The purpose of Sections 43-21-901 through 43-21-915 is to protect and promote the health and safety of the children who are detained in juvenile detention centers in this state by providing for the licensing of juvenile detention facilities to assure that certain minimum standards are maintained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-903
Purpose
Known as the Youth Court Law
The act spans §§ 43–43 (102 sections).
Laws, 2016, ch. 438, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2016.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.