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Transfer-on-death deeds in Mississippi

What Mississippi’s own law and official pages say about transfer-on-death deeds: what the state calls the instrument, what it must say, how it is signed and recorded, and what happens at the owner’s death. Nothing on this page decides whether a deed suits a particular home or family, or how one should be written. That belongs to an attorney in Mississippi.

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Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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What a transfer-on-death deed does, and whether it is a will

An individual may transfer the individual's interest in real property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer-on-death deed.

A transfer-on-death deed is a nontestamentary instrument.

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §§91-27-9, 91-27-13, created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

What the deed must state, and recording it with the chancery clerk before the owner’s death

(3) Be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the official records of the chancery clerk of the county where the real property is located.

(2) State that the transfer of an interest in real property to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-17(2)–(3), created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

The capacity to make or revoke the deed, and the optional forms the Act provides

The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer-on-death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a contract.

TO CREATE NEW SECTION 91-27-33 AND 91-27-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE OPTIONAL FORMS

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-15; §§91-27-33, 91-27-35 (2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406)

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An individual may transfer the individual's interest in real property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer-on-death deed.

A transfer-on-death deed is a nontestamentary instrument.

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §§91-27-9, 91-27-13, created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

(3) Be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the official records of the chancery clerk of the county where the real property is located.

(2) State that the transfer of an interest in real property to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-17(2)–(3), created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

(3) Be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the official records of the chancery clerk of the county where the real property is located.

(2) State that the transfer of an interest in real property to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-17(2)–(3), created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

An individual may transfer the individual's interest in real property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer-on-death deed.

A transfer-on-death deed is a nontestamentary instrument.

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §§91-27-9, 91-27-13, created by 2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406 (SB 2851)

The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer-on-death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a contract.

TO CREATE NEW SECTION 91-27-33 AND 91-27-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE OPTIONAL FORMS

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-15; §§91-27-33, 91-27-35 (2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406)

The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer-on-death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a contract.

TO CREATE NEW SECTION 91-27-33 AND 91-27-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE OPTIONAL FORMS

Mississippi · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Miss. Code Ann. §91-27-15; §§91-27-33, 91-27-35 (2020 Miss. Laws ch. 406)

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