Mississippi HB385 increases fees for civil cases and mandates their deposit into the Civil Legal Assistance Fund, which will support the Mississippi.
Mississippi HB385 amends the Mississippi Code to increase certain fees for services performed by clerks in civil cases, directing these fees to the Civil Legal Assistance Fund. The fund's monies will be allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services, which provides legal services to low-income Mississippians. The bill specifies that the fund's resources should be distributed based on the poverty population within the service area, in line with the Legal Services Corporation's formula.
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