It is the policy of this state that public records shall be available for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this chapter; furthermore, providing access to public records is a duty of each public body and automation of public records must not erode the right of access to those records. As each public body increases its use of, and dependence on, electronic record keeping, each public body must ensure reasonable access to records electronically maintained, subject to records retention.
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-2
State policy regarding access to public records
Known as the Mississippi Public Records Act
The act spans §§ 25–25 (15 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 740 So. 2d 925 - MS DEPT. OF WILDLIFE v. Wildlife Enf. Off. (1999)
Most recently applied in Mississippi Department of Corrections v. Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (April 2017)
Laws, 1996, ch. 537, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 1996.
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Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.