Miss. Code § 63-21-217

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 63-21-217 - Disbursement of bid amount by commissioner

The commissioner shall disburse the bid proceeds as follows: first, to the sheriff for the sheriff's fee; second, to the tax collector for any past due taxes, liens and assessments; third, to the lien creditors in their order of priority; fourth, to the community owner or landowner for the indebtedness, interest and attorney's fees owed thereto and all costs of court and commissioner's fees; and fifth, to the owner, or if the abandoned manufactured or mobile home was adjudicated by the sale order as uninhabitable, then to the community owner or landowner in the amount of the estimate of demolition and removal. If the owner has appeared in the proceeding or was served with process other than by publication, any amount to be paid to the owner and not paid directly to the owner may be paid by interpleading the same with the clerk of court where the proceeding is pending for the benefit of the owner. If the owner has not appeared in the proceeding and service of process was obtained by publication, then the commissioner shall pay the same to the Treasurer of the State of Mississippi as unclaimed funds on such forms as may be prescribed by the Treasurer. The commissioner shall have the right to delay disbursement of the bid amount until the court has entered a final order.

Miss. Code § 63-21-217

Added by Laws, 2021, ch. 376, HB 955,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2021.