The clerk of the chancery court, or his deputy, shall give a receipt for every written instrument delivered to him to be recorded, if demanded, in which he shall state the name of the parties, the date of delivery and quantity of land or other property therein specified, and shall also certify on or under such instrument the hour and minute, the day and month, and the year when he received it; and when the same is recorded, he shall make an appropriate reference where it is recorded, and an itemized statement of his fees therefor, and he shall deliver it to the party entitled to receive it when called for.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 5 - Recording of Instruments
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 89-5-1. Recording instruments; conveyances, acknowledgment, priority
§ 89-5-3. Conveyances, mortgages; void if not lodged for record
§ 89-5-7. Written contracts in relation to land recordable
§ 89-5-9. Copies of certain records may be recorded
§ 89-5-11. Patents issued by United States or this state recordable
§ 89-5-15. Transfer of record; debt to be noted on record
§ 89-5-17. Assignments of indebtedness to be marked on record
§ 89-5-19. When a lien appears by the record to be barred, it ceases
§ 89-5-23. Oil, gas, and mineral leases; cancellation of record upon expiration
§ 89-5-27. Receipt for instruments delivered to chancery clerk for recording
§ 89-5-29. Mortgages and deeds of trust on land; how recorded
§ 89-5-35. How certain conveyances indexed
§ 89-5-39. Books of record not to be removed
§ 89-5-41. Records in counties divided into two districts