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Miss. Code Ann. § 89-5-27: Receipt for instruments delivered to chancery clerk for recording.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 89. Real and Personal Property
- Chapter 5. Recording of Instruments
- Article 1. General Provisions.
The clerk of the chancery court, or his deputy, shall give a receipt for every written instrument delivered to him to be recorded, if demanded, in which he shall state the name of the parties, the date of delivery and quantity of land or other property therein specified, and shall also certify on or under such instrument the hour and minute, the day and month, and the year when he received it; and when the same is recorded, he shall make an appropriate reference where it is recorded, and an itemized statement of his fees therefor, and he shall deliver it to the party entitled to receive it when called for.
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