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Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-61

Confidentiality of records and information; penalty for disclosure

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. Lawall (2002)

Most recently applied in Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. Lawall (October 2002)

Laws, 1986, ch. 448, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1986.

(1) Records and information involving court proceedings conducted pursuant to Section 41-41-55 shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed other than to the minor, her attorney and necessary court personnel. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the keeping of statistical records and information as long as the anonymity of the minor is in no way compromised.

(2) Any person who shall disclose any records or information made confidential pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.

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.