Any copy of the records of birth, sickness or death, when properly certified to by the state registrar of vital statistics, to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. A facsimile signature of the registrar shall be sufficient for certification when the certificate shall have impressed thereon the seal of the Mississippi Department of Public Health.
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§ 41-57-3. State registrar of vital records; safeguarding of records
§ 41-57-5. State may be divided into registration districts
§ 41-57-7. Board of health to formulate a system for gathering statistics
§ 41-57-9. Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
§ 41-57-11. Payment for birth and death certificates
§ 41-57-15. Board of supervisors may appropriate funds for perfecting registration of records
§ 41-57-19. Proceedings to adjudicate true date of birth of person whose birth was not registered
§ 41-57-25. Birth certificate furnished free to armed forces volunteer