Mississippi: Key lawmaker says state courts need electronic filingSunHerald.com reports: Mississippi needs to move toward an electronic filing system to replace paper documents in state trial courts, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary A Committee says.
Sen. Charlie Ross, R-Brandon, said the change would make public records more readily accessible because people could look up documents from their homes or offices rather than shuffling through stacks of papers at courthouses.
"The courts cannot live in the past," Ross said Monday.
He spoke during a luncheon sponsored by the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University's John C. Stennis Institute of Government
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