Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 3 - Registration of Live Births
Subchapter 16 - Amendments to Birth Certificate
Rule 15-5-85-3.16.4

At the discretion of the State Registrar and commensurate with the age of the person named on the certificate, all or part of the requirements for documentary evidence may be waived. Conversely, should there be any question concerning the validity of the affidavit or documentary evidence, the State Registrar may require a Mississippi chancery court order prior to making the correction. Anyone giving false information in such affidavit shall be subjected to the penalties of perjury. Attempts to change a record though fraudulent means will result in no change to the record and all documents pertaining to the record will be turned over to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-27