Mississippi § 5-3-63 - Recording testimony under oath.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 5-3-63 — Recording testimony under oath., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-3-63. Recording testimony under oath.
Whenever making a performance evaluation or an expenditure review, the committee may require that testimony be given under oath, which may be administered by the chairman or by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and may require that such testimony be recorded by an official court reporter or deputy, or by some other competent person, under oath, which report, when written and certified and approved by such person as being the direct transcript of the testimony, proceedings, or documents, expenditure review or performance evaluation, shall be prima facie a correct statement of said testimony, proceedings or documents, provided that such person’s signature to such certificate be duly acknowledged by him before a notary public or some judicial official of this state.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-3-63 ("Recording testimony under oath.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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