Mississippi § 91-7-263 - Creditor may institute insolvency proceedings.
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§ 91-7-263. Creditor may institute insolvency proceedings.
Any creditor of the decedent may represent to the court that the estate is insolvent, and thereupon the executor or administrator and heirs or devisees shall be summoned to answer whether or not it be insolvent. If it shall be found so, like proceedings shall be had as when an estate is represented to be insolvent by the executor or administrator.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-7-263 ("Creditor may institute insolvency proceedings.") 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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