Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (2026)
Action barred in another jurisdiction barred here
✓ current as of July 2026
When a cause of action has accrued outside of this state, and by the laws of the place outside this state where such cause of action accrued, an action thereon cannot be maintained by reason of lapse of time, then no action thereon shall be maintained in this state; provided, however, that where such a cause of action has accrued in favor of a resident of this state, this state's law on the period of limitation shall apply.
Codes, 1880, § 2684; 1892, § 2754; 1906, § 3114; Hemingway's 1917, § 2478; 1930, § 2311; 1942, § 741; Laws, 1989, ch. 311, § 4, eff. 7/1/1989.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2023 · leading case: North Am. Midway Ent., LLC v. Tommy W. Murray, 200 So. 3d 437 (Miss. 2016).
North Am. Midway Ent., LLC v. Tommy W. Murray, 200 So. 3d 437 (Miss. 2016). “] Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 . 3 Under Louisiana law, where the Murrays’ action accrued, they could not maintain their action in May 2012 due to Louisiana’s one-year “prescription” — i.”
Shewbrooks v. AC & S. INC., 529 So. 2d 557 (Miss. 1988). “Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 , which has been on the books since 1880, provides: [W]hen a cause of action has accrued in some other state or in a foreign country, and by the law of such state or country, or of some other state and country where the defendant has resided before he…”
White v. Malone Props., Inc., 494 So. 2d 576 (Miss. 1986). “To the extent that this case is precluded under either of the Louisiana statutes of limitations cited above, note by analogy Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (1972), which provides: When a cause of action has accrued in some other state or in a foreign county, and by the law of such…”
Jackson v. Nat'l Semi-Conductor Data Checker/DTS, Inc., 660 F. Supp. 65 (S.D. Miss. 1986). “In support of its motion National has advanced two arguments: (1) that Plaintiff’s claims are barred in Mississippi as a result of Alabama’s one-year statute of limitations, and (2) that Plaintiff’s claims are barred in Mississippi by Miss.”
Alston v. Pope, 112 So. 3d 422 (Miss. 2013). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (Rev.2012). ¶ 21.”
Ford v. State Farm Ins. Co., 625 So. 2d 792 (Miss. 1993). “" [2] Under the present law, the instant action would be barred by Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (Supp. 1993): When a cause of action has accrued outside of this state, and by the laws of the place outside this state where such cause of action accrued, an action thereon cannot be…”
Ferens v. John Deere Co., 494 U.S. 516 (1990). “Although Mississippi has a borrowing statute which, on its face, would seem to enable its courts to apply statutes of limi *520 tations from other jurisdictions, see Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (1972), the State Supreme Court has said that the borrowing statute “only applies where…”
Parker v. Livingston, 817 So. 2d 554 (Miss. 2002). “In further support of this position the Defendants cite § 15-1-65 of the Mississippi Code. It states in pertinent part that, “When a cause of action has accrued outside the state, and by the laws of the place outside this state where such cause of action accrued, an action…”
Cummings v. Cowan, 390 F. Supp. 1251 (N.D. Miss. 1975). “” Miss Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (1972). This statute imports into local law the relevant statute of limitation of a foreign jurisdiction, thus giving one sued in Mississippi the continuing protection of a time bar completed elsewhere.”
Vick v. Cochran, 316 So. 2d 242 (Miss. 1975). “Mississippi Code Annotated section 15-1-65 (1972), provides that a cause of action arising in a foreign state or country, and which is barred by the laws of such state or country, shall be barred in Mississippi.”
Patton v. MacK Trucks, Inc., 556 So. 2d 679 (Miss. 1989). “311, § 4 (1989), now codified as Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (Supp. 1989) effectively ends this state's days as a home for unpled foreign torts.”
Wolfe v. Dal-Tile Corp., 876 F. Supp. 116 (S.D. Miss. 1995). “Defendant previously filed a Motion for Summary Judgment based on Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-65 (1972) (Mississippi’s "borrowing statute”).”
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