All records regarding such adoption shall be confidential. Anyone violating or releasing information of a confidential nature, as contemplated by Sections 93-17-51 through 93-17-67 without the approval of the court with jurisdiction or the Department of Child Protection Services unless such release is made pursuant to Sections 93-17-201 through 93-17-223 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment of six (6) months, or both.Laws, 1979, ch. 510, § 7; Laws, 1992, ch. 306, § 16, eff. 7/1/1992.Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 516, HB 1149,§ 88, eff. 7/1/2023.
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