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MS Code § 93-21-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law|§ 93-21-25. Mississippi Protection Order Registry; certain orders to be maintained in registry; duties of clerk of issuing court; process for entry and removal of orders

  In order to provide a statewide registry for protection orders and to aid law enforcement, prosecutors and courts in handling such matters, the Attorney General is authorized to create and administer a Mississippi Protection Order Registry. The Attorney General's office shall implement policies and procedures governing access to the registry by authorized users, which shall include provisions addressing the confidentiality of any information which may tend to reveal the location or identity of a victim of domestic abuse.   All orders issued pursuant to Sections 93-21-1 through 93-21-29, 97-3-7(11), 97-3-65(6) or 97-3-101(5) will be maintained in the Mississippi Protection Order Registry. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the issuing court to enter all civil and criminal domestic abuse protection orders and all criminal sexual assault protection orders, including any modifications, amendments or dismissals of such orders, into the Mississippi Protection Order Registry within twenty-four (24) hours of issuance with no exceptions for weekends or holidays. A separate copy of any order shall be provided to the sheriff's department TAC officers of the county of the issuing court. The copy may be provided in electronic format. Each qualifying protection order submitted to the Mississippi Protection Order Registry shall be automatically transmitted to the National Criminal Information Center Protection Order File. Failure of the clerk to enter the order into the registry or to provide a copy of the order to law enforcement shall have no effect on the validity or enforcement of an otherwise valid protection order.  Any information regarding the registration or issuance of a civil or criminal domestic abuse protection order or a criminal sexual assault protection order, or the filing of a petition for a civil domestic abuse protection order which is maintained in the Mississippi Protection Order Registry and would tend to reveal the identity or location of the protected person(s) shall not constitute a public record and shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983. This information may be disclosed to appropriate law enforcement, prosecutors or courts for protection order enforcement purposes.
MS Code § 93-21-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law|§ 93-21-27. Immunity of law enforcement officers for arrests arising from incidents of domestic violence

 A law enforcement officer shall not be held liable in any civil action for an arrest based on probable cause, enforcement in good faith of a court order, or any other action or omission in good faith under this chapter arising from an alleged domestic violence incident brought by any authorized party, or an arrest made in good faith pursuant to Section 99-3-7(3), or failure, in good faith, to make an arrest pursuant to Section 99-3-7(3).
MS Code § 93-21-28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law|§ 93-21-28. Emergency law enforcement response in domestic abuse cases

  A person who alleges that he or she or a minor child has been the victim of domestic violence may request the assistance of a local law enforcement agency. The local law enforcement agency shall respond to the request for assistance. The local law enforcement officer responding to the request for assistance shall take whatever steps are reasonably necessary to protect the complainant from harm and shall advise the complainant of sources of shelter, medical care, counseling and other services. Upon request by the complainant and where feasible, the law enforcement officer shall transport the complainant to appropriate facilities such as hospitals or public or private facilities for shelter and accompany the complainant to his or her residence, within the jurisdiction in which the request for assistance was made, so that the complainant may remove food, clothing, medication and such other personal property as is reasonably necessary to enable the complainant and any minor children who are presently in the care of the complainant to remain elsewhere pending further proceedings.   In providing the assistance authorized by subsection (1), no officer may be held criminally or civilly liable on account of reasonable measures taken under authority of subsection (1).
MS Code § 93-21-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law|§ 93-21-29. Proceedings to be in addition to other civil or criminal remedies

 Any proceeding under this chapter shall be in addition to other available civil or criminal remedies.
MS Code § 93-21-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 1 - Protection from Domestic Abuse Law|§ 93-21-31. Domestic Violence Training Fund; funding of expenses of Domestic Violence Division of the Office of Attorney General; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund

  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the Domestic Violence Training Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Attorney General. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund. Monies appropriated to the fund shall be used by the Attorney General for the general administration and expenses of the Domestic Violence Division which provides training to law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, court clerks and other professionals in the field of domestic violence awareness, prevention and enforcement.   The clerks of the various courts shall remit the proceeds generated by Chapter 434, Laws of 2009, to the Department of Finance and Administration as is done generally for other fees collected by the clerks.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Domestic Violence Division of the Office of Attorney General shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.   From and after July 1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of this section.
MS Code § 93-21-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-101. Definitions

 As used in Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Domestic violence shelter" means a place established to provide temporary food and shelter, counseling, and related services to victims of domestic violence.   "Interpersonal violence" means any behavior between family members and intimate partners, but also between acquaintances and strangers, that causes physical, psychological, or sexual harm and includes the crimes of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, trafficking, child sexual abuse, and related crimes.   "Batterer intervention program" means a program that focuses on behavior modification for perpetrators of domestic violence in an effort to prevent domestic violence from reoccurring. This shall not include programs focusing on anger management or marriage counseling. Any batterer intervention program must document cooperation with a domestic violence shelter program.   "OAIV" means the Office Against Interpersonal Violence established in Section 93-21-119.
MS Code § 93-21-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-103. Domestic violence shelters

 There is hereby established a program for victims of domestic violence through domestic violence shelters. The oversight of shelters, and distribution of state funds for the purpose of serving victims of domestic violence, shall be the responsibility of the Office Against Interpersonal Violence created in Sections 93-21-119 through 93-21-123. The Office Against Interpersonal Violence shall have the authority to promulgate the administrative rules that are necessary and proper to further carry out the purposes of this section.
MS Code § 93-21-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-109. Records withheld from public disclosure

  Records maintained by domestic violence shelters, except the official minutes of the board of directors of the shelter, and financial reports filed as required by statute with the board of supervisors or municipal authorities or any other agency of government, shall be withheld from public disclosure under the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Any employee, contractor, volunteer or agent of a domestic violence shelter, or of any other entity in possession of information which would tend to identify a victim of domestic violence, who discloses any information that is exempt from disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983, or makes any observation or comment about the identity or condition of any person admitted to a shelter or receiving services of a shelter, unless directed to do so by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be civilly liable to the person whose personal information was disclosed in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), plus any compensatory damages that the individual may have suffered as the result of the disclosure.     No employee, contractor, volunteer or agent of a domestic violence shelter shall be compelled to testify in any civil matter, or surrender any documents, files, or other records of the shelter, regarding a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault without the consent of the victim, except as provided herein.   A defendant may request from the court an in camera review of the materials in possession of any shelter employees, contractors, agents or volunteers to determine if there would be a good cause for allowing disclosure of the materials. In deciding on disclosure, the court shall consider the following factors:   The materiality of the information to the defense; and   The effect disclosure may have on the victim and the victim's relationship with the employee, contractor, volunteer, or agent of the shelter.       A resident or staff member of a domestic violence shelter shall not be required to disclose the street address or physical location of that shelter to any public or private agency. In all cases where the provision of a physical address is required, a post office box address for the domestic violence shelter shall be deemed sufficient.
MS Code § 93-21-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-111. Annual report

 A domestic violence shelter that receives funds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113 shall file at a minimum an annual report with the commission of budget and accounting and other data reports as requested. A copy of the annual report shall also be furnished to the chairmen of the pensions, social welfare and public health committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the public health and welfare committee of the Mississippi Senate. The annual report shall include statistics on the number of persons served by the shelter, the relationship of the victim of domestic violence to the offender, the number of referrals made for medical, psychological, financial, educational, vocational, child care, or legal services, and shall include the results of an independent audit. No information contained in the report shall identify any person served by the shelter, or enable any person to determine the identity of any such person.
MS Code § 93-21-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-113. Reporting criminal acts or omissions to law enforcement personnel; filing charges against offender; plea bargaining

 Domestic violence shelters through their employees and officials shall, on every occasion other than the initial request for assistance, report to the district attorney, the county attorney, or the appropriate law enforcement official or other state agencies any occurrence or instance coming to their attention which would involve the commission of a crime or the failure to perform or render a service or assistance to a victim of domestic violence when required by law to do so.   Every municipal prosecutor, county attorney, district attorney or other appropriate law enforcement official who, having had reported to him a case of domestic violence, if the facts submitted be sufficient, shall immediately file charges against the offender on the behalf of the victim. Such prosecutor may in plea bargaining with the offender enter into an agreement whereby the offender shall receive counseling in lieu of further prosecution, and if the offender shall successfully attend counseling as agreed upon for the period of time agreed upon, the municipal prosecutor, county attorney or district attorney, as the case may be, shall pass such case to the file.   No municipal prosecutor, county attorney or district attorney shall grant such right in plea bargaining to the same offender more than once.
MS Code § 93-21-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-115. Donations from municipalities to support local shelters

 The governing authorities of any municipality in the state are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to donate annually out of any money in the municipal treasury such sums as the governing authorities deem advisable to support any domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center operating within or serving its area. For the purposes of this section, "rape crisis center" means a place established to provide care, counseling and related services to victims of rape, attempted rape, sexual battery or attempted sexual battery.
MS Code § 93-21-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-117. Victims of Domestic Violence Fund

  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund." The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:   Monies appropriated by the Legislature;   The interest accruing to the fund;   Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73;   Monies received from the federal government;   Donations to the Victims of Domestic Violence Fund;   Assessments collected pursuant to Section 83-39-31; and   Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.     The circuit clerks of the state shall deposit in the fund on a monthly basis the additional fee charged and collected for marriage licenses under the provisions of Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972.   All other monies received by the state from every source for the support of the program for victims of domestic violence, established by Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, shall be deposited in the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund." The monies in the fund shall be used by the State Department of Health solely for funding and administering domestic violence shelters under the provisions of Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, in such amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the department for the program for victims of domestic violence established by Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113. Not more than ten percent (10%) of the monies in the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund" shall be appropriated to the State Department of Health for the administration of domestic violence shelters.   From and after July 1, 2014, the Office Against Interpersonal Violence is granted all powers and duties with respect to the management of funds in the Victims of Domestic Violence Fund. Any reference to the Department of Health in this article pertaining to the management of the Victims of Domestic Violence Fund means the Office Against Interpersonal Violence within the Department of Health. In addition to the ten percent (10%) set aside in subsection (3), from and after July 1, 2014, the OAIV is authorized to utilize no more than an additional five percent (5%) of the monies in the Victims of Domestic Violence Fund at its discretion for transition expenses and expense related to statewide projects of the OAIV.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the ability of a domestic violence shelter or other domestic violence program to solicit private donations or community support. Any funds raised by a shelter or program from private donations or community support are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 93-21-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-121. Office Against Interpersonal Violence powers and duties

  The Office Against Interpersonal Violence shall have authority to:   Receive funds intended for care of victims of interpersonal violence when those funds are not directed elsewhere;   Administer funds received from any source and establish procedures for the disbursement of funds to certified agencies for the delivery of shelter and other services for victims of interpersonal violence;   Cooperate with the Attorney General's office for the certification of any programs receiving funding;   Study the subject of interpersonal violence and related matters, and regularly report to the Legislature on the need for legislative revisions and initiatives in those areas; and   Develop a strategic plan for the delivery of services for victims of interpersonal violence.     The Mississippi Department of Health shall seek appropriations authority on behalf of the OAIV to expend any funds it receives from any source, and shall comply with all statutes and regulations of the state pertaining to fiscal management of public funds.   The OAIV shall have the authority, with the assistance of the Advisory Board, to develop performance standards, financial audit standards, and other necessary standards to insure that all the grantees are managing their facilities and services consistent with the purposes of the grant. From and after July 1, 2016, only agencies meeting the standards developed by the OAIV shall be eligible to receive funding administered by the OAIV.
MS Code § 93-21-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 3 - Domestic Violence Shelters|§ 93-21-123. Office Against Interpersonal Violence authorized to seek, receive and administer certain grants

  From and after July 1, 2016, the Office Against Interpersonal Violence shall be the single state agency for the receipt and administration of and the sole authority and responsibility to seek grants on behalf of the state which will be administered or available after July 1, 2016.   The OAIV shall also be authorized to contract with any agency of the state to receive grants or subgrants for the delivery of services to victims of interpersonal violence.   The OAIV shall have the authority to seek grants from any other source making funds available when the purpose of the grant is to provide services and assistance to victims of interpersonal violence, or offers training to persons who assist such victims.
MS Code § 93-21-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 5 - Children's Trust Fund Act|§ 93-21-301. Short title

 Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311 shall be known as the "Children's Trust Fund Act of 1989."
MS Code § 93-21-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 5 - Children's Trust Fund Act|§ 93-21-303. Declaration of policy

 The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and declares the policy of this state as follows:   The children of Mississippi are its single greatest resource and our children require the utmost protection to guard their future and the future of this state;   Child abuse and neglect are a threat to the family unit and impose major expenses on society in addition to the individual and collective damage on the children of this state;   There is a need to assist private and public agencies in identifying and establishing community-based educational and service programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect;   An increase in educational, service and prevention programs will assist in breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect and will assist in reducing the breakdown of families and thus reduce the need for state assistance and intervention and state expenses; and   Programs to prevent child abuse and neglect should be partnerships between citizens, local communities and the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 93-21-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 93 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse|Article 5 - Children's Trust Fund Act|§ 93-21-305. Fund established; source of funds; interest; disbursements; purpose of fund

  There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Mississippi Children's Trust Fund."   The fund shall consist of any monies appropriated to the fund by the Legislature, any donations, gifts and grants from any source, receipts from the birth certificate fees as provided by subsection (2) of Section 41-57-11, and any other monies which may be received from any other source or which may be hereafter provided by law.   Monies in the fund shall be used only for the purposes set forth in Sections 93-21-301 through 93-21-311. Interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be returned and deposited to the credit of the fund.   Disbursements of money from the fund shall be on the authorization of the Division of Family and Children's Services of the State Department of Public Welfare.   The primary purpose of the fund is to encourage and provide financial assistance in the provision of direct services to prevent child abuse and neglect.