Mississippi § 77-9-29 - Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-29 — Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-9-29. Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state.
No common carrier, authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of any employee that he give it a bond or undertaking of any nature, whatsoever, shall require as surety thereon any companies, corporations, associations or firms not a resident of this state. No such common carrier shall accept as such surety any company, corporation or association, unless the same is a corporation duly organized under the laws of Mississippi or which shall have designated an agent residing within this state upon whom service of legal process against it may be made, as provided for foreign corporations doing business in this state, and shall also require that every such bond or undertaking shall be approved, and cancelled, if cancelled, by said agent with whom a complete record thereof shall be kept.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 77-9-29 ("Sureties shall be authorized to do business in state.") 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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