Mississippi Senate Bill 2708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide For Contractor Liens And The Enforcement And Notice Of Contractor Liens; To Create New Section 85-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms; To Create New Section 85-7-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Liens For Labor, Services Or Materials Furnished; To Create New Section 85-7-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide How The Liens Are Created And Recorded; To Create New Section 85-7-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Contractors To List All Subcontractors, Materialmen, Laborers And Employees; To Create New Section 85-7-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit The Recovery Of Subcontractors Against A Residential Homeowner Under Certain Circumstances; To Create New Section 85-7-311, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Attachment Of Liens To Buildings Or Improvements On Leased Land; To Create New Section 85-7-313, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Dissolving Of Liens; To Create New Section 85-7-315, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Discharge Of A Lien By Filing Bond; To Create New Section 85-7-317, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Rights Of Certain Professionals; To Create New Section 85-7-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Waiver And Release Of Lien And Bond Rights; To Create New Section 85-7-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Extinguishment Of Liens If No Notice Of Commencement Is Filed; To Create New Section 85-7-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Time Limitation On Commencing Lien Actions; To Provide For Notice Of Contest Of A Lien; To Create New Section 85-7-325, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Computation Of Time; To Create New Sections 85-7-327 And 85-7-329, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Address The Priority Of Liens; To Create New Section 85-7-331, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Enforcement Of Judgments; To Create New Section 85-7-333, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Penalty For Filing A False Lien; To Create New Section 85-7-335, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow For Notice To An Owner Before Supplying Materials To Obtain A Full-price Lien; To Amend Section 85-7-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Section 85-7-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 11-15-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 85-7-105 And 85-7-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Repeal Sections 85-7-181, 85-7-183, 85-7-185, 85-7-197, 85-7-199, 85-7-201, 85-5-137 And 85-7-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Liens On Amounts Due A Contractor And The Recording Thereof; And For Related Purposes.

Contractor's liens; revise stop notice law.

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2708.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2708IN.htm