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Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-905

Definitions

Known as the Youth Court Law

The act spans §§ 43–43 (102 sections).

Laws, 2016, ch. 438, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2016.

As used in Sections 43-21-901 through 43-21-915, the following words shall have the following meanings:

“Facility administrator” means the principal official of the facility.

“Facility staff” means all employees of the facility who are under the supervision of the facility administrator.

“Juvenile detention facility” and “facility” are synonymous and each means a secure facility that house children who are charged with a delinquent act as defined in Section 43-21-105(j).

“Licensing agency” means the Juvenile Facilities Monitoring Unit of the Department of Public Safety.

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.