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Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (2026)

Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record

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Any person who shall deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter or who charges an unreasonable fee for providing a public record may be liable civilly in his personal capacity in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per violation, plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.

Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 8; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 19, eff. 8/5/2008 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965); Laws, 2011, ch. 310, § 2, eff. 7/1/2011.

Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 416, HB 928, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1988–2018 · leading case: Mississippi Dep't of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks v. Mississippi Wildlife Enf't Officers' Ass'n, 740 So. 2d 925 (Miss. 1999).
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Mississippi Dep't of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks v. Mississippi Wildlife Enf't Officers' Ass'n, 740 So. 2d 925 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 14× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (1999) (emphasis added).”
Timothy Gene Pryer v. Thomas Gardner, III, 247 So. 3d 1245 (Miss. 2018). · cites it 12× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (Rev. 2010). More than three years after filing the complaint, Pryer filed a motion for leave to amend it to add a Public Records Act claim against Circuit Judge Thomas Gardner, III.”
Harrison Cnty. Dev. Com'n v. Kinney, 920 So. 2d 497 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (Rev.2003). HCDC claims that it should be entitled to a presumption of good faith as a matter of public policy because of its efforts in trying to accommodate Kinney's requests.”
Ms Dept. of Wildlife v. Wildlife Enf. Off., 740 So. 2d 925 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 15× “Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (1999) (emphasis added).”
Mississippi Dep't of Audit v. Gulf Publ'g Co., Inc., 236 So. 3d 32 (Miss. 2017). · cites it 66× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (Rev. 2010). FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY2 ¶5.”
Johnson v. Delta-Democrat Pub. Co., 531 So. 2d 811 (Miss. 1988). “In the second suit the appellee, Delta Democrat-Times sued the City of Greenville and its council members for alleged willful and knowing violations of the Public Records Act of 1983, § 25-61-15, Miss. Code Ann. (Supp. 1986), based on a refusal to release records showing costs…”
Lacroix v. Marshall Cnty. Bd. of Sup'rs, 28 So. 3d 650 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “" *663 Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (emphasis added).”
LaCroix v. Marshall Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 28 So. 3d 650 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (emphasis added).”
Mississippi Dep't of Audit v. Gulf Publ'g Co., Inc., 235 So. 3d 1452 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “Therefore, the Auditor was liable for attorney’s fees and expenses resulting from the contempt; (8) GP was awarded attorney’s fees under the MPRA (Miss.Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (Supp.2015)), the MLAA ( Miss.”
Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks v. Wildlife Enf't Officers' Ass'n, Inc. (Miss. 1997). · cites it 13× “Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-15 (1999) (emphasis added).”
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