All justice court judges and clerks, clerks of the circuit and chancery courts and assistant secretaries of state are notaries public by virtue of their office, and shall possess all the powers and discharge all the duties belonging to the office of notary public, and may authenticate all their acts, instruments and attestations by the common seal of office; and all acts done by them of a notarial character shall receive the same credit and legal effect as are attached to the acts of notaries public.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
§ 25-33-1. Appointment, bond and oath; issuance of new certificate; qualifications
§ 25-33-3. To procure seals; delivery of copy of seal provisions
§ 25-33-5. Register of official acts
§ 25-33-7. Disposal of register and papers
§ 25-33-9. Administering oaths and affirmations; affidavit of notary public
§ 25-33-13. Affixation of expiration date of commission
§ 25-33-15. Record of protest of bill or note
§ 25-33-17. Ex officio notaries public
§ 25-33-19. Common seal of such officers
§ 25-33-21. Acknowledgment by notary public as stockholder
§ 25-33-23. Notarial acts of commissioned officers of United States armed forces
§ 25-33-25. Notice that a notary public is not an attorney