Mississippi § 91-3-9 - Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 91-3-9 — Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 91-3-9. Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety.
Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one half (1/2) as if one had survived and one half (1/2) as if the other had survived. If there are more than two (2) joint tenants and all of them have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-3-9 ("Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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