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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 25 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 25-1-1 — 25-65-33)
Chapter 55 - LOST RECORDS (§§ 25-55-1 — 25-55-31)
Section 25-55-3 - Remedy for lost record of deed
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MS Code § 25-55-3 (2023)
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Whenever the record of deeds of any county, or any book or part of a book thereof shall be destroyed, stolen, or lost, the same may be remedied-
- (a) By the re-record of the original of whatever may have been therein recorded; or
- (b) By the recording of decrees adjudicating the execution of lost or destroyed or stolen instruments of all kinds, and perpetuating testimony, and of decrees confirming titles to land or cancelling titles thereto; or
- (c) By the recording of certified copies of whatever may have been recorded in the lost, destroyed, or stolen record, which may have been taken from the said record, or which may be taken from the records of any other county in which the original may have been recorded, or from the files of any court of record in this state or any other state, or of the United States, or of any public office of this state or of the United States, in which the original or authenticated copies may be found.
Codes, 1892, § 2790; 1906, § 3170; Hemingway's 1917, § 2511; 1930, § 2332; 1942, § 762.
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