Offender’s petition for change of name; prohibitions; exceptions

Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-145, under Correctional System.

Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-145

(1) (a) No offender shall have standing to file a change of name petition with the chancery court;(b) No chancellor shall grant a change of name pet for an offender; and(c) No chancery clerk shall file a change of name petition for an offender.

(b) No chancellor shall grant a change of name pet for an offender; and

(c) No chancery clerk shall file a change of name petition for an offender.

(2) A chancellor may change the name of an offender if:(a) A district attorney files a change of name pet on behalf of an offender;(b) A sheriff of a county in which a person is incarcerated files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender;(c) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department Corrections, or his or her designee, files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender; or(d) A Mississippi Department of Corrections Chaplin files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender.

(a) A district attorney files a change of name pet on behalf of an offender;

(b) A sheriff of a county in which a person is incarcerated files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender;

(c) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department Corrections, or his or her designee, files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender; or

(d) A Mississippi Department of Corrections Chaplin files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender.