Miss. Code § 97-11-17

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 97-11-17 - Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers

If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to make out and deliver within a reasonable time to the person having demanded and paid in advance the statutory charge for a certified copy of any paper, record, judgment, decree or entry on file, which is lodged or remaining in his office, such clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office.

Codes, 1880, § 2395; 1892, § 1232; 1906, § 1308; Hemingway's 1917, § 1041; 1930, § 1073; 1942, § 2306; Laws, 1971, ch. 487, § 1, eff. 3/31/1971.