STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, EX REL.,
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE
RESOURCES ("MDMR"), PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
"CORVAIR" or "HIPERLINK"
35'7" 1986 Carver, Mariner, Genmar Yacht Group LLC, registration no.: MI 22427 BW; HIN: CDRT9046C686; last known owner: Ronald Lane; location: 30 22.780 88 55.572, south of the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, Harrison County, MS, RONALD LANE and All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in the described vessel.
DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 26-cv-175-JP
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: RONALD LANE and All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in the vessel described
You have been made a Defendant in this suit filed in this Court by the DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, seeking relief pursuant to the Derelict Vessel Act, Miss. Code Ann. §49-27-71 (Rev. 2022), including a mandatory injunction against you for the removal, disposal, of a derelict vessel; and related relief including the restoration of wetlands and applicable fines. A copy of the Complaint & Notice is readily available to you upon request to Plaintiff or the Harrison County Chancery Clerk. Defendants other than you in this action are RONALD LANE, the described vessel, and all other persons claiming any interest in the derelict vessel. You are required to mail, or hand deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint and Notice to Steven Eckert, Special Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose mailing address is 2555 14th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. Your response must be mailed or delivered no later than thirty (30) days after the 22nd day of March 2026, which is the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a judgment by default will be entered against you for money or other relief demanded in the Complaint. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff, MDMR, will bring on for hearing its "MOTION FOR WRIT OF MANDATORY INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF"; before the Honorable Jim Persons, Chancery Court Judge, in the Chancery Courtroom at the Harrison County Courthouse located at 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501, at 9:00 A.M., on the 12th day of MAY 2026, or as soon as thereafter as counsel may be heard. You are hereby noticed and invited to attend and participate. Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 16th day of March 2026. Angela Thrash, Harrison County Chancery Court Clerk, By: Bridget Stribling, Deputy Clerk
IPL0322869
Mar 22,29,Apr 5 2026