Bill Text: MS HB207 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Land conveyance; require letter of attorney to be recorded in county where land is located.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB207 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-HB207-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Warren
House Bill 207
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 87-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ALL LETTERS OF ATTORNEY FOR LAND CONVEYANCES TO BE RECORDED WITH THE CLERK OF THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE LAND IS SO SITUATED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 87-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
87-3-3. Conveyances of land, or contracts relating thereto, executed by an attorney in fact for his principal, and duly acknowledged or proved, shall have the same force and effect as if executed and acknowledged by the principal; and where a conveyance by an attorney is in execution of letters of attorney, so acknowledged or proved and recorded with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the land is situated, it shall pass the interest of the principal though not formally executed in his name.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
