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.
