Mississippi probate leads and inheritance data, by county.
If you are researching Mississippi probate leads, the public court file is only one part of the inherited-property market. USLeadList starts with death and property records, typically about five weeks after death, and generates an average of 1289 records a month across Mississippi.
Mississippi counties
Browse 82 counties.Every Mississippi county has its own page. Highlighted counties currently generate the largest monthly record volume.
How inherited property moves in Mississippi
Verified state rules behind the county data.Probate rules matter because they determine when a public court record appears and which inherited properties never appear in an ordinary probate case.
What changes for an heir
Mississippi has no inheritance tax and no estate tax. The Department of Revenue states that no state estate tax return is required for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2005, and that Mississippi has neither an inheritance tax nor a gift tax. Property is assessed on true value each year, so there is no acquisition value cap for an heir to lose. What matters here is how easy probate is to sidestep. A will devising Mississippi land may be admitted as a muniment of title only, with no administration and no executor, where all known debts and taxes are paid and the probate estate, excluding any interest in real property and Section 91-7-117 exempt property, does not exceed the Section 91-7-322 sum of $75,000 (Miss. Code 91-5-35, as amended by 2020 Senate Bill 2850, Chapter 343). A transfer on death deed has been available since July 1, 2020 under the Mississippi Real Property Transfer-on-Death Act, Miss. Code 91-27-1 through 91-27-37 (2020 Senate Bill 2851, Chapter 406). Mississippi also adopted the Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act in 2020 (Senate Bill 2553, Chapter 433), giving cotenant heirs a buyout right before any partition sale.
Where probate records appear
Chancery Court Public Access to Mississippi Electronic Courts (PAMEC), the subscriber portal for MEC dockets and documents, which charges an annual account renewal fee plus $0.20 per page of data returned by a search, with a one page charge even when a search returns no match. The free General Docket search on the judiciary site covers only the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
Ways property can avoid ordinary probate
Transfer on death deed under the Mississippi Real Property Transfer-on-Death Act, Miss. Code 91-27-1 through 91-27-37, effective July 1, 2020. Also probate of a will as a muniment of title only under Miss. Code 91-5-35, the successor affidavit at Miss. Code 91-7-322 for personal property up to $75,000, and revocable living trusts.
Small-estate route
Successor affidavit for personal property where the value of the entire probate estate, wherever located and excluding liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $75,000, usable 30 days after death and only where no personal representative has been appointed or applied for (Miss. Code 91-7-322, raised from $50,000 by 2020 Senate Bill 2850, Chapter 343, effective July 1, 2020). It reaches debts owed to the decedent and tangible personal property, not real property.
Timing investors should understand
Statutory floor: the executor or administrator must make reasonably diligent efforts to identify creditors, mail them notice, file an affidavit of that effort, and then publish notice in a county newspaper. All claims must be registered, probated and allowed in the court that granted letters within 90 days after the first publication of that notice, or they are barred (Miss. Code 91-7-145, 91-7-151). Probate as a muniment of title under Miss. Code 91-5-35 and the successor affidavit under 91-7-322, usable 30 days after death, both skip that cycle. No Mississippi judiciary source publishes a typical duration.
Mississippi inheritance volume
Updated monthly · September 2026 edition.Newly inherited residential properties recorded in Mississippi, from the same database that builds the lists. Published nationally in the Inheritance Property Index.
Biggest Mississippi counties by volume
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