§ 11-7-189. Enrollment of judgments; satisfaction

MS Code § 11-7-189 (2019) (N/A)

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(1) The clerk of the circuit court shall procure and keep in his office one or more books to be styled “The Judgment Roll,” which book or books shall be appropriately divided under the several letters of the alphabet, and on each page shall be placed the following captions:

Name and

Name of

Defendant’s

Attorney

and Post

Office

Address of

Each

Judgment

or Decree

Rendition

and

Court

in Which

Rendered

Security

or Tax

Identification

Number

and Minute of

Enrollment

Plaintiff’s

Attorney,

and Post Office

Address of Each

How

Satisfied

(2) Any attorney of record representing a plaintiff or plaintiffs in the case may, for and on behalf of his client or clients, satisfy in whole or in part a judgment on such Judgment Roll by endorsing thereon the extent of such satisfaction and signing an entry so showing, and when so satisfied the clerk shall attest and subscribe such endorsement under the proper heading therein. When any judgment shall otherwise be satisfied, the clerk shall so enter under proper heading and subscribe the entry.

(3) The Judgment Roll may be kept on computer as provided in Section 9-7-171. In such case the plaintiff or attorney representing such plaintiff shall present to the clerk a sworn affidavit directing the clerk to cancel or otherwise show as satisfied the judgment recorded under this section.

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