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Mississippi court records

Who holds it: State judiciary with county-based trial courts: Circuit (felonies, civil suits), Chancery (equity, divorce, wills, guardianships, land), County Court (24 counties), Justice Court (small claims to $3,500, misdemeanors, rural traffic), Municipal Courts; clerks are county officials (Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk)1

Last checked against official sources on .

On this page
  1. Older records and indexes
  2. More details
  3. Related records in Mississippi
  4. How Mississippi handles it
  5. Court records in Mississippi counties with a full guide
  6. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  7. Sources

Fees

PAMEC: $0.20 per page of search results (no-match searches billed as one page), billed monthly, plus an annual renewal fee2

Statewide case search

MEC / PAMEC (Public Access to Mississippi Electronic Courts): one registered login views dockets and documents in participating courts; registration at pamecapps.mec.ms.gov/onlinereg3

Older records and indexes

Statewide coverage
Electronic filing completed statewide (AOC news item dated July 2, 2025)4

More details

Circuit
Circuit Courts hear felony prosecutions and civil lawsuits and appeals from County, Justice and Municipal courts1
Appellate
Supreme Court/Court of Appeals public docket on the courts.ms.gov home page; notice of appeal filing fee $200.00 plus the cost of preparing the record on appeal; appellate clerk copies minimum $0.50 per page ($2.00 per page from bound volumes)5
Justice municipal
Justice Courts (county) and 239 Municipal Courts keep their own misdemeanor/traffic records1
Criminal history checks: state repository
Mississippi Department of Public Safety name-based background check (online via ms.gov)6
Criminal history checks: fee
$32.00 per request, by card; up to 30 calendar days6
Criminal history checks: who may order
Only the person the record belongs to; no business or third-party requests (results may be released to a third party the individual designates)6
Divorce records: who holds it
Chancery Clerk of the county where the divorce was granted (certified decree)7

How Mississippi handles it

  • Two judicial districts (two courthouses, each with Chancery and Circuit clerk offices): Bolivar, Carroll, Chickasaw, Harrison, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha8
  • Chancery Clerk is the county land-records office and clerk of the Chancery Court (divorce, probate, guardianship) and also clerk to the Board of Supervisors' tax-roll/appeal work9
  • Marriage records split: license at Circuit Clerk; state copy at MSDH except July 1938-Dec 194110

Court records in Mississippi counties with a full guide

The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.

CountyOfficeSearch onlineFee
DeSoto County—Justice Court11—
Harrison County—Circuit Court12
County Court12
Chancery Court13		—
Hinds County—Hinds County Circuit Court14
Hinds County Court15
Hinds County Justice Court16		—
Jackson County—Chancery Court17—
Rankin County———

For any other county, see the county list on the Mississippi guide.

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Mississippi office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

Rules in other states: court records in every state. Everything else in Mississippi: Mississippi public records guide.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 17 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Trial Courts - About the CourtsMississippi Judiciary / Administrative Office of Courtsarchived copy
  2. PAMEC (Non-Attorney) Terms and ConditionsMississippi Electronic Courts
  3. MEC General Information - What is MEC?Mississippi Judiciary / Administrative Office of Courts
  4. Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC)Mississippi Judiciary / Administrative Office of Courts
  5. Office of the Clerk FAQ (Supreme Court / Court of Appeals)Mississippi Judiciary
  6. DPS - Name-Based Background CheckMississippi Department of Public Safety (ms.gov portal)
  7. Find Divorce RecordsMississippi State Department of Health
  8. Chancery Court Clerks (directory PDF)Mississippi Judiciary / Administrative Office of Courts
  9. Local Property Appraisal (Mississippi's Property Tax System)Mississippi Department of Revenue
  10. Vital Records in MississippiMississippi State Department of Health
  11. Justice CourtDeSoto County, MS
  12. Harrison County, MS - HomeHarrison County Board of Supervisors
  13. Chancery CourtHarrison County Chancery Clerk
  14. Hinds County Circuit Court Civil Case QueryHinds County Board of Supervisors (co.hinds.ms.us)
  15. Hinds County Court Civil Case QueryHinds County Board of Supervisors (co.hinds.ms.us)
  16. Hinds County Justice Court Civil Docket (header only archived)Hinds County Board of Supervisors (co.hinds.ms.us)
  17. Chancery CourtJackson County, Mississippi