31 Miss. Code. R. 2-12.20 - Procedure

1. The driver's license system identifies and flags offenders who fail to fulfill their 90-day reregistration requirement on a daily basis based on the offenders' required re-registration dates. The offender is given ten days following the 90-day re-registration date to reregister without penalty.

2. If an offender registers with the sheriff, MDOC, or other responsible agency but fails to report to a driver's license station to complete his initial registration, the MSOR staff will enter his record in the Registry database and flag him noncompliant.

3. If an offender relocates to Mississippi and fails to register OR has a past sex offense conviction and has never registered, upon receipt of information that the offender is residing in Mississippi, the MSOR will generate a letter to the offender informing him of his duty to register and the registration requirements. A copy of the letter is also sent to the sheriff of the county in which the offender reportedly resides. If the offender still fails to report to the sheriff to register, the MSOR staff will enter his record in the Registry database and flag him noncompliant.

4. At the time an offender is identified as noncompliant, the MSOR generates a written notice to the offender of his noncompliant status and the suspension of his driving privilege, and also generates the noncompliant letter to the sheriff. The MSOR staff enters the noncompliant offender in the National Sex Offender Registry (NCIC) as an "absconder."

5. If the offender reports to a driver's license station after issuance of the noncompliance and suspension letters, the driver's license examiner will instruct the offender to report to the sheriff of the county in which he resides to resolve his noncompliant status. If the sheriff reregisters the offender and restores his compliant status, the offender must then report to any driver's license station in the state, with a copy of his newly completed Registration Form, pay the $5.00 fee, be photographed, and issued a new sex offender card with his next 90-day re-registration date on it. The offender is not required to pay the $25.00 reinstatement fee for his driving privilege at that time.

6. When the offender becomes compliant, the MSOR staff will remove the "absconder" status from his National Sex Offender Registry record.

7. Copies of the noncompliant letter to the sheriff and the notice of sex offender noncompliance/suspension of driving privileges are included as listed herein.

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31 Miss. Code. R. 2-12.20

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-3