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Miss. Code Ann. § 39-19-11

Acquisition of title to unclaimed property

Known as the Museum Unclaimed Property Act

The act spans §§ 39–39 (11 sections).

Laws, 1997, ch. 464, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved March 26, 1997

From and after March 26, 1997, a museum acquires title to unclaimed property, under any of the following circumstances:

If a lender of property does not contact the museum in writing within ninety (90) days after the date notice was received for property for which a museum provides actual notice to a lender in accordance to Section 39-19-9 and for which a signed receipt has been received.

If a lender or anyone claiming a legal interest in that property does not contact the museum in writing within ninety (90) days after the date of the second publication, and notice by publication has been made pursuant to Section 39-19-9.

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.