2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 11 - Venue of Actions.
11-11-17 - Where court has jurisdiction of subject matter but not venue.
§ 11-11-17. Where court has jurisdiction of subject matter but not venue.
Where an action is brought in any justice court of this state, of which the court in which it is brought has jurisdiction of the subject matter, but lacks venue jurisdiction, such action shall not be dismissed because of such lack of proper venue, but on objection on the part of the defendant shall, by the court, be transferred, together with all prepaid costs remaining after the court in which the action was originally brought has deducted the costs incurred in that court, to the venue to which it belongs.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 1441; Laws, 1940, ch. 233; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 3; Laws, 1989, ch. 404, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 23, eff from and after July 1, 1991.
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