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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-25 > 33 > 25-33-9§ 25-33-9. Administering oaths and affirmations; affidavit of notary public.
Every notary public shall have the power of administering oaths and affirmations in all matters incident to his notarial office, and he shall be further qualified and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations for the purpose of taking oral testimony under oath or affirmation within the state at large. If an attestation of a notary public is questioned as to its authenticity or correctness of language, the notary public may file an affidavit regarding the truth of the attestation in question along with any corrected language and may file such with the land records in the office of the Chancery Clerk where such land is located, properly indexed, if such authenticity or correctness of language affects real property. Such affidavit shall be a rebuttable presumption that the attestation is true and correct.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 427; 1892, § 3044; 1906, § 3451; Hemingway's 1917, § 2784; 1930, § 2862; 1942, § 4020; Laws, 1974, ch. 387; Laws, 2002, ch. 354, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2002.
