Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (2026)
Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
✓ current as of July 2026
Any copy of the records of birth, sickness or death, when properly certified to by the state registrar of vital statistics, to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. A facsimile signature of the registrar shall be sufficient for certification when the certificate shall have impressed thereon the seal of the Mississippi Department of Public Health.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4872; 1930, § 4908; 1942, § 7064; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1960, ch. 352.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases, 1978–2019 · leading case: Birkhead v. State, 57 So. 3d 1223 (Miss. 2011).
Birkhead v. State, 57 So. 3d 1223 (Miss. 2011). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (Rev.2009) (regarding a death certificate, "[a] facsimile signature of the [state registrar of vital statistics] shall be sufficient for certification when the certificate shall have impressed thereon the seal of the Mississippi Department of Public…”
Tirouda v. State, 919 So. 2d 211 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (Rev.2001) ("Any copy of the records of birth, .”
Sonford Prods. Corp. v. Freels, 495 So. 2d 468 (Miss. 1986). “Verlangieri's testimony that within a 90-95% probability, bronchio-alveolar carcinoma, is caused by exposure to chemicals containing pentachoraphenol.”
Thornhill v. Van Dan, 918 So. 2d 725 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9. She claims that this presumption was overcome by testimony and a paternity test that indicates Wilmon is not the biological father of Canyon.”
Haydel v. Aetna Life & Cas. Ins., 365 So. 2d 933 (La. Ct. App. 1978). “We agree with the trial court that the death certificate and verdict, although admissible to show the fact of death, were not admissible for the purpose of establishing the physiological or pharmacological causes of death.”
Sims v. Butler, 42 So. 3d 643 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9. The item brought forth by Melvin not only lacked the proper seal required by section 41-57-9, it merely was a voided copy of a purported certified copy of a delayed birth certificate.”
McKeown v. Pitcock, 79 So. 3d 520 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (Rev.2009). ¶ 24.”
Henry Lee Moody, Jr. v. Physicians Mut. Ins. Co. (11th Cir. 2019). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-9 . Therefore, Moody’s wife’s death was not accidental, and Moody was entitled to only 110% of the paid premiums.”
Richard Earl Birkhead v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2007). “2009) (death 6 See Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (Rev. 2009) (regarding a death certificate, “[a] facsimile signature of the [state registrar of vital statistics] shall be sufficient for certification when the certificate shall have impressed thereon the seal of the Mississippi…”
In Re Est. of Taylor, 42 So. 3d 643 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010). “Miss.Code Ann. § 41-57-9. The item brought forth by Melvin not only lacked the proper seal required by section 41-57-9, it merely was a voided copy of a purported certified copy of a delayed birth certificate.”
Theonia (Ted) Dunn v. Mississippi State Dep't of Health (Miss. 1996). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-9 (1993). Thus, if Ted had successfully prevented Tommie Lee from acquiring his birth certificate, and Tommie Lee had put forth no other evidence in the Tunica County litigation to prove his paternity, then the lack of a birth certificate could…”
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