If any person, his agent or attorney, shall desire to institute an action of replevin without the necessity of posting bond, and without requesting the immediate seizure of the property in question, he shall file a declaration under oath setting forth those matters shown in subparagraphs (a) through (e) of Section 11-37-101 and shall present such pleadings to a judge of the Supreme Court, a judge of the circuit court, a chancellor, a county judge, a justice of the peace or other duly elected judge, and such judge shall issue a fiat directing the clerk of such court, or a deputy clerk, to issue a summons to the defendant, to appear before a court or judge having jurisdiction, as determined by the value of the property as alleged in the declaration, and as outlined in Section 11-37-101, with said process being returnable in termtime or in vacation, upon at least five (5) days' notice, summoning the defendant to appear for a final hearing to determine the rights of the parties as to possession, and upon such final hearing the court shall enter judgment accordingly.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
§ 11-37-101. How replevin commenced; immediate seizure of property sought
§ 11-37-103. Judge may determine value of bond
§ 11-37-105. Form of plaintiff's replevin bond
§ 11-37-113. How writ may be executed
§ 11-37-115. Property restored to defendant on bond
§ 11-37-117. Form of return of officer
§ 11-37-119. New bond may be required of plaintiff
§ 11-37-121. When property not taken, plaintiff may elect to recover damages
§ 11-37-123. Duplicate, alias, and pluries writs or process, and publication
§ 11-37-125. Trial of replevin actions
§ 11-37-127. Judgment for plaintiff
§ 11-37-129. Judgment for defendant; default; writ of inquiry
§ 11-37-131. How replevin commenced-immediate seizure of property not sought
§ 11-37-135. How summons shall be executed
§ 11-37-137. Contempt of defendant for concealing or disposing of property
§ 11-37-139. Resettlement of action for trial on a future date
§ 11-37-141. Judgment for plaintiff where property not previously seized
§ 11-37-143. Judgment for defendant where property not previously seized
§ 11-37-145. Replevin actions to be treated as preference cases
§ 11-37-149. Claim of property by third person
§ 11-37-151. Claim of property by third person-issue, trial and judgment
§ 11-37-153. Laws applicable in case of death
§ 11-37-155. Replevin not maintainable in certain cases
§ 11-37-157. Replevin cumulative and additional to all other actions