Mississippi § 27-3-19 - Official seal.

§ 27-3-19. Official seal.

The Department of Revenue shall have a seal which shall be in the form of a circle with the image of an eagle in the center and around the margin the words: “Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Revenue,” and under the image of the eagle the word: “Official.” The seal, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Revenue, may be of a raised or engraved design or printed. The Commissioner of Revenue or any employee of the Department of Revenue in the performance of duties assigned to the Commissioner of Revenue or to the Department of Revenue shall affix the seal prescribed in this section to every document where required by law, and to every certificate and other official paper executed by the Commissioner of Revenue or in his name under his authority where necessary or proper; and all documents authenticated with the seal and signed by the commissioner or issued under his name shall be received 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; and all copies of papers in the office of the Department of Revenue, certified by the Commissioner of Revenue and authenticated by the seal, shall be accepted in all matters equally and in like manner as the original.