Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (2026)
Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited
✓ current as of July 2026
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association, either incorporated or unincorporated from this state or any other state, either before or after proceedings commenced:
- (a) to promise, give, or offer, or to conspire or agree to promise, give, or offer,
- (b) to receive or accept, or to agree or conspire to receive or accept,
- (c) to solicit, request, or donate, any money, bank note, bank check, chose in action, personal services, or any other personal or real property, or any other thing of value, or any other assistance as an inducement to any person to commence or to prosecute further, or for the purpose of assisting such person to commence or prosecute further, any proceeding in any court or before any administrative board or other agency, regardless of jurisdiction; provided, however, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the constitutional right of regular employment of any attorney at law or solicitor in chancery, for either a fixed fee or upon a contingent basis, to represent such person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association before any court or administrative agency.
Codes, 1942, § 2049-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 253, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 359, eff. 7/1/1976.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 556, SB 2223, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Sneed v. Ford Motor Co., 735 So. 2d 306 (Miss. 1999).
Sneed v. Ford Motor Co., 735 So. 2d 306 (Miss. 1999). “1994), which is entitled Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited, provides that: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association, either incorporated or unincorporated, either…”
Est. of St. Martin v. Hixson, 145 So. 3d 1124 (Miss. 2014). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (Rev.2006). . Miss.”
Maranatha Faith Ctr., Inc. v. Colonial Trust Co., 904 So. 2d 1004 (Miss. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 97-9-11 to -23 makes champerty a criminal offense.”
In re Trust, 526 B.R. 668 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2015). “ise, give, or offer, or to conspire or agree to promise, give, or offer, (b) to receive or accept, or to agree or conspire to receive or accept, (c) to solicit, request, or donate, any money, bank note, bank check, chose in action, personal services, or any other personal or…”
State v. Duffey, 981 P.2d 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “1999); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (1994); Nev. Rev.”
Stephen R. Ward, Inc. v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 681 F. Supp. 389 (S.D. Miss. 1988). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (Supp.1987) is Mississippi’s champerty statute and it directs in part that: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association, either incorporated or unincorporated, either before or after…”
Crabtree v. Allstate Prop. (5th Cir. 2024). “Smith, Circuit Judge: * This appeal requires us to decide whether Mississippi’s champerty statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (Rev. 2013), voids an assignment of a cause of action to a disinterested third party.”
Caleb Crabtree & Adriane Crabtree as Assignees of the Claims of Casey Cotton v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. (Miss. 2025). “The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has asked this Court to answer the following question: “[d]oes Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (Rev. [2020]) allow a creditor in bankruptcy to engage a disinterested third party to purchase a cause of action from a debtor?”…”
Crabtree v. Allstate Prop., 140 F.4th 623 (5th Cir. 2025). “Smith, Circuit Judge: This appeal turns on whether Mississippi’s champerty statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 (Rev. 2013), voids an assignment of a cause of action to a disinterested third party.”
Crabtree v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. (S.D. Miss. 2023). “However, this Court is bound by the language of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-11 , not secondary sources.”
United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Ford Motor Co., Inc. (Miss. 1997). “1994), which is entitled Champerty and maintenance; solicitation and stirring up of litigation prohibited, provides that: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, group, organization, or association, either incorporated or unincorporated, either…”
Maranatha Faith Ctr., Inc. v. Colonial Trust Co. (Miss. 2003). “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-9-11 to -23 makes champerty a criminal offense.”
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