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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 15 - LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-3-121)
Chapter 1 - LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-1-85)
- Section 15-1-1 - Application of chapter
- Section 15-1-3 - Completion of limitation extinguishes right; partial payment
- Section 15-1-5 - Period of limitations shall not be changed by contract
- Section 15-1-7 - Limitations applicable to actions to recover land
- Section 15-1-9 - Limitations applicable to suits in equity to recover land
- Section 15-1-11 - Limitations applicable to actions to recover land for defect in instrument
- Section 15-1-13 - Ten years' adverse possession gives title; exceptions
- Section 15-1-15 - Three years' actual occupation under a tax title bars suit
- Section 15-1-17 - Limitations applicable to actions or suits to cancel tax titles
- Section 15-1-19 - Limitations applicable to suits to redeem mortgage or deed of trust
- Section 15-1-21 - Actions on mortgages, deeds of trust, and statutory liens to be brought within time allowed for action upon writing in which debt is specified
- Section 15-1-23 - Limitations applicable to suits or actions on installment notes following foreclosure or sale of property pledged as security therefor
- Section 15-1-25 - Limitations applicable to action or scire facias against executor or administrator
- Section 15-1-27 - Limitations applicable to action by ward against guardian or surety
- Section 15-1-29 - Limitations applicable to actions on accounts and unwritten contracts
- Section 15-1-31 - When statute commences to run on open accounts
- Section 15-1-33 - Limitations applicable to actions and suits for penalty or forfeiture
- Section 15-1-35 - Limitations applicable to actions for certain torts
- Section 15-1-36 - Limitations applicable to malpractice action arising from medical, surgical or other professional services
- Section 15-1-37 - Limitations applicable to actions to recover property sold by order of chancery court or pursuant to decree of partition
- Section 15-1-39 - Limitations applicable to actions involving certain trusts
- Section 15-1-41 - Limitations applicable to actions arising from deficiencies in constructions, or improvements to real property
- Section 15-1-43 - Limitations applicable to actions founded on domestic judgments or decrees; renewal of judgment or decree; notice of renewal
- Section 15-1-45 - Limitations applicable to actions founded on foreign judgments or decrees
- Section 15-1-47 - Lien of judgments limited
- Section 15-1-49 - Limitations applicable to actions not otherwise specifically provided for
- Section 15-1-51 - Limitations of suits by and against the state, counties and municipal corporations
- Section 15-1-53 - Effect of running of statute of limitations against executor, administrator, guardian, or other trustee, as against beneficiary
- Section 15-1-55 - Effect of death of party before bar is complete
- Section 15-1-57 - Statute of limitations not to run when person prohibited to sue
- Section 15-1-59 - Saving in favor of persons under disabilities
- Section 15-1-61 - [Repealed]
- Section 15-1-63 - Effect of absence from the state
- Section 15-1-65 - Action barred in another jurisdiction barred here
- Section 15-1-67 - Effect of fraudulent concealment of cause of action
- Section 15-1-69 - Commencement of new action subsequent to abatement or defeat of original action
- Section 15-1-71 - Limitation of setoff
- Section 15-1-73 - New promise to be in writing; effect of new promise by one or more joint contractors as against non-promisors
- Section 15-1-75 - Bar of statute of limitations against one does not affect another jointly interested
- Section 15-1-77 - Effect upon limitations of concurrent jurisdiction in courts of common law and of equity
- Section 15-1-79 - Limitations inapplicable to suits on certain obligations of banks and moneyed corporations
- Section 15-1-81 - [For effective date and applicability, see subsection (6)
- Section 15-1-83 - Limitations applicable to actions founded on real estate appraisal
- Section 15-1-85 - Limitations applicable to actions founded on licensed real estate activities
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