Neither the state, nor any county, city, town, or village, nor any state board, nor any state, county, city, town, or village officer, suing in his official character, shall be required to pay costs before commencing a suit, nor to give security for costs before or after the commencement of a suit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-53-13
Security for costs shall not be required in certain suits
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 457 So. 2d 337 - City of Mound Bayou v. Roy Collins Const. Co. (1984)
Most recently applied in 457 So. 2d 337 - City of Mound Bayou v. Roy Collins Const. Co. (September 1984)
Codes, 1880, § 2366; 1892, § 868; 1906, § 945; Hemingway’s 1917, § 654; 1930, § 661; 1942, § 1572.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.