Records in the possession of the Mississippi Department of Health, bureau of vital statistics, which would be of no legitimate and tangible interest to a person making a request for access to such records, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983; provided, however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person with a legitimate and tangible interest in such records from having access thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-2
Certain persons not entitled to access to records
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Birkhead v. State (2011)
Most recently applied in Birkhead v. State (February 2011)
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 19, eff from and after July 1, 1982.
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