All public officers in this state having the charge or custody of any public books, records, papers, or writings, are authorized to certify copies of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77
State custodian of books authorized to certify copies; admissibility of copies
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Stringer v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Smith v. State (December 1998)
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 235; 1871, § 814; 1880, § 1632; 1892, § 1791; 1906, § 1968; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1628; 1930, § 1564; 1942, § 1725; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 88, eff from a…
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