§ 89-7-67. Form of the writ

MS Code § 89-7-67 (2019) (N/A)

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“The State of Mississippi.

“To the sheriff or any constable of ____ County, greeting:

“Complaint on oath having been made before the undersigned, an acting justice of the peace in and for ____ County, that ____ is indebted to ____ for rent in arrear on the following leased premises [here describe the premises as in the affidavit], in the sum of ____ dollars, and that the said ____ is further indebted to ____ for supplies furnished the said ____, the tenant, by his landlord, in the sum of ____ dollars additional; and the claim having been made that there is a lien to secure the said debts on the following named agricultural products [here describe the products as in the affidavit], and bond having been given as required by law:

“Now, this is to command you that you forthwith seize and take the said agricultural products to an amount sufficient to satisfy the said debts, with interest and costs; and, if there be not a sufficiency of said products so to do, then that you distrain the other goods and chattels of the said ____, the tenant, so that your whole seizure may be sufficient to satisfy both of said sums, with interest and costs, and that you deal with the same as the law directs.

“Witness my hand, the ____ day of ____, A.D. ____

____, J.P.”

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