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 15-5-85-3.8.9
Current through September 24, 2024
Delayed registration when the applicant is six (6) years of age or over For an individual six (6) years of age or over, the delayed certificate of birth shall be signed and sworn to before a notary public by two (2) individuals, selected in the following order of priority, who are competent to sign and swear to the accuracy of the facts stated therein:
1. The person whose birth is to be registered, if that person is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or
2. One or both of the parents of the applicant, or
3. The legal guardian of the applicant, or
4. The next of kin of the applicant, or
5. Any adult having personal knowledge of the facts of birth.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7
