Mississippi § 91-15-7 - Manner of effecting release.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 91-15-7 — Manner of effecting release., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 91-15-7. Manner of effecting release.
A release of a power, whether partial or complete, shall be valid and effective with or without a consideration when the donee executes an instrument evidencing an intent to make the release, signed and acknowledged in the manner prescribed for the execution of deeds, and delivers the instrument or causes it to be delivered, either: To an adult person who may take any of the property which is subject to the power in the event of its non-exercise, or to one in whose favor it may be exercised after such partial release; or To any trustee or any co-trustee of the property which is subject to the power; or By filing the same for recordation in the chancery clerk’s office in the county and judicial district thereof in which any of the property is located, or in which either the donee or the trustee in control of the property resides, or in which the trustee has its principal office, or in which the instrument creating the power is probated or recorded.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-15-7 ("Manner of effecting release.") 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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