State of Mississippi Divorce Records

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Obtaining Divorce Records In Mississippi

You can write to the Mississippi department of health below.

Vital Records, State Dept of Health
PO Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215

Ph: (601) 576-7960
Fax: (601) 576-7505

The center has records since January 1926.

It costs $15 to perform an index search for each 5-year increment

A Personal check or money order will need to be made payable to the Mississippi State Department of Health. Phone (601) 576-7450 to verify the current fees, this will be a recorded message on how to apply. More information is also available from the Mississippi State Department of Health website.

Mississippi Divorce Records MS:

Mississippi is the 31st most populous state in the United States of America. Its prominent neighbors are Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, the Gulf of Mexico and Arkansas. The powerful Mississippi river is the most important feature of the state and it flows on its western side. Jackson is the capital of the state and also its biggest city. The climate is mostly of humid sub tropical nature with mild winters.

In the year 2004, 2.03 divorces happened for every 1000 citizens in the state of Mississippi. A divorce in the state of Mississippi is not considered legal unless a divorce document has been issued approving of the annulment of the concerned marriage. This same document is used to maintain Mississippi divorce papers. Since the year 1926, the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics has been managing the work of maintaining divorce records in the state. Mississippi divorce certificates can come under the public or the private purview depending upon the option chosen by the divorcees. A person’s second marriage will not be considered legal unless he can produce a divorce document for his first marriage on demand and then this claim is cross checked with the divorce records.

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