{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-7-41","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-41","heading":"Oath and bond of executor or administrator with will annexed.","body":"Every executor or administrator with the will annexed, at or prior to the time of obtaining letters testamentary or of administration, shall take and subscribe the following oath, viz.:\n“I do swear that the writing exhibited by me is the true last will and testament of _______________ , as far as I know and believe, and that I, if and when appointed as executor, will well and truly execute the same according to its tenor, and discharge the duties required by law.” In the case of an administrator with the will annexed, then say “I, as administrator, will,” and “when appointed as administrator, will” etc.\nHe will also give bond in such penalty as will be equal to the full value of the estate, and with such sureties as may be approved of by the court or by the clerk, payable to the state, with the following conditions, viz.:\n“The condition of this bond is, that if the above bound _______________ , as executor of the last will and testament of _______________ , shall well and truly execute the will as far as the same may be consistent with law, and faithfully discharge all the duties required of him by law, then this obligation shall be void.” If the obligor be administrator with the will annexed, then say “the above bound _______________ , as administrator with the will of _______________ annexed, will,” etc.","path":["Title 91. Trusts and Estates","Chapter 7. Executors and Administrators"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.91.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:53Z","sha256":"3428306d7f72e2417d09fa9d48a5e97e4018653c1ab82a80ef1d3097c311ca25","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-7-39","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-7-43","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}