Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 11-47-9 (2026)

Effect of failure to enter notice

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If a person beginning any such suit, by declaration, bill, or cross-complaint affecting real estate, or if an officer levying any process upon real estate, shall fail to have the required notice entered in the lis pendens record, such suit or levy shall not affect the rights of bona fide purchasers or incumbrancers of such real estate, unless they have actual notice of the suit or levy.

Codes, 1892, § 2786; 1906, § 3151; Hemingway's 1917, § 2502; 1930, § 2328; 1942, § 758.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–2019 · leading case: Dotts v. Pat Harrison Waterway Dist., 933 So. 2d 322 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006).
Dotts v. Pat Harrison Waterway Dist., 933 So. 2d 322 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “The trial court found that PHWD was immune from liability pursuant *326 to Mississippi Code Annotated Section 11-47-9(1)(d). Because Mississippi has no statutory requirements regarding the operation of swimming facilities, the trial court held that PHWD's actions concerning the…”
Aldridge v. Aldridge, 527 So. 2d 96 (Miss. 1988). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-47-9 (1972) provides: If a person beginning any such suit, by declaration, bill, or cross-complaint affecting real estate, or if an officer levying any process upon real estate, shall fail to have the required notice entered in the lis pendens record, such…”
Ton v. Ton (Bankr. E.D. La. 2019). “192 Miss. Code Ann. § 11-47-9 . 30 Therefore, since the law entitles Whitney to rely on the public records, its security interest in Bullock is valid.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-47-9(1)(d): 1 case
Dotts v. Pat Harrison Waterway Dist., 933 So. 2d 322 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “The trial court found that PHWD was immune from liability pursuant *326 to Mississippi Code Annotated Section 11-47-9(1)(d). Because Mississippi has no statutory requirements regarding the operation of swimming facilities, the trial court held that PHWD's actions concerning the…”
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