81-1-73 - Seal of Department of Banking and Consumer Finance; sealed documents to be used in evidence; certified copies.
§ 81-1-73. Seal of Department of Banking and Consumer Finance; sealed documents to be used in evidence; certified copies.
The department shall have a seal which shall be in the form of a circle with the image of an eagle, with thirteen (13) stars over the head, in the center, and about the margin at the bottom shall appear the words "State of Mississippi"; and about the margin at the top shall appear the words "Department of Banking and Consumer Finance."
Every certificate and other official paper executed by the department under authority of law and sealed with the seal of office shall be used as evidence in all courts, investigations and proceedings authorized by law, and may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as a deed. All copies of papers in the office of the department, certified by the commissioner, or certified by an examiner of the department, and bearing the seal shall be accepted in all matters equally and with like effect as the original. No original papers, except with the consent of the commissioner, shall at any time be removed from the files of the department, and for every purpose, a copy of such original, certified as above set out, is hereby made the equivalent of such original.
Sources: Laws, 1980, ch. 312, § 10; reenacted, 1982, ch. 303, § 10; Laws, 1990 Ex Sess, ch. 46, § 9; Laws, 1993, ch. 442, § 10; Laws, 1994, ch. 622, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 497, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 410, § 10, eff from and after July 1, 2001.