Mississippi § 27-33-27 - Unplatted land shall be described and acreage stated.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 27-33-27 — Unplatted land shall be described and acreage stated., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-33-27. Unplatted land shall be described and acreage stated.
Land included in an exempt homestead outside a municipality and unplatted land included in an exempt homestead in a municipality shall consist, if possible, of regular legal subdivisions of a section or sections, and tracts of less than forty (40) acres shall not be included unless necessary, and the homestead shall include all adjoining land in the same section as the dwelling before land is included in another section; and in the case of land not surveyed according to the plan of the government surveys, the land shall, as nearly as possible, be defined in straight lines, and the area be, as nearly as practicable, in the form of a square or rectangle, or shall observe such boundaries as streams, bodies of water, railroads or public roads. In all cases, the land shall be described in the application sufficiently to clearly locate and identify the same; also the number of acres in each tract shall be stated, whether shown on the assessment roll or not.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 27-33-27 cover?
Section 27-33-27 ("Unplatted land shall be described and acreage stated.") 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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