Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 594
Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS PROPERTY ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICABILITY AND RELATION TO OTHER LAW; TO ESTABLISH THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE COURTS IN PARTITIONING REAL PROPERTY THAT IS DETERMINED TO BE HEIRS PROPERTY; TO REQUIRE A PLAINTIFF IN A PARTITION ACTION INVOLVING HEIRS PROPERTY TO POST NOTICE OF THE ACTION ON THE PROPERTY; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER BY WHICH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF HEIRS PROPERTY MUST BE DETERMINED; TO AUTHORIZE COTENANTS TO BUY THE INTEREST OF ANOTHER COTENANT WHO HAS REQUESTED A PARTITION BY SALE; TO AUTHORIZE ALTERNATIVES TO PARTITION IN KIND THAT WILL RESULT IN MANIFEST PREJUDICE; TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE SALE OF HEIRS PROPERTY; TO AMEND SECTION 11-21-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 5 to March 3, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days
Judiciary AFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3
- Feb 5Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
- Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 5Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives