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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (§§ 11-1-1 — 11-77-7)
Chapter 17 - SUITS TO CONFIRM TITLE OR INTEREST AND TO REMOVE CLOUDS ON TITLE (§§ 11-17-1 — 11-17-37)
Section 11-17-3 - Confirmation of state land patents
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MS Code § 11-17-3 (2023)
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Any patentee, or any person, firm or corporation, claiming title or other interest in land under or through any patentee by virtue of any patent issued by the state for lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes, whether such claimant be in possession or not, or be threatened to be disturbed in his possession or not, may proceed as party plaintiff against the state, as a party defendant, by sworn complaint in the chancery court of the county where the land, or some part thereof, is situated, to have such title or interest confirmed and quieted. No deraignment of plaintiff's title in such cases shall be required.
Codes, 1942, § 1315; Laws, 1940, ch. 309; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 33, eff. 7/1/1991.
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