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MS Code § 45-27-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 27 - Mississippi Justice Information Center|§ 45-27-21. Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database

 A certified copy of every expunction and nonadjudication order shall be sent by the circuit clerk to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center where it shall be maintained in a separate confidential database accessible only upon written request by a district attorney, a county prosecuting attorney, a municipal court prosecuting attorney, the Attorney General of Mississippi and the Mississippi Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board. Any criminal conviction which has been expunged or nonadjudicated may be used for the purpose of determining habitual offender status and for the use of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board in giving or retaining law enforcement certification, and to ensure that a person is only eligible for first-offender status one (1) time.
MS Code § 45-33-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-21. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose

 The Legislature finds that the danger of recidivism posed by criminal sex offenders and the protection of the public from these offenders is of paramount concern and interest to government. The Legislature further finds that law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, conduct investigations, and quickly apprehend criminal sex offenders are impaired by the lack of information shared with the public, which lack of information may result in the failure of the criminal justice system to identify, investigate, apprehend, and prosecute criminal sex offenders.   The Legislature further finds that the system of registering criminal sex offenders is a proper exercise of the state's police power regulating present and ongoing conduct. Comprehensive registration and periodic address verification will provide law enforcement with additional information critical to preventing sexual victimization and to resolving promptly incidents involving sexual abuse and exploitation. It will allow law enforcement agencies to alert the public when necessary for the continued protection of the community.   Persons found to have committed a sex offense have a reduced expectation of privacy because of the public's interest in safety and in the effective operation of government. In balancing offenders' due process and other rights, and the interests of public security, the Legislature finds that releasing such information about criminal sex offenders to the general public will further the primary governmental interest of protecting vulnerable populations and, in some instances the public, from potential harm.   Therefore, the state's policy is to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities by requiring criminal sex offenders to register, to record their addresses of residence, to be photographed and fingerprinted, and to authorize the release of necessary and relevant information about criminal sex offenders to the public as provided in this chapter, which may be referred to as the Mississippi Sex Offenders Registration Law.
MS Code § 45-33-28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-28. Notification of emergency shelter management of person's sex offender status upon entering shelter during declaration of emergency; notification of law enforcement officials of presence of sex offender in shelter

  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, during a declaration of emergency, any person who has been required to register as a sex offender as provided in this chapter who enters an emergency shelter, within the first twenty-four (24) hours of admittance, shall notify the management of the facility, the sheriff of the county in which the shelter is located and the chief of police of the municipality, if the shelter is located in a municipality, of the person's sex offender status. The sex offender shall provide his full name, date of birth, social security number, and last address of registration prior to the declaration of emergency. Within seventy-two (72) hours of receiving the notification required by the provisions of this subsection, the sheriff and chief of police shall forward that information to the department.   The manager or director of the emergency shelter shall make a reasonable effort to notify the chief law enforcement officer of the county or municipality in which the shelter is located of the presence of the sex offender in the emergency shelter. No person associated with a nonprofit organization that operates an emergency shelter shall be liable for any injury or claim arising out of the failure of the manager or operator to communicate the presence of a sex offender in the shelter to the appropriate law enforcement official.
MS Code § 45-33-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-29. Address change notification; change in enrollment, employment or vocation status at any educational institution; change of employment or name; change of vehicle information; change of e-mail address or other designation used in Internet communications

  Upon any change of address, including temporary lodging, an offender required to register under this chapter is required to personally appear at a Department of Public Safety Driver's License Station not less than ten (10) days before he intends to first reside at the new address.   Upon any change in the status of a registrant's enrollment, employment or vocation at any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade or professional institution or institution of higher education, the offender is required to personally appear at a Department of Public Safety Driver's License Station within three (3) business days of the change.   Upon any change of employment or change of name, a registrant is required to personally appear at a Department of Public Safety Driver's License Station within three (3) business days of the change.   Upon any change of vehicle information, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.   Upon any change of e-mail address or addresses, instant message address or addresses, or any other designation used in Internet communications, postings or telephone communications, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.   Upon any change of information deemed by the department to be necessary to the state's policy to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities, a registrant is required to report the change on an appropriate form supplied by the department within three (3) business days of the change.
MS Code § 45-33-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-31. Reregistration

    Registrants who are in compliance with a program of electronic monitoring under this chapter are required to reregister annually.   All other registrants are required to personally appear at a Department of Public Safety Driver's License Station to reregister every ninety (90) days.     Reregistration includes the submission of current information and photograph to the department and the verification of registration information, including the street address and telephone number of the registrant; name, street address and telephone number of the registrant's employment or status at a school, along with any other registration information that may need to be verified and the payment of any required fees.   A person who fails to reregister and obtain a renewal sex offender registration card as required by this section commits a violation of this chapter. The Department of Public Safety will immediately notify any sheriff or other jurisdiction of any changes in information including residence address, employment and status at a school if that jurisdiction, county or municipality is affected by the change.
MS Code § 45-33-32 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-32. Disclosure by sex offenders volunteering for organizations serving minors under the age of 18

  A person convicted of a sex offense who volunteers for an organization in which volunteers have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify the organization of the person's conviction at the time of volunteering. Such notification must be in writing to the organization. Any organization which accepts volunteers must notify volunteers of this disclosure requirement upon application of the volunteer to serve or prior to acceptance of any of the volunteer's service, whichever occurs first.   If the organization, after notification by the offender as provided in subsection (1), accepts the offender as a volunteer, the organization shall make reasonable attempts to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) involved in the organization of the offender's criminal record.   This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.   Any person previously registered as a sex offender and who has a continuing obligation to be registered as a sex offender shall be notified of the person's duty under this section with the first reregistration form to be sent to the person after July 1, 2004.   If the registered sex offender is currently volunteering for such an organization, the sex offender must resign or notify the organization immediately upon receipt of notice or be subject to the penalties of this chapter.   An organization acting in good faith in making the notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make such notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.
MS Code § 45-33-34 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-34. Notification to the Department of Public Safety regarding reincarceration or commitment of registered sex offender

  The Department of Corrections and all law enforcement agencies shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is arrested or incarcerated for another offense or as the result of having violated probation, parole, conditional discharge or other sentence or court order.   The offender, offender's guardian, offender's conservator or the administrator of the institution shall notify the department when a registered sex offender is committed to a mental institution for a reason other than the initial confinement following an acquittal by reason of insanity for a sex offense.
MS Code § 45-33-36 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-36. Duty of Department of Public Safety to provide sex offender registration information; notification to residents

  Upon receipt of sex offender registration or change of registration information, the Department of Public Safety shall immediately provide the information to:   The National Sex Offender Registry or other appropriate databases;   The sheriff of the county and the chief law enforcement officer of any other jurisdiction where the offender resides, lodges, is an employee or is a student or intends to reside, work, attend school or volunteer;   The sheriff of the county and the chief law enforcement officer of any other jurisdiction from which or to which a change of residence, employment or student status occurs;   The Department of Human Services and any other social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system;   The probation agency that is currently supervising the sex offender;   Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under Section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 USC 5119(a));   Each school and public housing agency in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee or is a student;   All prosecutor offices in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student; and   Any other agencies with criminal investigation, prosecution or sex offender supervision functions in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student.     The Department of Public Safety shall post changes to the public registry website within three (3) business days. Electronic notification will be available via the Internet to all law enforcement agencies, to any volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or vulnerable adults might occur and any organization, company or individual who requests notification pursuant to procedures established by the Department of Public Safety. This provision shall take effect upon the state's receipt and implementation of the Department of Justice software in compliance with the provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.   From and after July 1, 2015, local jurisdictions receiving notification and that have the ability may notify residents when a sex offender begins residing, lodges, becomes employed, volunteers or attends school or intends to reside, lodge, work, attend school or volunteer in the area by using a website, social media, print media, e-mail or may provide a link to the Department of Public Safety website.
MS Code § 45-33-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-37. DNA identification system; convicted sex offender to submit biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis

  The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall develop a plan for and establish a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification system. In implementing the plan, the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall purchase the appropriate equipment. The DNA identification system as established herein shall be compatible with that utilized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.   From and after January 1, 1996, every individual convicted of a sex offense or in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23 shall submit a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis before release from or transfer to a state correctional facility or county jail or other detention facility.   From and after January 1, 1996, any person having a duty to register under Section 45-33-25 for whom a DNA analysis is not already on file shall submit a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis within five (5) working days after registration.   The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall be responsible for the policy management and administration of the state DNA identification record system to support law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and shall:   Promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section; and   Provide for cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other criminal justice agencies relating to the state's participation in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) program and the national DNA identification index or in any DNA database designated by the Forensics Laboratory.     A DNA sample obtained in good faith shall be deemed to have been obtained in accordance with the requirements of this section. Any entry into the database which is found to be erroneous shall not prohibit law enforcement officials from the legitimate use of information in the furtherance of a criminal investigation.
MS Code § 45-33-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-39. Notification to defendant charged with sex offense; notice included on any guilty plea form and judgement and sentence forms

  The court shall provide written notification to any defendant charged with a sex offense as defined by this chapter of the registration requirements of Sections 45-33-25 and 45-33-31. Such notice shall be included on any guilty plea forms and judgment and sentence forms provided to the defendant. The court shall obtain a written acknowledgment of receipt on each occasion.   A court imposing a sentence, disposition or order of commitment following acquittal by reason of insanity shall notify the offender of the registration requirements of Sections 45-33-25 and 45-33-31. The court shall obtain a written acknowledgment of receipt on each occasion.   A court having jurisdiction of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 45-33-23(h) shall cause to be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety a certified record of conviction in such court of any person of any of the offenses listed.
MS Code § 45-33-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-41. Notification to inmates and offenders by Department of Corrections, county or municipal jails, and juvenile detention facilities; victim notification

  The Department of Corrections or any person having charge of a county or municipal jail or any juvenile detention facility shall provide written notification to an inmate or offender in the custody of the jail or other facility due to a conviction of or adjudication for a sex offense of the registration and notification requirements of Sections 45-33-25, 45-33-31, 45-33-32 and 45-33-59 at the time of the inmate's or offender's confinement and release from confinement, and shall receive a signed acknowledgment of receipt on both occasions.   At least fifteen (15) days prior to the inmate's release from confinement, the Department of Corrections shall notify the victim of the offense or a designee of the immediate family of the victim regarding the date when the offender's release shall occur, provided a current address of the victim or designated family member has been furnished in writing to the Director of Records for such purpose.
MS Code § 45-33-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-43. Written notification to applicants for certain driver's licenses; written acknowledgment by applicant of receipt of notification

 At the time a person surrenders a driver's license from another jurisdiction or makes an application for a driver's license, temporary driving permit, intermediate license, commercial driver's license or identification card issued under Section 45-35-3, the department shall provide the applicant with written information on the registration requirements of this chapter and shall require written acknowledgment by the applicant of receipt of the notification.
MS Code § 45-33-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-51. Misuse of information; penalties

  Any person who willfully misuses or alters public record information relating to a sex offender or sexual predator, or a person residing or working at an address reported by a sex offender, including information displayed by law enforcement agencies on web sites, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.   The sale or exchange of sex offender information for profit is prohibited. Any violation of this subsection (2) is a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 45-33-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-53. Immunity from civil liability; immunity for exercise of discretion under chapter

  An elected public official, public employee, or public agency is immune from civil liability for damages for any discretionary decision to release relevant and necessary information unless it is shown that the official, employee, or agency acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. The immunity provided under this section applies to the release of relevant information to other employees or officials or to the general public.   Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impose any liability upon or to give rise to a cause of action against any public official, public employee, or public agency for failing to release information as authorized in this section.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides or fails to provide information relevant to the procedures set forth in this chapter shall not be liable therefor in any civil or criminal action. Nothing herein shall be deemed to grant any such immunity to any person for his willful or wanton act of commission or omission.
MS Code § 45-33-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-55. Exemptions for expunction

 Except for juvenile criminal history information that has been sealed by order of the court, this chapter exempts sex offenses from laws of this state or court orders authorizing the destroying, expunging, purging or sealing of criminal history records to the extent such information is authorized for dissemination under this chapter.
MS Code § 45-33-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-57. Fees

  The Department of Public Safety may adopt regulations to establish fees to be charged for information requests under this chapter.   The Department of Public Safety may adopt regulations to establish fees to be charged to registrants for registration, reregistration, and verification or change of address.   Regulations promulgated under this section shall be duly filed with the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedures Act.
MS Code § 45-33-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders|§ 45-33-59. Sex offenders employed in positions with direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of 18 required to notify employers in writing of sex offender status; notification to parents or guardians; applicability of section

    Any person convicted of a sex offense who is employed in any position, or who contracts with a person to provide personal services, where the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact with minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall notify in writing the employer or the person with whom the person has contracted or is employed of his sex offender status.   The employer shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the parents or guardians of any minors under the age of eighteen (18) with whom the employee or contractor will have direct, private and unsupervised contact of the offender's criminal record.     This section applies to all registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction.   An employer acting in good faith in making notification to parents or guardians under this section, or who fails in good faith to make notification, shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action as a result of the notification or failure to notify.   This section does not authorize the employment of a person for a position for which employment of a sex offender is prohibited by any law.   This section does not apply to an employer whose employees have only incidental contact with children because children may be present in the workplace without any formal agreement; casual or incidental contact does not trigger the duty to inform.