Any person who shall deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter or who charges an unreasonable fee for providing a public record may be liable civilly in his personal capacity in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation, plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 25 - Public Officers and Employees; Public Records
Chapter 61 - Public Access to Public Records
§ 25-61-1. Short title; legislative policy regarding right of access to records
§ 25-61-2. State policy regarding access to public records
§ 25-61-9. Trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial information
§ 25-61-11. Records exempted or privileged by law
§ 25-61-11.1. Exemption for private information of persons possessing a weapon permit
§ 25-61-11.2. Exemption for certain information technology records
§ 25-61-15. Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record
§ 25-61-17. Chapter not to affect legislature's regulation of own proceedings and records access