Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Exempt Property
§ 85-3-33. Heirs may designate homestead

In all cases where a deceased person has left a widow or husband, as the case may be, or other heirs at law, then such widow or husband or other heirs at law, or both, who may be entitled by law to inherit from the deceased person, shall be entitled to have the homestead exempt, whether selected, designated or declared for by said decedent in his lifetime or not, and such person or persons so entitled to inherit by law may select, designate or declare for such homestead on or any of the real property of which said decedent died seized and possessed, and have the same set apart to them, or either of them, as the homestead of the decedent.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 85 - Debtor-Creditor Relationship

Chapter 3 - Exempt Property

§ 85-3-1. Property exempt from seizure under execution or attachment

§ 85-3-2. Certain federal exemptions prohibited

§ 85-3-3. Execution or attachment of personal property; selection of exempt property

§ 85-3-5. Execution or attachment of personal property; plaintiff's indemnity bond; liability of officer

§ 85-3-7. Execution or attachment of personal property; defendant may sue on plaintiff's indemnity bond

§ 85-3-9. Execution or attachment of personal property; replevy by defendant

§ 85-3-13. Proceeds of life insurance policy; payable to executor; limits

§ 85-3-15. Proceeds of life insurance policy; unassigned policies

§ 85-3-17. Judgment for personal injury

§ 85-3-19. Beneficiaries of deceased plaintiff take damages free from debts

§ 85-3-21. Homestead exemption; land and buildings

§ 85-3-23. Homestead exemption; land and buildings; insurance proceeds; personal property

§ 85-3-25. Homestead declaration; form; deposit with clerk of chancery court

§ 85-3-27. Homestead declaration; effect

§ 85-3-29. Homestead declaration; recording

§ 85-3-31. Homestead designated by law when not selected

§ 85-3-33. Heirs may designate homestead

§ 85-3-35. Allotment of homestead; selection of householders or freeholders to set off portion of land

§ 85-3-37. Allotment of homestead; premises not capable of division

§ 85-3-39. Allotment of homestead; how contested by plaintiff

§ 85-3-41. Allotment of homestead; how contested by defendant

§ 85-3-43. Homestead liable to debts when debtor ceases to reside thereon

§ 85-3-47. Property not exempt from execution

§ 85-3-49. Exempt property may be disposed of

§ 85-3-51. Exemptions allowed to residents only