Mississippi § 85-3-31 - Homestead designated by law when not selected.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 85-3-31 — Homestead designated by law when not selected., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 85-3-31. Homestead designated by law when not selected.
The homestead of every citizen entitled to such an exemption who shall not select or who has improperly selected his homestead by declaration, shall be, namely: A tract of land in the form of, first, a square, or second, a parallelogram, if practicable, and composed, if practicable, of contiguous parcels, and including the dwelling house, and, if practicable, the other principal buildings, and not to exceed one hundred sixty (160) acres in area, nor Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in value. And in all cases where the homestead may be composed of detached parcels of land, it shall be made up of those nearest the forty (40) acre or other less tract containing the dwelling house.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 85-3-31 ("Homestead designated by law when not selected.") 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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