2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 85 - DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 3 - Exempt Property.
85-3-25 - Homestead declaration; form; deposit with clerk of chancery court.
§ 85-3-25. Homestead declaration; form; deposit with clerk of chancery court.
Any citizen entitled to a homestead and desiring to select the same and obtain the advantages of such selection, may make a declaration thereof to the following effect, namely:
"The State of Mississippi, Homestead declaration.
County of ________
"I, John Doe [or Nancy Roe], a citizen of said state and county, do declare that I am entitled to a homestead in said county, and that I have selected the same as follows: [Here describe the land and premises. Append plat if desired.]
"Witness my signature, this ________ day of ________, A. D. ________
"________________"
The declaration shall be acknowledged or proved as a deed is required to be, and deposited in the office of the clerk of the chancery court for record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and styled "Homestead Record."
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1972; 1906, § 2148; Hemingway's 1917, § 1823; 1930, § 1767; 1942, § 319.
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