In order to qualify for participation in a community service restitution program, the defendant must: (a) be a first offender, (b) be convicted of a nonviolent offense that would constitute a felony and (c) not have drug, alcohol or emotional problems so serious that he or she appears unlikely to be able to meet the obligations of the community service sentence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-20-5
Qualifications for participation in program
Known as the Mississippi Community Service Restitution Act
The act spans §§ 99–99 (10 sections).
Laws, 1983, ch. 447, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 367, § 3; Laws, 1999, ch. 382, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1999.
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.