ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

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ICPC STATE Pages

Mississippi

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. Central · Phone:
· Fax:

Mississippi Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Mississippi requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Other, specified below

Private and Independent Adoptions

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

National
State
Other, specified below

National- Yes
State - Yes
Local - No. Not done via Live Scan

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

Every person 14 years and older must be fingerprinted for background checks.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

See MS Code SEC. 43-15-6

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Mississippi requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):

Federal State Local ANR NR

Foster Care y y y y

Relative

Relative Foster Care y y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y y

Adoption y y y y

Parent y y

	Federal	State	Local	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Relative
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y	y
Parent			y	y

Mississippi provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 15-30 days

Local/County: 24 hours

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: Not Offered

Local/County: Not Offered

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Signature verifying background check completed

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

Checks valid for 12 months unless information obtained making it necessary to conduct before then.

Federal & State checks are conducted every 5 yrs

Local Checks are conducted by the county offices