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Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-145: Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-145
Where this section sits in the code
- MS Code
- Title 47
(1)(a) No offender shall have standing to file a change of name petition with the chancery court;
(b) No chancellor shall grant a change of name petition for an offender; and
(c) No chancery clerk shall file a change of name petition for an offender.
(2) A chancellor may change the name of an offender if:
(a) A district attorney files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender;
(b) A sheriff of a county in which a person is incarcerated files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender;
(c) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, or his or her designee, files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender; or
(d) A Mississippi Department of Corrections Chaplain files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender.
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