All personal property situated in this state shall descend and be distributed according to the laws of this state regulating the descent and distribution of such property, regardless of all marital rights which may have accrued in other states, and notwithstanding the domicile of the deceased may have been in another state, and whether the heirs or persons entitled to distribution be in this state or not. The widow of such deceased person shall take her share in the personal estate according to the laws of this state.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 1 - Descent and Distribution
§ 91-1-7. Descent of property as between husband and wife
§ 91-1-9. Descent of trust estates
§ 91-1-11. Personal estate to descend as real estate
§ 91-1-13. Estate of testator not disposed of by will to descend
§ 91-1-15. Descent among illegitimates; definitions
§ 91-1-17. Advancement to be brought into hotchpot
§ 91-1-19. Descent of exempt property
§ 91-1-21. Exempt property liable for debt of decedent
§ 91-1-23. Exempt property not to be partitioned in certain cases
§ 91-1-25. Person who has killed another not to inherit from him
§ 91-1-27. How title to property acquired by descent may be made
§ 91-1-29. Heirs to be cited to appear
§ 91-1-31. Judgment as to descent of property cannot be assailed collaterally except for fraud