Mississippi House Bill 1406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on February 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-09 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Marketable Record Title Act; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Provide That A Person Has Marketable Title If The Person Has An Unbroken Chain Of Title For 32 Years; To Specify The Interests That A Marketable Title Is Subject To; To Provide That A Person May Preserve An Interest If The Person Files A Notice Of Intent To Preserve Such Interest During The 32-year Period; To Provide That Marketable Title Is Held Free And Clear Of All Other Interests; To Provide That Disability Or Lack Of Knowledge Does Not Suspend The Running Of The 32-year Period; To Specify The Interests That Are Not Barred By This Act; To Provide That This Act Does Not Relieve A Person Of A Contractual Liability With Respect To An Interest Antedating The Person's Root Of Title; To Provide That This Act Does Not Extend The Statute Of Limitations For Bringing An Action; To Provide That Indefinite References To Documents Do Not Charge A Person With Knowledge Of The Referenced Documents; To Amend Section 89-5-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity With The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Marketable Record Title Act; enact.

Rep. Brad Touchstone [R]	Rep. Shane Aguirre [R]	Rep. Noah Sanford [R]	Rep. Mark Tullos [R]
Rep. Jason White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-09	House	Died On Calendar
2017-01-31	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1406.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406CS.htm