Mississippi § 97-21-63 - Will, deed, certificate of acknowledgment or proof of recordable instrument.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-21-63 — Will, deed, certificate of acknowledgment or proof of recordable instrument., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-21-63. Will, deed, certificate of acknowledgment or proof of recordable instrument.
Every person who shall be convicted of having forged, counterfeited, or falsely altered any will of real or personal property, or any deed or other instrument, being or purporting to be the act of another by which any right or interest in real or personal property shall be or purport to be transferred, conveyed, or in any way changed or affected; or any certificate or indorsement of the acknowledgment of any person of any deed or other instrument which by law may be recorded, made or purporting to have been made by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate or indorsement; or any certificate of the proof of any deed or other instrument which by law may be recorded, made or purporting to have been made by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of forgery.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-21-63 ("Will, deed, certificate of acknowledgment or proof of recordable instrument.") 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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