien holder may enforce the lien by an action against the person, firm or corporation liable for the damages or the person, firm or corporation's insurer. If the claimant prevails in the action and if the claimant's balance of the award is insufficient to cover the medical liens, the court may determine pro rata compensation in favor of the claimant. In no case shall the payment towards the liens exceed fifty percent (50%) of the claimant's balance. Any qualifying hospital or qualifying practice that receives payments under the authority of Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315 shall release the claimant from any further liens for the cost of hospital care, treatment or services provided for which the lien was placed. The action shall be begun against the person liable for the damages or the person's insurer within one (1) year after the date the liability is finally determined by a settlement, by a release, by a covenant not to bring an action, or by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.   No release or covenant not to bring an action that is made before or after the patient was discharged from the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice shall be effective against the lien perfected in accordance with Section 85-7-303, if the lien is perfected before the date of the release, covenant not to bring an action, or settlement unless notification is given to the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice; however, any person, firm or corporation that consummates a settlement, release or covenant not to bring an action with the person to whom care, treatment or services were furnished and that first procures from the injured party an affidavit as prescribed in subsection (3) of this section shall not be bound or otherwise affected by the lien except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, regardless of when the settlement, release or covenant not to bring an action was consummated.   The affidavit shall affirm:   That all bills incurred for treatment for the injuries for which a settlement is made have been fully paid or resolved; and   The county of residence of the affiant, if a resident of this state; however, the person taking the affidavit shall not be protected thereby where the affidavit alleges the county of the affiant's residence and the lien of the qualifying hospital or qualifying practice is at that time on file in the office of the chancery clerk and is recorded in the name of the patient as it appears in the affidavit.
MS Code § 85-7-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-309. Applicability

 Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315 shall not apply to:   A cause of action filed by a person who received care, treatment or services from a qualifying hospital or a qualifying practice whose medical costs were paid by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.   Any monies becoming due under the Workers' Compensation Law.
MS Code § 85-7-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-311. Effect of Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315 on settlement before entry into qualifying hospital

 No settlement or release entered into or executed before the entry of the injured party into the qualifying hospital shall be affected by or subject to the terms of Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315.
MS Code § 85-7-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-313. No independent right of action to determine liability for injuries

 Sections 85-7-301 through 85-7-315 shall not be construed to give any qualifying hospital or qualifying practice an independent right of action to determine liability for injuries sustained by a person or firm.
MS Code § 85-7-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship|Chapter 7 - Liens|Article 19 - Qualifying Providers of Burn Care Lien for Causes of Action|§ 85-7-315. False affidavit required by Section 85-7-307 as perjury

 Any person who gives any false affidavit as provided by Section 85-7-307 commits the offense of perjury.