The state board of public welfare may, in its discretion, destroy or cause to be destroyed, or otherwise disposed of, any and all abandoned applications, closed case files, communications, information, memoranda, records, reports, paid checks, and files, in the office of the state department of public welfare when and as they become three (3) or more completed fiscal years old and which, in the opinion of the state board of public welfare, are no longer useful or necessary.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 1 - Department of Human Services and County Departments of Public Welfare
§ 43-1-4. Powers and duties of department
§ 43-1-5. Duties of department
§ 43-1-9. County department of public welfare
§ 43-1-11. Expenses of county welfare office
§ 43-1-12. Expenditure of municipal or county funds to support public welfare programs
§ 43-1-15. Office of State Department
§ 43-1-17. Cooperation with the federal government
§ 43-1-21. Disposal of abandoned applications, closed case files, and the like