Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 85-3-17 (2026)
Judgment for personal injury
✓ current as of July 2026
The proceeds of any judgment not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) recovered by any person on account of personal injuries sustained, shall inure to the party or parties in whose favor such judgment may be rendered, free from all liabilities for the debts of the person injured.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1815; 1930, § 1759; 1942, § 311; Laws, 1914, ch. 146.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: In re Adams, 481 B.R. 854 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2012).
In re Adams, 481 B.R. 854 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2012). “Because the language of the state statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 85-3-17, does not permit an exemption until a *857 personal injury cause of action has been reduced to a judgment, Adams’ exemption claim was disallowed without prejudice so that Adams could reassert her exemption claim…”
Shirley Adams v. Graceland Care Ctr. of Oxford, LLC, 208 So. 3d 597 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). “The bankruptcy court sustained the trustee's objection because Mississippi Code Annotated section 85-3-17 (Rev. 2011) does not permit an exemption until a personal-injury cause of action has been reduced to a judgment; therefore, Adams's exemption claim was disallowed without…”
Bone v. Taco Bell of Am., LLC, 956 F. Supp. 2d 872 (W.D. Tenn. 2013). “” See Miss.Code Ann. § 85-3-17 (West 2012). In the filings she signed on January 4, 2008, Plaintiff estimated that her claim was worth “[$]0.”
Marshall v. Pongetti, 332 B.R. 284 (N.D. Miss. 2005). “1 The Trustee duly filed an objection to Marshall’s claimed exemption on the grounds that settlement proceeds were not allowable as exempt under Miss.Code Ann. § 85-3-17, et seq., and U.”
In Re Ballard, 238 B.R. 610 (Bankr. M.D. La. 1999). “Miss.Code Ann. § 85-3-17 Missouri: Claims for Negligence or Tortious Conduct Debtor may exempt, to the extent necessary for support, the right to receive, or *651 property that is traceable to, a payment on account of the wrongful death of an individual of whom the debtor was a…”
In Re Bragg, 334 B.R. 195 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2005). “Relying on the specific language of § 85-3-17, Miss.Code Ann., and the recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Waller v.”
In the Matter of the Est. of Julisa Matute, Deceased: Univ. of South Alabama, by & through its Div., USA Health Univ. Hosp. v. Julita Perez (Miss. 2020). “2019) and Mississippi Code Section 85-3-17 (Rev. 2011). ¶25. Under Section 85-3-1(a), tangible personal property not exceeding $10,000 is exempt.”
Todd v. Quin (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2023). “At the same time, the Todds also filed an amended “Schedule C: The Property You Claim as Exempt” in which they listed, with the same description as in the amended Schedule A/B, a $20,000 exemption under section 85-3-17 of the Mississippi Code, which provides for an…”
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