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MS HB1375

Bill

Status

Failed

2/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Gary Staples

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals Section 15-1-13 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, which allowed individuals to gain legal title to land through ten years of adverse possession (squatter's rights)

  • Eliminates the legal mechanism by which continuous, open, and hostile occupation of another's property for a decade could result in ownership transfer

  • Effective date of July 1, 2015

Legislative Description

Adverse possession; repeal.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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