Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1448: Circuit clerk fees; increase for attendance upon court.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE CIRCUIT CLERK FEE FOR ATTENDANCE UPON THE CIRCUIT COURT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 25-7-13, mississippi code of 1972, to increase circuit clerk fee for attendance upon the circuit court; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE CIRCUIT CLERK FEE FOR ATTENDANCE UPON THE CIRCUIT COURT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 25-7-13. (1) The clerks of the circuit court shall charge the following fees: (a) Docketing, filing, marking and registering each complaint, petition and indictment................................ $ 85.00 The fee set forth in this paragraph shall be the total fee for all services performed by the clerk up to and including entry of judgment with respect to each complaint, petition or indictment, including all answers, claims, orders, continuances and other papers filed therein, issuing each writ, summons, subpoena or other such instruments, swearing witnesses, taking and recording bonds and pleas, and recording judgments, orders, fiats and certificates; the fee shall be payable upon filing and shall accrue to the clerk at the time of collection. The clerk or his successor in office shall perform all duties set forth above without additional compensation or fee. (b) Docketing and filing each motion to renew judgment, notice of renewal of judgment, suggestion for a writ of garnishment, suggestion for a writ of execution and judgment debtor actions and issuing all process, filing and recording orders or other …
Sponsors
- Smith, Troy (R, 84) · primary sponsor
- Andy Boyd (R, 37)
- Calvert, Billy Adam (R, 83)
- Mangold, Vince (R, 53)
- Wallace, Price (R, 77)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : DR - TSDPCS: CA To AC
- : Referred To County Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Subjects: Circuit clerk fees
Common questions
- What is HB1448?
- HB1448 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Circuit clerk fees; increase for attendance upon court.
- What does HB1448 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 25-7-13, mississippi code of 1972, to increase circuit clerk fee for attendance upon the circuit court; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB1448?
- Failed as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1448?
- Smith, Troy (R, 84), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1448?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1448.xml
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