2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 85 - DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 3 - Exempt Property.
85-3-37 - Allotment of homestead; premises not capable of division.
§ 85-3-37. Allotment of homestead; premises not capable of division.
If the premises be not capable of being so divided as to set off the debtor a part, including the dwelling house and not exceeding Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in value, inclusive of improvements, or if the debtor has made a valid homestead declaration, and the homestead exceeds Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in value, the householders or freeholders shall value the land, inclusive of the dwelling house and buildings; and if the surplus of the valuation, over and above the exempt value, shall, within sixty (60) days, be paid by the execution-debtor, the premises shall not be sold; but if the surplus be not paid within sixty (60) days after the valuation, the officer may advertise and sell the premises, if the same shall bring a greater sum than the exempt value; and out of the proceeds of the sale he shall pay to the execution-debtor the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00).
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 283; 1871, § 2137, 1880, § 1252; 1892, § 1977; 1906, § 2153; Hemingway's 1917, § 1828; 1930, § 1772; 1942, § 324; Laws, 1970, ch. 323, § 6; Laws, 1979, ch. 447, § 6; Laws, 1991, ch. 479, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1991.
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