Section 93-19-13 – [Effective 7/1/2021] Persons eighteen years of age or older competent to contract in matters affecting personal property

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi

All persons eighteen (18) years of age or older, if not otherwise disqualified, or prohibited by law, shall have the capacity to enter into binding contractual relationships affecting personal property. In addition, all persons eighteen (18) years of age or older shall have the capacity to enter into binding contractual relationships for the purpose of investing in mutual funds , stocks, bonds and any other publicly traded equities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1976.

In any legal action founded on a contract entered into by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, the said person may sue in his own name as an adult and be sued in his own name as an adult and be served with process as an adult.

Miss. Code § 93-19-13

Laws, 1976, ch. 406, § 3, eff. 7/1/1976.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. TBD, HB 429,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
This section is set out more than once. See also § 93-19-13, effective until 7/1/2021.