# Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-5: Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-5

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## Section

- **Citation:** Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-5
- **Heading:** Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-5
- **Jurisdiction:** Mississippi
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MS Code / Title 27 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-5

## Text

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the chancery court to examine the record of deeds, mortgages and deeds of trust in his office to ascertain the names and addresses of all mortgagees, beneficiaries and holders of vendors liens of all lands sold for taxes; and he shall, within the time fixed by law for notifying owners, send by certified mail with return receipt requested to all such lienors so shown of record the following notice, to-wit:

“State of Mississippi,

To ____________________,

County of ____________________

“You will take notice that __________ (here describe lands) assessed to, or supposed to be owned by __________ was on the ____ day of _______, 20___, sold to __________ for the taxes of _______ (giving year) upon which you have a lien by virtue of the instrument recorded in this office in _____ Book ____, page __________, dated ____, and that the title to said land will become absolute in said purchaser unless redemption from said sale be made on or before the _______ day of May of 20___.

“This ___ day of __________, 20___.

“____________________ “Chancery Clerk of __________ County, Miss.”

## Nearby sections

- [Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-1 Miss. Code Ann. § 27-43-1](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MS_T27_C43_S43-1.md)
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