What Do I Need to Sign My Healthcare Proxy in Mississippi?

In Mississippi, notarization can serve as an alternative to witnesses for a healthcare proxy.Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-205Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either witnesses or notarization satisfies the execution requirements.

Mississippi has not authorized Remote Online Notarization. In-person notarization is required for all documents, including healthcare proxies.

To execute a healthcare proxy in Mississippi: Find 2 adults to serve as witnesses. Review witness restrictions to ensure eligibility. Get the document notarized (standard practice, not required). 2 witnesses must be physically present, so the signing cannot be completed remotely

Yes. Mississippi has adopted the Uniform Health-Care Decisions ActMiss. Code Ann. § 41-41-205(10)Verified Jul 15, 2026, which honors out-of-state directives executed in compliance with their state of execution. Mississippi adopted UHCDA (Laws 1998, ch. 542). Per Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-205(10), an advance health-care directive is valid "regardless of when or where executed or communicated" — but only if it complies with §§ 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 (the Mississippi chapter). The statute does not honor directives merely because they were valid under the law of the place of execution or the principal's domicile. The document portability tool covers reciprocity rules in detail.