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2019 Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 11 - Escheats
§ 89-11-5. Proceedings to establish escheats
Universal Citation: MS Code § 89-11-5 (2019)
In all cases when property may have escheated to the state, it shall be the duty of the escheator of the county in which said property may be to file in the chancery court a bill in the name of the state to have the escheat judicially declared; the bill shall contain a statement of the name of the last owner, and that he died without heirs, the names of all persons who claim an interest in the property, if any be known, and also a description of the property and who, if any one, is in possession, and an averment that the same has escheated to the state for want of heirs.
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