Mississippi § 45-27-21 - Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 45-27-21 — Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45-27-21. Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database.
A certified copy of every expunction and nonadjudication order shall be sent by the circuit clerk to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center where it shall be maintained in a separate confidential database accessible only upon written request by a district attorney, a county prosecuting attorney, a municipal court prosecuting attorney, the Attorney General of Mississippi and the Mississippi Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board. Any criminal conviction which has been expunged or nonadjudicated may be used for the purpose of determining habitual offender status and for the use of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board in giving or retaining law enforcement certification, and to ensure that a person is only eligible for first-offender status one (1) time.
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Section 45-27-21 ("Database of all expunction and nonadjudication orders created; accessibility to database.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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