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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 99 - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 37 - Restitution to Victims of Crimes

§ 99-37-1. Definitions

As used in this chapter: “Criminal activities” shall mean any offense with respect to which the defendant is convicted or any other criminal conduct admitted by the defendant. “Pecuniary damages” shall mean all special damages, but not general damages, which a person could recover against the defendant in a civil action arising out of the […]

§ 99-37-11. Relief from payment

If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the default in the payment of a fine or restitution is not contempt, the court may enter an order allowing the defendant additional time for payment, reducing the amount thereof or of each installment or revoking the fine or order of restitution or the unpaid […]

§ 99-37-13. Enforcement of judgment

A default in the payment of a fine or costs or failure to make restitution or any installment thereof may be collected by any means authorized by law for the enforcement of a judgment. The levy of execution for the collection of a fine or restitution shall not discharge a defendant committed to imprisonment for […]

§ 99-37-15. Resumption of payment upon release from custody

Whenever an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections is paroled, placed on earned probation or other form of release, and when such offender has been sentenced to make restitution pursuant to Section 99-37-3 but with respect to whom payment of all or a portion of the restitution was suspended until his release […]

§ 99-37-17. Civil actions by victims; evidence; damages

Nothing in this chapter limits or impairs the right of a person injured by a defendant’s criminal activities to sue and recover damages from the defendant in a civil action. Evidence that the defendant has paid or been ordered to pay restitution pursuant to this chapter may not be introduced in any civil action arising […]

§ 99-37-19. Restitution centers

The boards of supervisors of the several counties and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Department of Corrections in the establishment of restitution centers. Such centers may house both probationers referred by the circuit courts as well as inmates transferred from other facilities of the Department of Corrections as […]

§ 99-37-23. Restitution in delinquency cases

In delinquency cases before the youth court, the disposition order may include, in addition to any other requirement, restitution not in excess of actual damages caused by the child to be paid out of his assets or by performance of services acceptable to the parties and reasonably capable of performance within one (1) year.

§ 99-37-25. Payment by Division of Victim Compensation of costs associated with medical forensic examination and sexual assault evidence collection kit; defendant to make restitution to Division of Victim Compensation

When a person is brought into a doctor’s office, a hospital or a medical clinic by a law enforcement agency as the victim of an alleged rape or sexual assault having occurred in this state, or comes into a doctor’s office, a hospital or a medical clinic alleging rape or sexual assault having occurred in […]

§ 99-37-3. Imposition and amount of restitution

When a person is convicted of criminal activities which have resulted in pecuniary damages, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, the court may order that the defendant make restitution to the victim; provided, however, that the justice court shall not order restitution in an amount exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). In determining […]

§ 99-37-5. Payment; order; enforcement

When a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine or costs or ordered to make restitution, the court may order payment to be made forthwith or within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If a defendant is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, an order of payment of a fine, costs or […]

§ 99-37-9. Term of imprisonment for contempt

The term of imprisonment for contempt for failure to make restitution shall be set forth in the commitment order, and shall not exceed one (1) day for each twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the restitution, or thirty (30) days if the order of the restitution was imposed upon conviction of a violation or misdemeanor, or one […]