15 Miss. Code. R. 5-85-3.21.1 - Change of name by court order
A name change, which is not a correction to the birth facts shall, upon receipt of a certified court order and required fee, be added to the birth certificate as a marginal notation of the fact. The birth name shall not be eradicated and the name changed shall not be put in the birth name place. The face of the certificate shall be stamped to indicate the legal authority under which the name was changed and the date of the change.
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