2018 Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 7 - Landlord and Tenant
§ 89-7-45. Stay of proceedings.

Universal Citation: MS Code § 89-7-45 (2018)

If the proceedings be founded upon the nonpayment of rent, the issuance of the warrant for the removal of the tenant shall be stayed if the person owing the rent shall, before the warrant is actually issued, pay the full and complete amount of rent due, including any late fees that have accrued as a result of the nonpayment of rent as provided in the rental agreement, and the costs of the proceedings, to the person entitled to the rent, for the payment thereof and costs in ten (10) days; and if the rent and costs shall not be paid accordingly, the warrant shall then issue as if the proceedings had not been stayed.

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