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Every source behind the Mississippi guide

2 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 12 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch October 3, 2026

What each source establishes

The Mississippi guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)

Mississippi Legislature · take effect and be in force from 197 and after July 1, 2020. · Verified August 9, 2026

does not exceed * * * Seventy - five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) ; (b) That at least thirty (30) days have elaps ed since the death of the decedent

What this means: Enacted (approved by the Governor). The Mississippi bill uses '* * *' to mark deleted text and restates § 91-7-322 in full. Threshold revised to $75,000.00; the affidavit is available at least thirty (30) days after death. Digit/word spacing artifacts ('Seventy - five', 'elaps ed') are consistent in the source PDF and match verbatim.

What was published from this source

  • MS S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • small-estate threshold $75,000
  • 30-day wait
  • section identity
  • currentness effective date
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2))

Mississippi Legislature · July 1, 20 24. · Verified August 9, 2026

The clerk or his successor in office shall per form a ll duties set forth witho ut additional compensation or f e e ............ $ 8 5.00

What this means: Enacted (as sent to Governor / signed). § 25-7-9(2) fixes a single chancery-clerk service fee of $85.00 for any chancery civil case that 'includes, but is not limited to ... estate of deceased', accruing on filing; § 25-7-9(3) adds, for every civil case filed, two mandatory per-case assessments - $10.00 to the Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund (§ 9-21-14) and $40.00 to the Judicial System Operation Fund (§ 9-21-45) - for a $135.00 total. Digit spacing ('$ 8 5.00', 'per form', 'f e e') is consistent in the source PDF.

What was published from this source

  • MS S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2))

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • chancery estate flat fee $85
  • estate of deceased in fee scope
  • section identity
  • currentness effective date
  • CECS Fund add-on $10 (§ 25-7-9(3)(a))
  • Judicial System Operation Fund add-on $40 (§ 25-7-9(3)(b))
  • section identity

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Mississippi provisions this site could not read

Not every state serves its own code. Where Mississippi did not, the attempt is recorded here instead of being covered over with a figure copied from a secondary summary. Each row names the authority that would settle the question and the page that failed to return it.

Authority soughtWhat is therefore not publishedTried on
Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (executors and administrators)No Mississippi commission figure is published here — representative pay2026-09-17
Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (probate of claims)Mississippi creditor deadlines: verified as unreadable, not guessed — creditor deadline2026-09-17

What Mississippi courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

Limits on court material

  • Mississippi probate (estates of decedents) is heard in the Chancery Court (confirmed: '§ 25-7-9(2) ... the clerks of the chancery courts'). There is no statewide small-estate form or single statewide filing-fee schedule beyond the § 25-7-9 chancery-clerk fee; the affidavit and administration are filed with the county chancery clerk.

Checking these Mississippi records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the267 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Mississippi. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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