31 Miss. Code. R. 2-12.8 - MSOR Internal Registration Procedure

1. All incoming mail for the MSOR is received and date stamped, and forwarded to the MSOR Office. Registration information is received from the sheriffs' office, the MS Department of Corrections, other registering agencies and from the driver's license stations. Upon receipt, the information is reviewed for accuracy and completeness. As stated above, the following required documents must be submitted:

a. Convicted Sex Offender Registration Form

b. Acknowledgment of Convicted Sex Offenders Duty to Register Form

c. Photograph

d. Fingerprint card

e. DNA/Crime Lab report (from MDOC only)

2. If any information is incomplete, missing, or unsigned, the staff contacts the registering agency and requests the missing items or information to be sent as soon as possible. The file is placed in pending status until the information is received.

3. The staff also collects other pertinent criminal history for newly registered offenders to verify the registration information prior to publishing the offender's record to the MSOR website. These documents may include one or more of the following:

a. Conviction order

b. Rap sheet

c. MDOC record

d. Driver's license check in NCIC (either MS or multi-state)

e. If relocating from another state, letter from that state; or

f. Accesses that state's Sex Offender Registry website to download the offender's registration information

4. When an offender reports to the driver's license station to complete registration, the offender's record downloads to the Registry database overnight. As soon as the registration information is received, the staff enters the remainder of the offender data into the Registry database. The information is reviewed and verified, and then published to the Registry website. If the offender has an FBI number, the offender's record is entered in the National Sex Offender Registry.

Notes

31 Miss. Code. R. 2-12.8

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-3