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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 11 - Venue of Actions
Change of Venue
§ 11-11-53. Transmission of papers
Universal Citation: MS Code § 11-11-53 (2017)
- (1) When an order for a change of venue shall be made, the clerk shall make out a descriptive list of all the papers in the cause and a certified copy of all orders and judgments made therein, with their dates, and a bill of the costs that have accrued. The said clerk shall carefully and safely put all the papers, with a copy of the descriptive list, and a copy of the orders and judgments, and the bill of costs, into a package, to be well covered and sealed up, and directed to the clerk of the court in which the suit is ordered removed. The clerk shall, if not otherwise directed by the judge, take the receipt of the party obtaining the change of venue for the papers contained on said list, and deliver the package to said party, to be carried to the clerk of the court to whom it may be directed, or it may be sent by mail, postage paid, or by express, the clerk taking proper receipt therefor.
- (2) In Harrison County, a county having two judicial districts, in all civil proceedings, or matters, where the venue thereof shall be changed, or the trial transferred or removed from one district to the other, the original papers, together with certified copies of all motions, orders and decrees made and entered in such suits, proceedings, matters and cases, shall be transmitted, transferred and filed by the proper clerk to and in his office at the proper place to which such change of venue or transfer shall be made.
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