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 8 - Delayed Registration of Birth by Affidavit
Rule 15-5-85-3.8.1 - Delayed registration for a child less than six (6) years of age
Current through September 24, 2024
The delayed certificate of birth shall be signed and sworn to before a notary public by two individuals competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of the facts stated therein. These individuals shall be selected from the following in order of priority:
1. The parents of the applicant child, or in the absence of one parent,
2. The custodial parent of the child and a member of the child's family no more than one degree removed, who would have reason to know the facts of the birth, or in absence of such person,
3. The custodial parent of the child and any person who would have reason to know the facts of the birth, or in the absence of such person,
4. The legal guardian of the applicant child, or the legal guardian of any person who would have reason to know the facts of birth, or in absence of such persons,
5. Any two adults having personal knowledge of the facts of birth.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7
