73-3-127 - Dues; failure to pay after notice [Repealed effective December 31, 2015].
§ 73-3-127. Dues; failure to pay after notice [Repealed effective December 31, 2015].
Any member failing to pay any enrollment fees within sixty (60) days after the same become due shall be considered delinquent and shall be given written notice of his delinquency mailed to him by United States mail, addressed to his last known address. If the delinquent fails to pay such enrollment fees within thirty (30) days after written notice of delinquency, he shall stand suspended from membership in the Mississippi Bar. It shall be the duty of the secretary, upon any member's becoming suspended as above stated, to notify the delinquent in writing by United States certified mail of his suspension, and to notify the courts of the county of his last known address of such fact, viz; the circuit court, the chancery court and the county court, if there be a county court, by mailing such notice to the presiding judge and to the clerk of such court. Any member shall be reinstated upon payment of delinquent enrollment fees and a penalty in an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the delinquent enrollment fees. The secretary, upon such payment, shall forthwith notify the courts above-mentioned of such fact and the clerks thereof shall file and preserve such notice.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8710; Laws, 1932, ch. 121; Laws, 1962, ch. 332; reenacted without change, 1983, ch. 302, § 14; Laws, 1985, ch. 334; Laws, 1987, ch. 442, § 4; Laws, 1991, ch. 526, § 15; reenacted, 1992, ch. 515, § 15, eff from and after July 1, 1992.