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Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-263

Sealing of records

Known as the Youth Court Law

The act spans §§ 43–43 (102 sections).

Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 29; Laws, 1980, ch. 550, § 12, eff from and after July 1, 1980.

(1) The youth court may order the sealing of records involving children: if the child who was the subject of the cause has attained twenty (20) years of age;

(2) if the youth court dismisses the cause; or

(3) if the youth court sets aside an adjudication in the cause.

(4) The youth court may, at any time, upon its own motion or upon application of a party to a youth court cause, order the sealing or unsealing of the records involving children.

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.