Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 89-7-1 (2026)

Goods not to be removed until rent paid

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No goods or chattels, lying or being in or upon any messuage, lands or tenements, leased or rented for life, years, at will, or otherwise, shall at any time be liable to be taken by virtue of any writ of execution, or other process whatever, unless the party so taking the same shall, before the removal of the goods or chattels from such premises, pay or tender to the landlord or lessor thereof, all the unpaid rent for the said premises, whether the day of payment shall have come or not, provided it shall not amount to more than one (1) year's rent; and the party suing out such execution or other process, paying or tendering to such landlord or lessor the rent unpaid, not to exceed one (1) year's rent, may proceed to execute his judgment or process; and the officer levying the same shall be empowered and required to levy and pay to the plaintiff as well the money so paid for rent, as the money due under the process, and when the rent contracted for is payable, not in money, but in other things, the creditor shall pay the landlord the money value of such things.

Codes, 1906, § 2851; Hemingway's 1917, § 2349; 1930, § 2175; 1942, § 897; Laws, 1894, ch. 52.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1987–1998 · leading case: Mullen v. Green Tree Fin. Corp., 730 So. 2d 9 (Miss. 1998).

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Mullen v. Green Tree Fin. Corp., 730 So. 2d 9 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 17× “Mullen relies on Miss.Code Ann. § 89-7-1 (1991) which provides: § 89-7-1.”

Hicks v. Thomas, 516 So. 2d 1344 (Miss. 1987). · cites it 2× “Ever ingenious, Hicks then claims that the truck was rightfully acquired by Daniels under a landlord's lien and that Daniels thus conveyed to Ellis at least colorable title.”

Marion C Mullen v. Greentree Fin Corp - MS (Miss. 1995). · cites it 17× “Mullen relies on Miss. Code Ann. § 89-7-1 (1991) which provides: § 89-7-1.”

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