City guide · Gulfport, Mississippi · Details last checked Oct 31, 2026

Gulfport, Mississippi document errands: printing, fax, notary, passports and certified copies (2026)

Where to print, fax, notarize, apply for a passport and get certified copies in Gulfport, Mississippi, using only official and provider pages. Each fact links to its source. Some facts are statewide or national rather than local. We label those.

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Short version: Harrison County Library System copies are 15¢ a page and sending a fax is $3.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after that ^[1]. The Harrison County Chancery Clerk's Gulfport courthouse office takes passport applications weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and takes photos for $15.00 ^[2]. Birth certificates come from the state health department, not the county: $17, and $6 for each extra copy ordered at the same time (statewide) ^[3].

Two county courthouses: Gulfport is entirely in Harrison County ^[4], which runs two judicial districts: Judicial District 1 at 1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, (228) 865-4036, and Judicial District 2 at 730 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Biloxi ^[5]. You can use either Chancery Clerk office for passports ^[2].

Closures (checked Oct 31, 2026): the Chancery Clerk's home page says the Gulfport Records Vault is closed to the public; it says to see a vault clerk or call 228-865-4021 ^[5]. The Records Vault page lists (228) 865-4121 for the Gulfport vault staff ^[6]. If one number doesn't answer, try the other. The clerk lists office closures on November 11 (Veterans Day), November 26 (Thanksgiving) and December 25, 2026 (Christmas) ^[5]. We didn't find any current hurricane-related office moves.

Printing, copying, scanning and fax

Harrison County Library System (HCLS)

Printing: public computers are free to use, but you pay for all prints ^[7]. We didn't find the per-page print price on the HCLS pages we checked.
Copying: copiers are at most branches: 15¢ a page black and white (letter or legal) and 30¢ a page color ^[1].
Fax: at most locations. Sending is $3.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after that; international is $5.00 for the first page and $3.00 for each page after that; receiving is 15¢ a page ^[1].
Scanning: we didn't find scanning details on the HCLS pages we checked.
Gulfport Public Library: 1708 25th Ave., 228-871-7171. Open Monday–Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday–Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Sunday ^[8]. The Census Geocoder places it inside Gulfport city ^[9].

The UPS Store: it lists 1 location in Gulfport: 45 Hardy Court Shopping Ctr., (228) 867-7070. Its city page says its stores offer packing, shipping, printing, shredding, notarizing, faxing and mailbox services ^[10]. We didn't find prices on the store pages; The UPS Store's site says products, services, prices and hours may vary by location ^[11]. The Census Geocoder didn't match this address, so we haven't confirmed that it's inside city limits ^[9].

See printing prices and fax prices.

Notary in Gulfport

Harrison County Library System: we didn't find a notary service on the HCLS pages we checked.
Harrison County Chancery Clerk: we didn't find a public notary service on its pages.
The UPS Store: its Gulfport page lists notarizing ^[10].
Fees (statewide law): Mississippi law says a notarial officer may charge up to $5.00 for services ^[12]. The Secretary of State's notary rules set the same $5.00 maximum per signature for acknowledgments, jurats and signature witnessings, and say "A notary public need not charge for notarial acts." A notary may add a travel fee under set conditions, an employer may bar fees on work time, and the fee is waived for an absentee voter application or ballot ^[13]. Ask for the price before the notary starts.
Proposed change (not in effect as far as we found): a proposed-rule filing on the Secretary of State's site would raise the maximum to $10.00 for most notarial acts ($5.00 for certifying an electronic document) and allow up to $25.00 for an electronic notarization ^[14]. We didn't find that it has been adopted; the current rules above still list $5.00 ^[13]. Confirm with the notary or the Secretary of State's Notary Division, 601-359-1615 ^[15].

Passports in Gulfport

The U.S. Department of State's Passport Acceptance Facility Locator data lists 2 facilities in Gulfport. The Census Geocoder places both inside Gulfport city in Harrison County ^[16][9]:

Facility	Address and phone	Passport hours (locator)	Photos
Harrison County Chancery Clerk (Judicial District 1, Gulfport courthouse)	1801 23rd Ave., Gulfport, MS 39501. 228-865-4031	Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m.	Listed as on site
Larkin Smith Station (USPS)	11110 Hwy 49, Gulfport, MS 39503. 228-831-5443	Mon–Fri 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. (closed 1–2); Sat 10:30–11:30 a.m.	Listed as on site

Harrison County Chancery Clerk: its page lists passport hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, matching the locator. Fill in Form DS-11 ahead of time if you like, but don't sign it until you're at the office ^[2]. The locator lists 228-865-4031 for this office ^[16]; the clerk's site lists (228) 865-4036 as the Gulfport main number ^[5].
Chancery Clerk fees and payment: the $35.00 office (acceptance) fee and $15.00 photos can be paid by cash, check, credit card or money order, payable to the Chancery Clerk. The State Department's application fees must be a check or money order; the office can't take cash for them ^[2]. Photos are taken at both the Gulfport and Biloxi courthouse offices ^[2].
Mailing and return-delivery add-ons (Chancery Clerk): the clerk's page lists an optional $32.50 overnight fee to send your application from its office to the processing center, and $26.87 for 1–3 day Priority Mail return delivery. It calls these mail prices approximate, set by the Postal Service ^[2].
Your birth certificate: the clerk notes that an original birth certificate used as proof of citizenship is sent in with the application and returned to you separately later ^[2].
Post office: the locator says to book passport appointments, or see more passport times, at usps.com/scheduler ^[16].
Post office fees (national): a $35.00 acceptance fee and a $15.00 photo fee "if needed" ^[17].
Faster return delivery (national): two official pages list different prices. USPS lists "$22.05—1- to 3- day delivery service for faster return shipping to you from the State Department" ^[17]. The State Department's fee page lists 1–3 business day return delivery at $26.87, for passport books only ^[18]. We couldn't re-read the State Department page on Oct 31, 2026, because it blocked our check. Confirm the fee with the acceptance facility before you pay.

See the passport checklist and passport photo prices.

Birth, death, marriage, court and recorded-document copies

Birth, death and marriage certificates (statewide)

Who issues them (statewide): in Mississippi, certified birth and death certificates come from the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Vital Records office, not from a county office. MSDH's rules make the state the sole registration district ^[19]. MSDH holds birth and death records from November 1912 on ^[20].
Fees (statewide): birth, death and marriage certificates are $17; additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6 ^[3][20]. By state law, $1.00 of each certified copy fee goes to the Children's Trust Fund. If no birth record is found, MSDH issues a Not-On-File certification and still charges the fee ^[21].
In person (statewide office): 222 Marketridge Drive, Ridgeland, Monday–Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed state holidays ^[3][22]. MSDH says you get a birth certificate the same day unless a search is needed; death and marriage copies are mailed within 7–10 business days ^[3]. MSDH's birth certificate page says to bring photo ID ^[21].
Paying in person (MSDH pages differ): MSDH's Q&A says it takes cash, a bank or post office money order, a cashier's check or a credit card in person, and that personal checks aren't accepted ^[3]. Its death and marriage record pages say you may pay by "cash, check, money order, or credit card/debit card" ^[22][23]. Bring something other than a personal check, or call MSDH at 601‑206‑8200 to confirm ^[20].
By mail (statewide): Mississippi Vital Records, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700, with a bank cashier's check or a bank or postal money order payable to Mississippi Vital Records, plus a copy of photo ID; no cash or personal checks ^[21].
By phone or online (statewide): through a private service (VitalChek) by credit card, for an extra fee ^[20][3]. MSDH lists two numbers: its birth certificate page says to call 601‑206‑8200 ^[20], and its Q&A says 1-877-295-4229 ^[3].
For a passport (statewide): MSDH says its certificates are long-form, have a raised seal and can be used to get a passport; it no longer issues short-form birth certificates ^[3].
Divorce (statewide): MSDH doesn't keep divorce records. It offers a $17 five-year divorce index search to find the county; the certified decree comes from that county's Chancery Clerk ^[3].

Marriage licenses

Marriage record copies (statewide): MSDH has marriage records for January 1, 1926 to June 30, 1938, and January 1, 1942 to the present; it says not every marriage is on file, and otherwise to contact the Circuit Clerk in the county of issue ^[23]. For July 1938 through December 1941, only the Circuit Clerk in the county that issued the license has the record ^[3].
Harrison County Circuit Clerk: we couldn't read the county's marriage license and Circuit Clerk fee pages on Oct 31, 2026; they returned a security check instead of the page. So we didn't find the fee, hours or payment rules. Call the Circuit Clerk before you go.

Recorded documents and court records

Recording fees (statewide schedule): the Mississippi Real Property Recording Fees schedule on the Harrison County Chancery Clerk's site, set by Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9 and effective January 1, 2020, lists $26.00 to record a deed or similar document of up to five pages in counties that collect the $1.00 archive fee, and $1.00 for each page after five. It lists Harrison as an archive-fee county ^[24]. The clerk also has an online fee calculator; it says the estimate may differ from the actual fee charged at recording ^[25].
Copies of recorded documents: the same schedule lists copies at $0.50 a page made by the clerk or $0.25 a page if you make them yourself, and $1.00 to certify a complete document ^[24]. Vault staff help the public find and copy records such as deeds, but they can't give legal advice, research titles or do lien searches ^[6]. Remember the Gulfport vault closure above.
Military discharge (DD-214): recording a DD-214 or NGB-22 is free, and the Chancery Clerk gives free certified copies to the veteran, dependents, next of kin or an authorized representative ^[26].
Chancery Court (divorce, estates and similar cases): the Chancery Clerk handles divorce, adoption, estates and similar cases, and its court dockets are online ^[27]. We didn't find copy fees for court files.

Apostilles (statewide)

Fee and rules (statewide): the Mississippi Secretary of State charges $5.00 a document. The document must be notarized by a Mississippi notary or signed by a Mississippi public official; send originals, with a check or money order payable to Secretary of State ^[15]. The Secretary of State also says a notary who doesn't work for the issuing agency may not certify a copy of a government document such as a birth certificate ^[15].
Where to send it (statewide): by mail to Secretary of State, P.O. Box 136, Jackson, MS 39205-0136, Attention: Notary / Apostille / Authentication, with Form 11 ^[28]. For FedEx or UPS the street address is 660 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202; include a prepaid return envelope, or documents come back by regular mail ^[15]. Questions: Notary Division, 601-359-1615 ^[15]. We didn't find walk-in hours or a processing time on that page.

More on certified copies: how to get a certified copy.

Money orders

USPS money order fees are national: $2.65 for $0.01 to $500.00, and $3.75 for $500.01 to $1,000.00. Pay with cash or a debit card, not a credit card. The limit is $1,000 per domestic money order ^[29]. Other sellers: money order guide.

Shredding

Free events: we didn't find an upcoming official free shred day in Gulfport.
The UPS Store: its Gulfport page lists shredding ^[10]. We didn't find prices.

For paid per-pound shredding, see where to shred documents.

Questions

How much does it cost to fax at the Gulfport library?

$3.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each page after that within the U.S.; $5.00 and $3.00 for international ^[1].

Can I pay passport fees with a card in Gulfport?

At the Harrison County Chancery Clerk, the $35.00 office fee and $15.00 photos can go on a credit card; the State Department's fees must be a check or money order ^[2].

How much is a birth certificate in Gulfport?

$17 for the first certified copy and $6 for each extra copy of the same record ordered at the same time, from the Mississippi State Department of Health (statewide) ^[3].

How much can a Mississippi notary charge?

Up to $5.00 (statewide law), and a notary doesn't have to charge at all ^[12][13].

Sources

Sources last checked Oct 29 or Oct 31, 2026, as marked on each, except the locator data file.

Harrison County Library System, "Copier/Faxing": harrison.lib.ms.us/copier-faxing-2 (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Passport Services": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/passports.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Vital Records in Mississippi": msdh.ms.gov/programs-services/public-health-services/vital-records (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
U.S. Census Bureau, "2020 Place by County relationship file, Mississippi": www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/place_by_cou/st28_ms_place_by_county2020.txt (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Home (alerts, holidays and office closures)": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Records Vault": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/recordsvault.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Library System, "Computer Services": harrison.lib.ms.us/computer-services (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Library System, "Gulfport Public Library": harrison.lib.ms.us/libraries/gulfport-public-library (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
U.S. Census Bureau, "Census Geocoder (address to geography lookup)": geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
The UPS Store, "The UPS Store Locations in Gulfport, Mississippi": locations.theupsstore.com/ms/gulfport (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
The UPS Store, "Notary Services Nationwide": theupsstore.com/store-services/notary-services (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi Secretary of State, "Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts (PDF)": sos.ms.gov/sites/default/files/regulation-enforcement/Revised%20Mississippi%20Law%20on%20Notarial%20Acts.pdf (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi Secretary of State, "Notary Rules (PDF)": sos.ms.gov/sites/default/files/regulation-enforcement/Notary%20Rules%20-%20PDF.pdf (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi Secretary of State, "Administrative filing, proposed notary rules (PDF)": sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00025681b.pdf (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi Secretary of State, "Apostilles & Authentications": sos.ms.gov/regulation-enforcement/notaries-apostilles/apostilles-authentications (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
U.S. Department of State, Passport Acceptance Facility Locator (locator data file, downloaded Oct 28, 2026, filtered to Mississippi): passportfacilitylocator.travel.state.gov (last checked Oct 28, 2026)
USPS, "Passports": usps.com/international/passports.htm (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
U.S. Department of State, passport fees page (Last Updated March 19, 2026): travel.state.gov/en/passports/apply/help/fees.html (last checked Oct 29, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Vital Records Rules, October 2025 (PDF)": msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/31,21420,109,pdf/Vital_Records_Rules_Oct_2025.pdf (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Order Mississippi Birth Certificates": msdh.ms.gov/programs-services/public-health-services/vital-records/birth-certificates (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Birth Certificate Application Instructions": msdh.ms.gov/programs-services/public-health-services/vital-records/birth-certificates/birth-certificate-application-instructions (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Death Certificates": msdh.ms.gov/programs-services/public-health-services/vital-records/death-certificates (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi State Department of Health, "Order Marriage Records in Mississippi": msdh.ms.gov/programs-services/public-health-services/vital-records/marriage-records (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Recording (Mississippi Real Property Recording Fees, provided by the Mississippi Chancery Clerk's Association)": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/recording.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Recording fee calculator": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/fees.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Military / DD-214": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/military_dd214.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Harrison County Chancery Clerk, "Chancery Court": harrisoncountymschanceryclerk.gov/chancerycourt.asp (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
Mississippi Secretary of State, "Request for Apostille / Certification, Form 11 (PDF)": sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/Apostille_Certification_Request_form.pdf (last checked Oct 31, 2026)
USPS, "Money Orders": usps.com/shop/money-orders.htm (last checked Oct 31, 2026)

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