Mississippi § 33-13-25 - Reports and receiving of prisoners.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 33-13-25 — Reports and receiving of prisoners., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-13-25. Reports and receiving of prisoners.
No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master-at-arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a municipal or county jail or any other jail, designated under Section 33-13-23, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner. Every commander of a guard, master-at-arms, warden, keeper or officer of a municipal or county jail or of any other jail, designated under Section 33-13-23, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner or the Adjutant General the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment, and such report shall be entered on the jail docket.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-13-25 ("Reports and receiving of prisoners.") 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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