Mississippi Senate Bill 2229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "uniform Partition Of Heirs Property Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide For Applicability And Relation To Other Law; To Establish The Procedures To Be Followed By The Courts In Partitioning Real Property That Is Determined To Be Heirs Property; To Require A Plaintiff In A Partition Action Involving Heirs Property To Post Notice Of The Action On The Property; To Prescribe The Manner By Which The Fair Market Value Of Heirs Property Must Be Determined; To Authorize Cotenants To Buy The Interest Of Another Cotenant Who Has Requested A Partition By Sale; To Authorize Alternatives To Partition In Kind That Will Result In Manifest Prejudice; To Establish Procedures For The Sale Of Heirs Property; To Amend Section 11-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.

Sen. David Blount [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-01-31	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2229.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2229IN.htm