Section 2-701-02-100.01 - Schedule of Feesa. All applicable fees shall be collected by the Board in advance of complying with any request for public records. Pursuant to the Act, the Board establishes the following fees to reimburse the Board for cost of searching, reviewing and/or duplicating and, if applicable, mailing copies of public records. Fees are subject to change. i. $10.00 per hour per person for searching, reviewing and/or duplicating public records. Any part of an hour spent in such activities shall be charged at the full hourly rate.ii. $0.50 per page for each copy. Copies of pages printed on both sides (front and back) shall be considered as two (2) pages for copy charge purposes.iii. $5.00 packing and handling fee shall be charged on all requests for copies of public records to be shipped or mailed.iv. Mailing costs shall be calculated at the applicable rate for each such mailing. If a request involves notice to be given to a third party, the cost of mailing such notice via certified mail return receipt requested shall be charged to the person or entity requesting such public records.
b. All fees charged for searching, reviewing, duplicating or mailing shall be paid prior to the performance of any such searching, reviewing, duplicating or mailing by the Board; provided however, if actual cost exceeds preliminary charges, the additional cost shall be paid by the person requesting such records prior to the release of the records.2 Miss. Code. R. 701-02-100.01
Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-1 et seq.