Rule 31-2-12.10 - Offender Relocating to Mississippi from Another State1. The law requires an offender to notify the MDPS ten (10) days prior to residing or returning to the state and to register with the department within 10 days of residing or returning to the state. The offender must first register with the sheriff of the county in which he resides and then report to a driver's license station to complete registration within 10 days of residing or returning to Mississippi. Statutory Reference: Miss. Code Ann. § 45-33-27(5).
2. The MSOR generally receives a letter of notification from another state when a sex offender registered in that state relocates to Mississippi. The letter of notification provides information such as name, proposed address, conviction information and other data (varies from state to state). Upon receipt of this information, the staff collects additional pertinent criminal history as described above and checks that state's sex offender website, printing the data for that offender for the file.3. The staff sends a standardized letter to the sheriff of the county in which the offender stated he would reside along with a copy of the other state's notification. The sheriff is responsible for registering the offender according to the registration procedure noted above.31 Miss. Code. R. 2-12.10