TITLE 25.  PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC RECORDS
CHAPTER 61.  PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-15  (2017)

25-61-15. Penalty for wrongful denial of access to record

Any person who shall deny to any person access to any public record which is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter or who charges an unreasonable fee for providing a public record may be liable civilly in his personal capacity in a sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($ 100.00) per violation, plus all reasonable expenses incurred by such person bringing the proceeding.

SOURCES: Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 8; Laws, 2008, ch. 562, § 19; Laws, 2011, ch. 310, § 2; Laws, 2014, ch. 416, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2014.