Mississippi Court Records

Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC) holds dockets for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the youth courts and each county's chancery and circuit courts. Users pick a court and log in; MEC and its public access accounts (PAMEC) charge fees, paid online.

Justice and municipal court records are kept by those courts in each county and city.

Mississippi divorces are chancery court cases kept by the chancery clerk of the county, who issues certified copies of the decree. The file is open at the clerk's office unless the chancellor seals it or a document in it. The Rule 8.05 financial statement required by the Uniform Chancery Court Rules, a detailed written statement of income, expenses, assets and liabilities with the prior year's tax returns or W-2s, goes to the opposite party and only a certificate of compliance is filed, so the file holds the final judgment of divorce, any incorporated property settlement agreement and the orders on alimony and the marital estate.

Mississippi Electronic Courts carries the dockets of every chancery court for registered users, but internet access to the documents in divorce cases is limited to counsel of record and court staff, so the file is read at the courthouse, and copies come from the chancery clerk. The Mississippi asset search page explains what the 8.05 statement lists.