Each of the several chancery clerks of this state shall provide in his office, as a part of the land records of his county, a record entitled “Notice of Liens” wherein notices under Section 85-7-131 shall be filed and recorded, and the liens shall not take effect until some notation of the lien is filed and recorded in the record showing a description of the property involved, the name of the lienor or lienors, the date of filing, if and where suit is filed, and if and where contract is filed or recorded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-133
Chancery clerk to keep record of liens
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Redditt (1992)
Most recently applied in In re Mitchell (March 2001)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 45, art. 6 (1); 1857, ch. 39, art. 1; 1871, § 1603; 1880, § 1378; 1892, § 2698; 1906, § 3058; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2418; 1930, § 2258; 1942, § 356; …
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