Not researched yet: ask the clerk if you can claim it yourself

Checklist: Mississippi, money left over after a foreclosure sale

Who holds it: Not researched yet — ask the clerk

How long: Not researched yet — ask the clerk

How you claim: Not researched yet — ask the clerk

Your deadline: ____________ (confirm it with the clerk)

Steps

1. Read the foreclosure section of your deed of trust to see who gets any surplus
2. Ask the foreclosing trustee or lender in writing for the sale accounting and any surplus
3. If more than one person claims it, chancery court may decide (as in Hinton v. Rolison)

Documents

• Copy of your deed of trust
• Proof you are the grantor, assign or heir

What it costs you

Not researched yet — ask the clerk

If someone offers to do it for you

• Fee limits: Not researched yet — ask the clerk.
• You never need to pay anyone to file.

Official links

• Miss. Supreme Court, Hinton v. Rolison (2013-CA-02153-SCT): https://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO107978.pdf