Bill Text: MS SB2230 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2230 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2230-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Jackson
Senate Bill 2230
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-11-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT FOR JUSTICE COURT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9-11-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
9-11-9. Justice court
judges shall have jurisdiction of all actions for the recovery of debts or
damages or personal property, where the principal of the debt, the amount of
the demand, or the value of the property sought to be recovered shall not
exceed * * * Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00).
The justice court judges shall have no pecuniary interest in the outcome of any action once suit has been filed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
