Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 2 - CRIMINAL INFORMATION CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 12 - Sex Offender Registry
Rule 31-2-12.25 - Lifetime Registration Requirements

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 31-2-12.25

Current through September 24, 2024

1. If an offender has been convicted of one (1) of the following offenses, the offender is subject to lifetime registration and shall not be relieved of the duty to register:

a. Rape (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65)

b. Rape and assault with intent to ravish (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-71)

c. Sexual battery (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95)

d. Exploitation of children (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-33(1) (2))

e. Carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child, or child of a cohabiting partner (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-41)

f. Any conviction for violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction

2. Additionally, the following offenders are subject to lifetime registration and shall not be eligible to petition for relief of the duty to register:

a. an offender who has two (2) separate convictions for any of the offenses described in Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-23, as long as one (1) of the convictions was entered on or after July 1, 1995;

b. an offender who resides in Mississippi and who has been designated a sexual predator, a sexually violent predator or a similar designation in another state;

c. an offender twice adjudicated delinquent in a youth court for the crime of rape pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 96-3-65 or sexual battery pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-3

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