§ 99-3-39. Rewards for information may be offered by counties and municipalities
Boards of supervisors of the various counties of this state and the governing authorities of the municipalities, may either separately or in conjunction with each other, within their discretion, offer monetary rewards, the amount of which shall be fixed by the aforesaid governing authorities, within their discretion, for information leading to the apprehension of any […]
§ 99-3-41. HIV and AIDS testing of persons arrested for the commission of sex crimes against minors
Every person who is arrested for the commission of any sex crime against a minor as provided in Section 97-5-51, the Mississippi Child Protection Act, shall be tested for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Such test shall be administered upon arrest but, no later than twenty-four (24) hours […]
§ 99-3-43. Criminal history background check to be conducted by officers stopping persons to effectuate arrest
When a state, county or local law enforcement officer stops a person with the intent to effectuate an arrest of the person, if the officer has the capability of doing so, the officer shall, at the time of the stop or as soon as possible thereafter, conduct a criminal history background check on the person […]
§ 99-3-45. Requisite notice to be given to persons under the age of twenty-one released following arrest under certain circumstances
A person under the age of twenty-one (21) who is released under either Section 99-3-17 or 99-3-18 following arrest must be given notice: That the person is allowed to call a parent, guardian or custodian in addition to any other opportunity to call that has been afforded to such person; and That Intervention Court and […]
§ 99-3-29. Perjury; court may commit wilful perjurer to prison immediately
Whenever it shall appear to any court that a witness or party who has been sworn or examined in any case, matter, or proceeding pending before the court, has testified in such manner as to induce a reasonable presumption that he has wilfully and corruptly testified falsely to some material point or matter, the court […]
§ 99-3-31. Perjury; witnesses to be bound over for grand jury and trial
When a person has been committed to custody under Section 99-3-29 the court shall thereupon bind over the witnesses necessary to establish the perjury to appear at the proper court to testify before the grand jury and on the trial, in case an indictment be found for such perjury.
§ 99-3-33. Perjury; court may detain documents
If, on the hearing of any cause, matter or proceeding in which perjury shall be suspected to have been committed, any paper or document produced by either party be deemed necessary to be used in the prosecution for perjury, the court may by order detain the paper or document from the party producing it, and […]
§ 99-3-35. Reward for arrest and delivery of fleeing killer
A person who shall arrest anyone who kills another and is fleeing, or attempting to flee, before arrest, and shall deliver him up for trial, shall be entitled to the sum of one hundred dollars out of the treasury of the county in which the homicide occurred, upon the allowance of the circuit court and […]
§ 99-3-37. Reward for arrest and delivery of fleeing killer; sheriff and other officers may receive
The sheriff or other officers who shall arrest anyone who kills another and is fleeing, or attempting to flee, shall be entitled to the reward provided for in Section 99-3-35 the same as other persons, provided the killing is not done in the county in which the officer making the arrest resides. But the court […]
§ 99-3-21. Justice of the peace may issue warrant for offender coming into his jurisdiction
A justice of the peace of any county into which an offender may have removed himself or escaped, on the oath of some credible person, may issue his warrant for the arrest of such offender, returnable before any justice of the peace of the county where the offense is cognizable, which shall authorize the arrest […]