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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-11-17: Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 11. Offenses Involving Public Officials
If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to make out and deliver within a reasonable time to the person having demanded and paid in advance the statutory charge for a certified copy of any paper, record, judgment, decree or entry on file, which is lodged or remaining in his office, such clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office.
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