Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2, all records created or received in the performance of public duty and paid for by public funds are deemed to be public property and shall constitute a record of public acts.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 59 - Archives and Records Management
§ 25-59-5. Department of archives and history to be archival and records management agency
§ 25-59-7. State records committee; duties as to records control schedules
§ 25-59-9. Powers and duties of department of archives and history
§ 25-59-13. Procedures for transfer of records to the department of archives and history
§ 25-59-15. Records management duties of state agencies and officials
§ 25-59-17. Record control schedules for courts; destruction of court records
§ 25-59-19. Records to be public property
§ 25-59-21. Consent of director required for disposal of public records; rules and regulations
§ 25-59-23. Penalties for offenses involving records
§ 25-59-27. Records to be open for public use; exceptions; disposal of closed and restricted records
§ 25-59-29. Reproduction of records and storage of copies; destruction of originals
§ 25-59-31. Transition from existing program of reproduction and destruction of records