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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 45 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOOD ORDER (§§ 45-NEW-NEW — 45-51-NEW-006)
Chapter 33 - REGISTRATION OF SEX OFFENDERS (§§ 45-33-1 — 45-33-63)
- Section 45-33-1 - through 45-33-19 - [Repealed]
- Section 45-33-21 - Legislative findings and declaration of purpose
- Section 45-33-23 - Definitions
- Section 45-33-25 - Registration with Mississippi Department of Public Safety of persons convicted of or acquitted by reason of insanity of registrable offenses residing, employed or attending school in Mississippi; registration information; prohibition against registered sex offenders living within specified distance of schools, certain child care facilities or agencies or playgrounds or other recreational facilities utilized by children
- Section 45-33-26 - Prohibition against sex offender being present in or within a certain distance of school building or school property or in or about any public beach or public campground where minor children congregate; exemptions; penalties
- Section 45-33-27 - Time frame and place for registration of offenders
- Section 45-33-28 - Notification of emergency shelter management of person's sex offender status upon entering shelter during declaration of emergency; notification of law enforcement officials of presence of sex offender in shelter
- Section 45-33-29 - Address change notification; change in enrollment, employment or vocation status at any educational institution; change of employment or name; change of vehicle information; change of e-mail address or other designation used in Internet communications
- Section 45-33-31 - Reregistration
- Section 45-33-32 - Disclosure by sex offenders volunteering for organizations serving minors under the age of 18
- Section 45-33-33 - Failure to register; reregister or comply with electronic monitoring; violations of chapter; penalties and enforcement
- Section 45-33-34 - Notification to the Department of Public Safety regarding reincarceration or commitment of registered sex offender
- Section 45-33-35 - Central registry of offenders; duties of agencies to provide information
- Section 45-33-36 - Duty of Department of Public Safety to provide sex offender registration information; notification to residents
- Section 45-33-37 - DNA identification system; convicted sex offender to submit biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis
- Section 45-33-39 - Notification to defendant charged with sex offense; notice included on any guilty plea form and judgement and sentence forms
- Section 45-33-41 - Notification to inmates and offenders by Department of Corrections, county or municipal jails, and juvenile detention facilities; victim notification
- Section 45-33-43 - Written notification to applicants for certain driver's licenses; written acknowledgment by applicant of receipt of notification
- Section 45-33-45 - Data monitoring and alert system for certain persons required to be monitored
- Section 45-33-47 - Petition for relief from duty to register; grounds; minimum period of continuing registration based on three-tier classification of offenses; certain offenders subject to lifetime registration; certain offenders subject to electronic monitoring
- Section 45-33-49 - Disclosure to public; guidelines for sheriffs as to notification; certain registry information to be available online; participation in Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public website; notification of schools and day care centers
- Section 45-33-51 - Misuse of information; penalties
- Section 45-33-53 - Immunity from civil liability; immunity for exercise of discretion under chapter
- Section 45-33-55 - Exemptions for expunction
- Section 45-33-57 - Fees
- Section 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
- Section 45-33-61 - [Effective Until 7/1/2026] Access to Administrative Office of Courts' youth court data management system by sex offenders prohibited
- Section 45-33-63 - Carly's Law; certain future contact by registered sex offender with victim of the registerable offense prohibited; exception; penalties
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