Miss. Code § 25-1-21
Each surety, other than a surety company, on the official bond of any public officer or employee shall make affidavit before some officer competent to administer oaths that he is worth a certain sum, to be specified, in land owned and held by him in his own name and right in fee simple, or for life or a term of not less than twenty (20) years, and situated in the county, over and above all legal exemptions and all his debts and liabilities, including the amount of his liability on any other official bond where the term of office for which the same was given has not expired or where it has expired within a period of five (5) years from the date of such affidavit; and such affidavit shall be endorsed on or annexed to the bond.
Said surety shall set forth in such affidavit a full and clear description of the land, the actual cash value thereof, and the amount of any encumbrance thereon, if any.
Miss. Code § 25-1-21