Mississippi § 9-7-137 - Register of sureties on bonds to be kept.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 9-7-137 — Register of sureties on bonds to be kept., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-7-137. Register of sureties on bonds to be kept.
The clerk of the circuit court shall procure a well-bound book, arranged alphabetically and properly ruled, lined and headed to show the name of the principal and surety, name of principal obligor, name of obligee, date of bond, penalty of bond, kind of bond, where recorded if recorded, number of suit in which filed and date of discharge. In this he shall abstract each bond, when filed in his office, by entering in such record the name of each principal and surety, under the proper letter, the name of principal obligor, name of obligee, date, penalty, kind of bond, where recorded if recorded, and number of suit in which filed. And when such bond has been discharged, the date thereof shall be entered in said record under the proper heading. Such information may be kept on computer as provided in Section 9-7-171.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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