2019 Mississippi Code
Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 33 - Registration of Sex Offenders
§ 45-33-36. Duty of Department of Public Safety to provide sex offender registration information; notification to residents
(1) Upon receipt of sex offender registration or change of registration information, the Department of Public Safety shall immediately provide the information to:
(a) The National Sex Offender Registry or other appropriate databases;
(b) The sheriff of the county and the chief law enforcement officer of any other jurisdiction where the offender resides, lodges, is an employee or is a student or intends to reside, work, attend school or volunteer;
(c) The sheriff of the county and the chief law enforcement officer of any other jurisdiction from which or to which a change of residence, employment or student status occurs;
(d) The Department of Human Services and any other social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system;
(e) The probation agency that is currently supervising the sex offender;
(f) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under Section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 USC 5119(a));
(g) Each school and public housing agency in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee or is a student;
(h) All prosecutor offices in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student; and
(i) Any other agencies with criminal investigation, prosecution or sex offender supervision functions in each jurisdiction in which the sex offender resides, is an employee, or is a student.
(2) The Department of Public Safety shall post changes to the public registry website within three (3) business days. Electronic notification will be available via the Internet to all law enforcement agencies, to any volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or vulnerable adults might occur and any organization, company or individual who requests notification pursuant to procedures established by the Department of Public Safety. This provision shall take effect upon the state’s receipt and implementation of the Department of Justice software in compliance with the provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.
(3) From and after July 1, 2015, local jurisdictions receiving notification and that have the ability may notify residents when a sex offender begins residing, lodges, becomes employed, volunteers or attends school or intends to reside, lodge, work, attend school or volunteer in the area by using a website, social media, print media, e-mail or may provide a link to the Department of Public Safety website.
