Responsible Agencies

Responsible Agencies 1. The person or governmental entity charged with collecting this information is considered the “Responsible Agency”. Depending on the offender’s sentence, the responsible agency will be one of the following agencies and will register the offender according to the time frame specified for each in the law: 2. Sheriffs’ Offices. The sheriff is responsible for registering the following categories of convicted sex offenders: a. Offenders who are not incarcerated, detained, nor committed at the time the requirement to register shall attach. b. Offenders being released from incarceration in a county jail. c. Offenders moving to Mississippi from another state (the offender must notify DPS ten (10) days prior to moving to MS). d. Offenders who are required to register on the basis of a sex offense for which a conviction, adjudication of delinquency or acquittal by reason of insanity was entered prior to July 1, 1995. 3. Mississippi Department of Corrections. MDOC is responsible for registering convicted sex offenders at the time of release from prison or placement on parole or supervised release. 4. Sentencing Courts. The sentencing court is responsible for registering convicted sex offenders being placed on probation, including conditional or unconditional discharge, without any incarceration, at the time of entering the order. 5. Mental Institutions. Upon release from a mental institution following an acquittal by reason of insanity, the director of the facility shall inform the offender of the duty to register, perform the registration, and notify MDPS of the offender’s release. 6. Youthful Offender Facilities. Directors of youthful offender facilities are required to register youthful offenders who are twice adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense upon release from a youthful offender facility. Statutory Reference: Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33- 23(f), 45-33-27, and 45-33-35.