Section 93-17-63 – Confidentiality

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Mississippi

All records regarding such adoption shall be confidential. Anyone violating or releasing information of a confidential nature, as contemplated by Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 without the approval of the court with jurisdiction or the State Department of Public Welfare unless such release is made pursuant to Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment of six (6) months, or both.

Miss. Code § 93-17-63

Laws, 1979, ch. 510, § 7; Laws, 1992, ch. 306, § 16, eff. 7/1/1992.