Miss. Code § 47-5-145

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 47-5-145 - Offender's petition for change of name; prohibitions; exceptions
(1)
(a) No offender shall have standing to file a change of name petition with the chancery court;
(b) No chancellor shall grant a change of name pet for an offender; and
(c) No chancery clerk shall file a change of name petition for an offender.
(2) A chancellor may change the name of an offender if:
(a) A district attorney files a change of name pet on behalf of an offender;
(b) A sheriff of a county in which a person is incarcerated files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender;
(c) The Commissioner of the Mississippi Department Corrections, or his or her designee, files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender; or
(d) A Mississippi Department of Corrections Chaplin files a change of name petition on behalf of an offender.

Miss. Code § 47-5-145

Added by Laws, 2022, ch. 425, SB 2263,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2022.
Repealed by Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
§ 47-5-143. [Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 45; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 10]
§ 47-5-145. [Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 48]