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MS Code § 11-7-181 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-181. Office confession of judgment; how made

 A person indebted to another in any sum of money within the jurisdiction of the circuit court, on any promise, agreement, or covenant, may sign an office confession of judgment in the clerk's office of the circuit court, in the manner following, to wit: The creditor shall file in the clerk's office a statement, under oath, substantially to the effect following, viz.:   "The State of Mississippi,_______________County.   In the circuit court of said county,_______________day of_______________, A.D._______________ ._______________states, on oath, that_______________is justly indebted to him for the amount of_______________dollars on an instrument of writing in the following words and figures, viz.: (here copy the same), and in case of indorsement say indorsed as follows: (here copy the indorsement), or on open account, of which a copy is hereto attached, which remains due and unpaid, and that said sum of money is not due or claimed under a fraudulent or usurious consideration.   _______________   "Sworn to and subscribed the_______________day of_______________A. D._______________before me.   " _______________, Clerk."   And if the evidence of the debt be in writing, the same shall be filed with said statement; and if not in writing, then a copy of the open account shall be filed; and the party indebted shall sign, before the clerk, an acknowledgment written upon or annexed to such statement, to the effect following, to wit:   "I do hereby acknowledge myself indebted to the said_______________in the sum of_______________Dollars, which includes interest up to the first day of the next term of the said circuit court, and I give my consent for judgment to be rendered against me in favor of said_______________, at the next term of said circuit court for said amount and all legal costs accruing thereon, with stay of execution (if any) until (as may be agreed upon).   "Taken and acknowledged the_______________day of_______________, A.D._______________, before me.   " _______________, Clerk."
MS Code § 11-7-183 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-183. Office confession of judgment; how made final

 When such statement and acknowledgment are filed, the clerk shall docket the cause on the appearance docket, and at the next term on the motion of the plaintiff, the court shall render judgment thereon for the amount acknowledged to be due, with interest from the first day of the term, and with such stay of execution, if any, as may be stipulated; and such judgment shall be final unless set aside during the term, and shall be as binding and obligatory as a judgment rendered in any other form; and a full and complete final record shall be made therein as in other cases.
MS Code § 11-7-185 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-185. Office confession of judgment; void in certain cases

 A judgment rendered on office confession shall be void in toto as to third parties, if tainted with fraud or usury.
MS Code § 11-7-187 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-187. Judgment on confession as release of errors

 A judgment on confession shall be equal to a release of all errors; but all powers of attorney for confessing or suffering judgment to pass by default or otherwise, and all general releases of error made or to be made by any person before action brought, shall be absolutely null and void.
MS Code § 11-7-189 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-189. Enrollment of judgments; satisfaction

  The clerk of the circuit court shall procure and keep in his office one or more books to be styled "The Judgment Roll," which book or books shall be appropriately divided under the several letters of the alphabet, and on each page shall be placed the following captions:  Click to view   The clerk shall, within twenty (20) days after the adjournment of each term of court, enroll all final judgments rendered at that term in the order in which they were entered on the minutes by entering on The Judgment Roll, under the proper letter or letters of the alphabet, the name of each and every defendant to such judgment, the post office address of each defendant, and the social security or tax identification number of each defendant if such information is known or readily ascertainable, and if such defendant or defendants have an attorney at law in such case the name and post office address of such attorney or firm of attorneys if such post office address is known or readily ascertainable; the amount of such judgment; date of rendition; county and court in which rendered; the date, hour and minute of enrollment; and the name of the plaintiff or plaintiffs and the post office address of each plaintiff if readily ascertainable, and if represented by an attorney at law or a firm of attorneys then the name and post office address of such attorney or firm of attorneys if the post office address is known or readily ascertainable. The name of the attorney or firm of attorneys and post office addresses of the parties may be subsequently inserted by the clerk at any time.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to list a social security number on a judgment shall not invalidate said judgment nor shall it make the party failing to list said judgment liable for such failure to list or the recording official liable for such failure.    Any attorney of record representing a plaintiff or plaintiffs in the case may, for and on behalf of his client or clients, satisfy in whole or in part a judgment on such Judgment Roll by endorsing thereon the extent of such satisfaction and signing an entry so showing, and when so satisfied the clerk shall attest and subscribe such endorsement under the proper heading therein. When any judgment shall otherwise be satisfied, the clerk shall so enter under proper heading and subscribe the entry.   The Judgment Roll may be kept on computer as provided in Section 9-7-171. In such case the plaintiff or attorney representing such plaintiff shall present to the clerk a sworn affidavit directing the clerk to cancel or otherwise show as satisfied the judgment recorded under this section.    Defendant'sName and Name of Defendant's Attorney and Post Office Address of Each Amount of Judgment or Decree Date of Rendition County and Court in Which Rendered Social Security or Tax Identification Number Date, Hour and Minute of Enrollment Plaintiff's Name,Plaintiff'sAttorney, and Post Office Address of Each When and HowSatisfied Remarks
MS Code § 11-7-191 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-191. Enrolled judgment as lien

 A judgment so enrolled shall be a lien upon and bind all the property of the defendant within the county where so enrolled, from the rendition thereof, and shall have priority according to the order of such enrollment, in favor of the judgment creditor, his representatives or assigns, against the judgment debtor and all persons claiming the property under him after the rendition of the judgment. A judgment shall not be a lien on any property of the defendant thereto unless the same be enrolled. In counties having two (2) judicial districts, a judgment shall operate as a lien only in the district or districts in which it is enrolled. Any judgment for the purpose described in Section 85-3-52 shall not be a lien on any property in this state, real, personal or mixed, that is owned by a resident of this state, and shall not be enforced or satisfied against any such property.
MS Code § 11-7-193 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-193. How priority of lien forfeited

 A junior judgment creditor may give written notice to any senior judgment creditor requiring him to execute his judgment; and if the senior judgment creditor, being so notified, shall fail, neglect or refuse to have execution issued, and levied within ten days from said notice for the satisfaction of his judgment, he shall lose his priority, and the junior judgment creditor may cause execution to issue on his judgment and to be levied on any of the property of the defendant, and the proceeds of a sale thereof shall be applied to the junior judgments so levied.
MS Code § 11-7-195 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-195. Judgment not a lien out of county unless enrolled

 A judgment or decree rendered in any court of the United States or of this state shall not be a lien upon or bind any property of the defendant situated out of the county in which the judgment or decree was rendered until the plaintiff shall file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which such property is situated an abstract of such judgment or decree which has been certified by the clerk of the court in which the same was rendered containing the names of all the parties to such judgment or decree, its amount, the social security or tax identification number of the defendant if such information is known or readily ascertainable, the date of the rendition, and the amount appearing to have been paid thereon, if any. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court on receiving such abstract and on payment of the fees allowed by law for filing and enrolling the same, to file and forthwith enroll the same on The Judgment Roll, as in other cases. Such judgment or decree shall, from the date of its enrollment, be a lien upon and bind the property of the defendant within the county where it shall be so enrolled. If a foreign judgment has been filed in any county of this state pursuant to Sections 11-7-301 through 11-7-309 and such judgment may be enforced in such county, then, for purposes of this section, such judgment shall be treated as if it had been rendered in such county and may be enrolled on The Judgment Roll in other counties pursuant to the provisions of this section. Any judgment for the purpose described in Section 85-3-52 shall not be a lien on any property in this state, real, personal or mixed, that is owned by a resident of this state and shall not be enforced or satisfied against any such property.
MS Code § 11-7-197 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-197. Judgment not a lien in county until enrolled

 Judgments and decrees, at law or in equity, rendered in any court of the United States held within this state, or in the Supreme Court or the court of chancery of this state, shall not be a lien upon or bind the property of the defendant within the county in which such judgments or decrees may be rendered, until an abstract thereof shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county and enrolled on the judgment roll, in the manner and on the terms hereinbefore provided in Section 11-7-195. Such judgments and decrees shall bind the property of the defendants from the date of such enrollment, in like manner as judgments and decrees rendered in a different county and so enrolled.
MS Code § 11-7-199 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-199. Growing crop not subject to judgment lien

 A growing crop shall not be subject to the lien of a judgment.
MS Code § 11-7-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-201. Revival not necessary for execution

 It shall not be necessary to revive a judgment by scire facias because no execution shall have been issued on such judgment within a year and a day after its rendition, but execution may be issued without such revival.
MS Code § 11-7-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-211. Bills of exception may be amended

 Bills of exception, with the approval of the trial judge, may be amended at any time before the hearing on appeal, for the purpose of curing omissions, defects, or inaccuracy; but no such amendment shall be made until the parties interested shall have been given five days' notice of such proposed amendment.
MS Code § 11-7-217 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-217. Executions of fines, penalties, and forfeitures

 The clerk of the circuit court shall, immediately after the adjournment of every term, issue execution according to the nature of the case, for all fines, penalties and forfeitures assessed by the court, or which shall have accrued to the state or to the county, and remaining due and unpaid. Said clerk shall, within thirty days after such adjournment, transmit a list of said executions to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, noting the names of the defendants, the amounts, and the sheriff or other officer to whom the same was delivered; and, at the same time, he shall transmit to said clerk a statement of the returns made by the sheriff or other officer on execution for fines, penalties, and forfeitures returnable to the last term of the court. Any circuit court clerk who shall fail to issue such executions, or to transmit the lists thereof as required, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars for every such offense, to be recovered by the state or county, on motion against him and his sureties by the district attorney, before the circuit court. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify the district attorney of such default.
MS Code § 11-7-219 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-219. Remedy against officers, failing to return fines

 If any sheriff or other officer shall return on any such writ of execution, that he hath levied the fine, penalty, or forfeiture therein mentioned, or any part thereof; or, that he hath taken the body of the defendant, and shall have suffered such defendant to escape; or, if any person be committed to the custody of such sheriff or other officer until the fine, penalty, or forfeiture for which he was committed shall be paid, and such sheriff or officer shall permit such defendant to escape; or, if such sheriff or officer shall have received such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or any part thereof, and shall not immediately account to the clerk of the board of supervisors and pay the same into the treasury of the county, then, in either of the cases above specified, it shall be the duty of said clerk to notify the district attorney of such default, who shall thereupon, on motion at the next term of the circuit court, demand judgment against such sheriff, or other officer, and his sureties, for the fines, penalties, and forfeitures mentioned in such writs, or for so much thereof as he shall have received on such execution or commitment, or the whole amount thereof in case he shall have suffered such defendant or defendants to escape; and the court shall give judgment accordingly, and award execution thereon.
MS Code § 11-7-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|In General|§ 11-7-221. Liability of officers for default as to fines

 Clerks, sheriffs, and other officers shall be liable to the same proceedings for any neglect of duty, in respect to executions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures, as in case of executions in civil cases.
MS Code § 11-7-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 11-7-301. Definition

 In Sections 11-7-301 through 11-7-309 "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.
MS Code § 11-7-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 11-7-303. Filing copy of foreign judgment; enforcement

 A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of Congress or the statutes of this state or any rule promulgated and adopted by the Mississippi Supreme Court may be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any county in this state. Said clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court of any county in this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating or staying as a judgment of a circuit court of any county in this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner, subject to the provisions of Section 15-1-45. Any foreign judgment for the purpose described in Section 85-3-52 shall not be a lien on any property in this state, real, personal or mixed, that is owned by a resident of this state, and shall not be enforced or satisfied against any such property.
MS Code § 11-7-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 11-7-305. Affidavit of filing; notice; execution

  At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of the circuit court, as the case may be, an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.   Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.   No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed hereunder shall issue until twenty (20) days after the date the judgment is filed.
MS Code § 11-7-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 11-7-307. Appeal; stay of execution; security

  If the judgment debtor shows the circuit court of any county that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.   If the judgment debtor shows the circuit court of any county any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
MS Code § 11-7-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 7 - Practice and Procedure in Circuit Courts|Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments|§ 11-7-309. Alternative rights of judgment creditor

 The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under Sections 11-7-301 through 11-7-309 remains unimpaired.
MS Code § 11-9-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 9 - Practice and Procedure in County Courts and Justice Courts|Article 1 - County Courts|§ 11-9-1. Writs returnable to other courts may be made returnable to county court; acts of justice court judge, clerk, judge, chancellor, or other officer may be done in behalf of county court

 Whenever under any statute a writ is made returnable to, or the institution of any suit or proceeding is required to be in, a justice court, general or special, or a circuit or chancery court, or when in respect to such matters any justice court judge, or clerk, or judge or chancellor, or other officer, is empowered to do any act in or about any of said courts, the said writs may be made returnable to the county court in any cause or matter there pending or which, within its jurisdiction, is there to be instituted, and all the said acts of the officers aforesaid may be done in behalf of or in respect to the county court in all such matters and causes to the same extent as had the county court been expressly included in each and every of such statutes first aforementioned.
MS Code § 11-9-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 9 - Practice and Procedure in County Courts and Justice Courts|Article 1 - County Courts|§ 11-9-3. Venue of actions, suits and proceedings

 The venue of actions, suits and proceedings in the county court shall be the same as that now generally provided, or which may hereafter be provided with respect to the particular action, suit or proceedings. Provided, however, that all suits and matters filed in the county court which, if there were no county court, would be triable in the justice court, shall be tried at the courthouse of the county or courthouse of the proper judicial district in counties having two (2) circuit and chancery court districts therein.
MS Code § 11-9-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 9 - Practice and Procedure in County Courts and Justice Courts|Article 3 - Justice Courts|§ 11-9-101. Where suits to be brought

  The jurisdiction of the justice court shall be coextensive with its county, and any process may be issued in matters within its jurisdiction, to be executed in any part of the county. Every defendant may be sued only in the county in which he resides or where the cause of action arose and if a defendant does not reside in the State of Mississippi or has no fixed place of residence, he shall be sued in the county where the cause of action arose. Whenever by reason of interest, relationship to one of the parties, or other like cause, any justice court judge shall be disqualified to preside in any case before him, the same shall be transferred to a justice court judge in the county, free from such objection, who shall hear and determine the same. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing or empowering the clerk of the justice court or any justice court judge to perform any official act outside of the territorial boundaries of their county.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any cause of action commenced before January 1, 1984; and any such action shall be concluded in accordance with state law as it was constituted before that date.