Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-133 (2026)

Chancery clerk to keep record of liens

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Each of the several chancery clerks of this state shall provide in his office, as a part of the land records of his county, a record entitled "Notice of Liens" wherein notices under Section 85-7-131 shall be filed and recorded, and the liens shall not take effect until some notation of the lien is filed and recorded in the record showing a description of the property involved, the name of the lienor or lienors, the date of filing, if and where suit is filed, and if and where contract is filed or recorded.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 45, art. 6 (1); 1857, ch. 39, art. 1; 1871, § 1603; 1880, § 1378; 1892, § 2698; 1906, § 3058; Hemingway's 1917, § 2418; 1930, § 2258; 1942, § 356; Laws, 1926, ch. 150; Laws, 1928, ch. 137; Laws, 1962, ch. 488, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1964, ch. 291; Laws, 1994, ch. 521, § 39, eff. 3/25/1994.

Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 487, SB 2622, 19, eff. 4/11/2014.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1992–2001 · leading case: In Re Redditt, 146 B.R. 693 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1992).

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In Re Redditt, 146 B.R. 693 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1992). “The debtors responded to the objection by claiming that Point Lumber took no steps to perfect its claim under Mississippi law, that it did not file suit to perfect its lien claimed under Miss.Code Ann. § 85-7-131, nor did it file a notice of construction lien as provided in Miss.”

In re Mitchell, 276 B.R. 142 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 85-7-133 sets forth what is required in order to “perfect” the construction hen created by § 85-7-131.”

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