§ 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 […]
§ 45-33-61. Access to Administrative Office of Courts’ youth court data management system by sex offenders prohibited
A person convicted of a sex offense shall not access the Administrative Office of Courts’ youth court data management system known as the Mississippi Youth Court Information Delivery System or “MYCIDS.” This section applies to all registered sex offenders without regard to the date of conviction for a registrable offense.
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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.
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 45-33-35. Central registry of offenders; duties of agencies to provide information
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offender information as defined in Section 45-33-25 and shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section. The responsible agencies shall provide the information required in Section 45-33-25 on a form developed by the department to ensure accurate information is […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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, […]