Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (2026)
State custodian of books authorized to certify copies; admissibility of copies
✓ current as of July 2026
All public officers in this state having the charge or custody of any public books, records, papers, or writings, are authorized to certify copies of the same.
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 235; 1871, § 814; 1880, § 1632; 1892, § 1791; 1906, § 1968; Hemingway's 1917, § 1628; 1930, § 1564; 1942, § 1725; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 88, eff. 7/1/1991.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2021 · leading case: Monroe v. State, 515 So. 2d 860 (Miss. 1987).
Monroe v. State, 515 So. 2d 860 (Miss. 1987). “He refers to Miss. Code Ann. 13-1-77 (1972). That section provides: State custodian of books authorized to certify copies; admissibility of copies.”
Stringer v. State, 500 So. 2d 928 (Miss. 1986). “Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (1972) allows admission of public records into evidence where they are certified by their custodian.”
Smith v. State, 729 So. 2d 1191 (Miss. 1998). “Miss.Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (1972) allows admission of public records into evidence where they are certified by their custodian.”
Cox v. State, 586 So. 2d 761 (Miss. 1991). “We think this was the purpose of Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (1972). Our statute provides that a certified copy from the custodial state officer "shall be received in evidence in all cases.”
McIlwain v. State, 700 So. 2d 586 (Miss. 1997). “Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 and M.R.E. 1005 specifically provide that abstracts of records are admissible to prove prior convictions.”
King v. State, 527 So. 2d 641 (Miss. 1988). “The state points out that in this pre-Rules of Evidence case Miss. Code Ann. 13-1-77 (1972) provides that a custodian of public records may certify copies of records which shall be received in evidence as would the originals.”
Weed v. State, 406 So. 2d 24 (Miss. 1981). “1969); Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (1972) (chancery court records); and Miss.”
Rawan Hayaf, LLP, Ali M. Saleh, Hayaf Saleh & Sena Edha v. Herb Frierson, in his Off. Capacity as the Comm'r of Revenue of the Mississippi Dep't of Revenue (Miss. Ct. App. 2021). “2013); see also Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (Rev. 2012) (providing “[a]ll public officers in this state having the charge or custody of any public books, records, papers, or writings, are authorized to certify copies of the same”); M.”
Jerry McIlwain, Jr. v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1995). “In attempting to prove the conviction, the State presented an abstract of McIlwain's prior court record with an attached blank waiver of rights and entry of guilty plea form.”
Clyde Wendell Smith v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1993). “Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-77 (1972) allows admission of public records into evidence where they are certified by their custodian.”
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