Where there has been a bona fide effort to register a birth and the certificate thereof on file with the office of vital records does not divulge all of the information required by said certificate, or such certificate contains an incorrect first name, middle name, or sex, then the state registrar of vital records may, in his discretion, correct such certificate upon affidavit of at least two (2) reputable persons having personal knowledge of the facts in relation thereto. All other alterations shall be made as provided in Section 41-57-23. Anyone giving false information in such affidavit shall be subject to the penalties of perjury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-21
Proceedings to correct incomplete birth certificate or birth certificate having incorrect first name, middle name, place or sex
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 708 So. 2d 67 - Dunn v. Mississippi State Dept. of Health (1998)
Most recently applied in In Re RW Heilig (February 2003)
Codes, Hemingway’s 1917, § 4868; 1930, § 4904; 1942, § 7060; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1938, ch. 269; Laws, 1942, ch. 307; Laws, 1944, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 400; Laws, …
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