Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 85 - DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIP (§§ 85-1-1 — 85-13-5)
Chapter 7 - LIENS (§§ 85-7-1 — 85-7-527)
Article 21 - SPECIAL LIENS ON REAL ESTATE OR OTHER PROPERTY (§§ 85-7-401 — 85-7-433)
Section 85-7-423 - Shortening the time prescribed in which to file payment action

• (1) An owner or an owner's agent or attorney, or the contractor or contractor's agent or attorney, may elect to shorten the time prescribed in which to commence a payment action to enforce any claim of lien by recording in the chancery clerk's office a notice in substantially the form set forth in Section 85-7-433(4), along with proof of delivery to the lien claimant.

• (2) The clerk of the chancery court shall cross-reference the notice of contest of lien to the lien. The owner or the owner's agent or attorney, or the contractor or the contractor's agent or attorney, shall send a copy of the notice of contest of lien by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to the lien claimant at the address noted on the face of the lien within seven (7) days of filing. Service shall be deemed complete upon mailing.

• (3) The lien shall be extinguished by law upon the earlier of ninety (90) days after the filing of the notice of contest of lien, or one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of lien filing if no payment action is filed in that time period. No release or voiding of the liens shall be required. This subsection shall not be construed to extend the time in which a payment action must begin.

Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 487, SB 2622, 12, eff. 4/11/2014.