Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-1 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of July 2026
This chapter may be cited as "The Mississippi Motor Vehicle and Manufactured Housing Title Law."
Codes, 1942, § 8125-21; Laws, 1968, ch. 531, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 556, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1979–2018 · leading case: Hicks v. Thomas, 516 So. 2d 1344 (Miss. 1987).
Hicks v. Thomas, 516 So. 2d 1344 (Miss. 1987). “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 63-21-1 , et seq. That statute accepts certainty of title as our primary value, and provides a simple method for transferring title to motor vehicles endorsement and delivery to the transferee of the title certificate.”
In the Matter of Bertha Loyce Williams, Bankrupt. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Jacob C. Pongetti, Tr., 608 F.2d 1015 (5th Cir. 1979). “The means of perfecting a security interest in a motor vehicle in Mississippi are delineated in § 63-21-43(2) of the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations of the Mississippi Code, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 63-21-1 — 63-21-77 (1972 & Supp.”
Ford Motor Credit v. STATE BANK & TRUST, 571 So. 2d 937 (Miss. 1990). “The court at least implied that the bank properly perfected its security interest under the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Title Law Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-1 et seq. (Supp. 1990).”
Orix Credit All., Inc. v. Heard Fam. Trucking, Inc., 177 B.R. 68 (S.D. Miss. 1994). “In rendering this decision, the bankruptcy court relied exclusively on the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Title Law, Miss.Code Ann. § 63-21-1 et seq. The court concluded pursuant to Miss.”
Nat'l Truck Funding LLC v. Yolo Capital Inc. (In re Nat'l Truck Funding LLC), 589 B.R. 294 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2018). “The Mississippi Motor Vehicle and Manufactured Housing Title Law ("MV Title Law"), Miss. Code Ann. §§ 63-21-1 to -77, provides under most circumstances the exclusive method of perfecting and giving notice of security interests in vehicles of a type for which a certificate of…”
Trustmark Nat. Bank v. Barnard, 930 So. 2d 1281 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “[§] 75-9-104(c) excludes liens given by statute, which is exactly the purpose of Miss.Code Ann. § 63-21-1, et seq., from the provisions of the secured transactions chapter of the Uniform Commercial Code.”
Bobby Regan v. Citizens Bk (Miss. 1993). “The Regans did not utilize the method prescribed under the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Title Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-1 to -77 which embodies a statutory provision expressly providing how a security interest or lien is perfected in a titled motor vehicle.”
Ford Mustang Convertible v. State of MS (Miss. 1993). “¶6. The State contends Tallie was merely a "straw man.”
Regan v. Citizens Bank, 675 So. 2d 1239 (Miss. 1996). “The Regans did not utilize the method prescribed under the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Title Law, Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-1 to -77 which embodies a statutory provision expressly providing how a security interest or lien is perfected in a titled motor vehicle.”
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