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Miss. Code Ann. § 63-21-57

Filing and recording of notices of security interests; examination of record prior to issuance or reissuance of certificate of title

Known as the The Mississippi Motor Vehicle and Manufactured Housing Title Law

The act spans §§ 63–63 (52 sections).

Codes, 1942, § 8125-52; Laws, 1968, ch. 531, § 32; Laws, 1999, ch. 556, § 27, eff from and after July 1, 1999; Laws, 2018, ch. 401, § 10, eff from and after January 1, 2019.

The Department of Revenue shall file each notice of security interest received by the department with the required fee and maintain a record of all notices of security interests filed by the department:

Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;

Under the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home identification number;

Under the certificate of title number; and

In the discretion of the department, by any other method it determines.

The department, before issuing or reissuing a certificate of title, shall check the name of the owner and the certificate of title number of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home against the record above provided for.

The recordkeeping requirements are in addition to the recordkeeping requirements set forth in Section 63-21-17 and Section 63-21-37. The records required to be maintained by Section 63-21-17 shall be maintained indefinitely.

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.