Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-9 (2026)
Affidavit of subscribing witness receivable
✓ current as of July 2026
The affidavit of any subscribing witness to a will, made before and certified by any officer in the state competent to administer oaths, shall be received as a substitute for the personal attendance of the affiant to prove the will where there is no contest about it.
Codes, 1880, § 1964; 1892, § 1817; 1906, § 1992; Hemingway's 1917, § 1657; 1930, § 1603; 1942, § 499.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2005–2005 · leading case: In Re Est. of Kelly, 951 So. 2d 564 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005).
In Re Est. of Kelly, 951 So. 2d 564 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “Cuevas attached the original will to the petition, as well as the affidavits of the two attesting witnesses stating that the decedent was of sound and disposing mind at the time he executed his will. Therefore, this issue is without merit.”
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