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 15-5-85-3.8.14 - Closure of delayed birth files

Any application for a delayed certificate not completed within one year from date of application may be dismissed at the discretion of the State Registrar. Upon dismissal, the State Registrar shall advise the applicant of his or her decision and all documents submitted in support of such registration shall be returned to the applicant. No refund of fees shall be made.

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