Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics › Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics › Chapter 2 - Records Certification and Service Fees › Subchapter 3 - Certification and Service Fees › Rule 15-5-85-2.3.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The State Registrar may, in his or her discretion and
						upon receipt of a request and fee established herein, furnish certified copies,
						verification of information, or non-certified copies of records and reports on
						file. The fee for each service requested shall be as delineated below. The fee
						for the certified birth certificate is inclusive of the one dollar ($1.00) fee
						required under §
											41-57-11(2) for
						the Mississippi Children's Trust Fund.
1. Birth Record, Death Record, and
					 Statistical Report of Marriage: Seventeen dollars ($17.00) for the first
					 certified copy of a record on file. Six dollars ($6.00) for each additional
					 certified copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
2. Statistical Report of Divorce and
					 Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth: Seventeen dollars ($17.00) for
					 one non-certified copy of a report on file.
3. Amendment (Correction or change to record
					 or report): Twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) for court order or affidavit
					 amendment to record or report on file. Fee includes one certified copy of the
					 amended record. Additional certified copies of the amended record ordered at
					 the time of amendment shall be six dollars ($6.00) for each copy.
4. Creation of Delayed Record for filing:
					 Twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) for a creating, by court order or affidavit, a
					 record one (1) year or more after the date of the event. A request for the
					 record must be submitted and a finding of 'Not on File' must be made prior to a
					 request to create a delayed record for filing. The fee includes the issuance of
					 one certified copy of the record filed. The fee for additional copies of the
					 record ordered at the time of filing shall be six dollars ($6.00) for each
					 additional copy. If the creation of a delayed record is determined to be
					 fraudulent, the entire fee will be retained and the record will not be filed,
					 or if it has already been filed when it is determined to be fraudulent the
					 record will be removed from the files.
5. Creation of an Adoption Record: Fifty-five
					 dollars ($55.00) for creation of an adoption record for filing. Fee includes
					 one certified copy of the birth record created from the adoption decree. Six
					 dollars ($6.00) for each additional copy ordered at the same time as the
					 filing.
6. Disclosure from Adoption
					 Record: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for disclosure of identifying or
					 non-identifying information from adoption files. Licensed adoption agencies
					 shall be charged a fee of six dollars ($6.00) for verification of affidavit or
					 contact status when State File Number and date of adoption can be provided,
					 seventeen dollars ($17.00) will be charged when this information is unknown.
					 Note: disclosure and verification shall be made only in accordance with
					 Mississippi Code sections
					 93-17-203 through
					 93-17-223.
7. Extended Search of Records: Requests for a
					 record search which cover multiple years, multiple counties or multiple names
					 for the same record shall be charged at twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) per
					 hour.
8. Research and Genealogy:
					 The fee for research and genealogy plain paper copy records shall be the same
					 as the fee for certified copies of the respective certificate, report or
					 search.
9. The full first copy fee
					 shall be retained on all requests that result in a finding of 'not on
					 file'.
10. Expedited Service: In
					 situations where faster service is warranted a fee may be applied as outlined
					 in Office of Vital Records policies.
Miss. Code
						Ann. §
												41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-57-7; Miss. Code Ann. §
												41-57-13