HB385

Civil Legal Assistance Fund; increase certain fees for deposit into and require those monies to be allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services.

Failed·2/3/26
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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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History

Feb 3

House

Died In Committee

Jan 12

House

Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations A