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 September 24, 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
