2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 21 - Protection from Domestic Abuse.
93-21-25 - Mississippi Protective Order Registry; certain orders to be maintained in registry; duties of clerk of issuing court; process for entry and removal of orders.
§ 93-21-25. Mississippi Protective Order Registry; certain orders to be maintained in registry; duties of clerk of issuing court; process for entry and removal of orders.
(1) In order to provide a statewide registry for protective orders and to aid law enforcement, prosecutors and courts in handling such matters, the Attorney General is authorized to create and administer a Mississippi Protective Order Registry. The Attorney General's office shall collect the data transmitted to it from the courts and enter it into the Mississippi Protective Order Registry.
(2) All orders issued pursuant to this chapter will be maintained in the Mississippi Protective Order Registry.
(3) The clerk of the issuing court shall submit a copy of any petition, order or any modification or dismissal thereof to the Mississippi Protection Order Registry as expeditiously as possible. The Attorney General's office shall implement policies for submissions to the registry.
(4) Upon formation, the registry shall immediately implement a daily process for the entry of newly issued protective orders and removal of records and names of the parties in all cases in which a protective order expires by its own terms or is modified or rescinded by the court.
(5) Any information regarding the registration of a domestic violence protection order, the filing of a petition for a domestic violence protection order, or the issuance of a domestic violence protection order which is maintained in the Mississippi Protective Order Registry which 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 agencies for protection order enforcement purposes.
Sources: Laws, 1981, ch. 429, § 13; Laws, 2007, ch. 589, § 8; Laws, 2009, ch. 433, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2009.
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