Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-38 (2026)
Certain judicial records exempt from public access requirements
✓ current as of July 2026
Records in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, which are developed among judges and among judges and their aides, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–1990 · leading case: Buford v. Holladay, 133 F.R.D. 487 (S.D. Miss. 1990).
Buford v. Holladay, 133 F.R.D. 487 (S.D. Miss. 1990). “§ 25-1-102 (attorney work product); Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-38 (judicial records).”
Am. Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mabus, 719 F. Supp. 1345 (S.D. Miss. 1989). “The most pertinent exemption is that for police investigative files, that are "compiled in the process of detecting and investigating any unlawful activity or alleged unlawful activity, the disclosure of which would harm such investigation, would reveal the identity of…”
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