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Mississippi Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25, Public Officers and Employees; Public Records

30 chapters · 643 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 25643 Ch 11, Social Security and Public Employees…71 Ch 1, Public Officers; General Provisions65 Ch 53, Mississippi Department of Informatio…60 Ch 3, Salaries and Compensation49 Ch 7, Fees45 Ch 9, Statewide Personnel System43 Ch 43, Administrative Procedures34 Ch 4, Ethics in Government29 Ch 34, Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts29 Ch 15, Group Insurance for Public Employees26 Ch 31, District Attorneys26 Ch 13, Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System24 Ch 5, Removals From Office19 Ch 55, Lost Records17

16 sections·Filtered byTitle 25✕Ch 59✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Archives and Records Management Law of 1981.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-11 Transfer of responsibility and title from central records storage facility to state records center
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The central records storage facility shall become the state records center. The commission of budget and accounting is hereby authorized to transfer the responsibility for the operation of the facility to the department of archives and history. The commission shall also transfer …
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-13 Procedures for transfer of records to the department of archives and history
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(a) The transfer of records to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be in accordance with the following:(a) Agencies and appointed or elected officials are hereby authorized and empowered to turn over to the department any records no longer in current official…
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-15 Records management duties of state agencies and officials
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(a) It shall be the duty of each state agency and each appointed or elected state official to:(a) Cooperate with the department in complying with the provisions of this chapter.(b) Establish and maintain an active and continuing program for the economical and efficient management…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-17 Record control schedules for courts; destruction of court records

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The Mississippi Supreme Court may, by rule of the court, provide for the development of records control schedules for the various and several courts in the Mississippi judiciary system, provided that the director of the department of archives and history shall be consulted prior …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-19 Records to be public property

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Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2, all records created or received in the performance of public duty and paid for by public funds are deemed to be public property and shall constitute a record of public acts.

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-21 Consent of director required for disposal of public records; rules and regulations

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No person may destroy, sell, loan or otherwise dispose of any public record without the consent of the director. The department shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, which shall be binding on all state agencies and appointed and elected…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-23 Penalties for offenses involving records

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The theft, or deliberate alienation, alteration or destruction of records by any person or persons in a manner not authorized by an applicable records control schedule, or the unlawful divulging of restricted information under this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishab…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-25 Limitation on personal liability; closed or restricted records; compliance with requirements as to location for keeping records

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(1) No person acting in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be held personally liable. If it becomes necessary for archivists or records analysts on the staff of the department to inspect closed or restricted records in order to appraise them for archival signifi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-27 Records to be open for public use; exceptions; disposal of closed and restricted records

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All records for which title has been transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History shall be open for public use at a reasonable time and place under rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History wi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-29 Reproduction of records and storage of copies; destruction of originals

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Any custodian of public records as defined by this chapter is authorized to reproduce any part of the records kept by the office concerned unless otherwise prohibited by law or withheld from reproduction in the public interest. Such copies shall be produced by equipment and syste…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-3 Definitions

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(a) For the purposes of this chapter:(a) “Department” shall mean the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.(b) “Public records” shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, films, sound recordings or other materials regardless of physical f…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-31 Transition from existing program of reproduction and destruction of records

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In order to provide for an orderly implementation of this chapter, the department shall not disrupt the current microfilming and destruction of public records pursuant to law. Provided, however, that such agencies shall make no further disposition of public records without the ap…

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-5 Department of archives and history to be archival and records management agency

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The archival and records management agency of the state of Mississippi shall be the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-7 State records committee; duties as to records control schedules

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There is hereby created the state records committee to be composed of the governor, state registrar of vital records, state auditor of public accounts, secretary of state and the director of the department of archives and history, or their designated representatives. It shall be …

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-59-9 Powers and duties of department of archives and history

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(a) The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, with respect to the Mississippi Archives and Records Management Law, shall have the following powers and duties:(a) The department may make and enter into contracts and agreements with other agencies, organizations, associat…