Bill Text: MS HB798 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Will registry; require chancery clerk to maintain.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB798 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB798-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Scott
House Bill 798
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH CHANCERY CLERK TO MAINTAIN A WILL REGISTRY; TO AUTHORIZE ANY RESIDENT TO FILE A COPY OF HIS OR HER WILL WITH THE WILL REGISTRY; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF ANY WILL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Each chancery clerk shall maintain a will registry in the office of such clerk, in addition to any other duties required of the chancery clerk by law. Any resident of a county may file a copy of his or her will in the will registry of the chancery clerk. No chancery clerk shall file a copy of any will of a person who is not a resident of that county. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this section does not in any manner affect the validity of a will.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
