Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41 (2026)
To receive certified copies of pleadings
✓ current as of July 2026
In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board, bureau, commission, or department thereof required to be defended by the attorney general, a completed copy of the bill of complaint, declaration, or other original pleading shall be mailed by the plaintiff or complainant to the attorney general, postage prepaid, properly addressed to him; and such original pleading shall bear a proper certificate to such effect when it is filed. No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.
Codes, 1942, § 3841.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 313.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2022 · leading case: State High. Com'n v. Hyman, 592 So. 2d 952 (Miss. 1991).
State High. Com'n v. Hyman, 592 So. 2d 952 (Miss. 1991). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41 is also applicable.”
State ex rel. Pittman v. Griffin, 450 So. 2d 426 (Miss. 1984). “Miss.Code Ann. § 7-5-41 (1972). (3) Statutes of limitations do not run against the State and do run in favor of the State.”
Michael Porras a/k/a Michael D. Porras v. State of Mississippi, No. 2021-CP-00052-COA (Miss. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2022). “Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41 (Rev. 2019). This law reiterates section 11-45-3 in declaring, “No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.”
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