As Amended
SEC. 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, Sec. 1972; 1906, Sec. 2148; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1823; 1930, Sec. 1767; 1942, Sec. 319.