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To: County Affairs
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026
By: Senator(s) Turner-Ford
SENATE BILL NO. 2118
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-25-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 1
TO REQUIRE SHERIFFS TO PRESENT THEIR JAIL DOCKETS TO THE COUNTY 2
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VIA THE CHANCERY CLERK PRIOR TO EACH MONTHLY 3
MEETING; TO AMEND SECTION 47-1-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 4
REQUIRE THE SHERIFF OF EACH COUNTY TO INCLUDE IN HIS OR HER JAIL 5
DOCKET CERTAIN INFORMATION PERTAINING TO INCARCERATED PERSONS 6
AWAITING TRIAL; TO REQUIRE THE SHERIFF TO INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION 7
IN HIS OR HER MONTHLY REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VIA THE 8
CHANCERY CLERK; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 9
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 10
SECTION 1. Section 19-25-63, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 11
amended as follows: 12
19-25-63. It shall be the duty of every sheriff to keep a 13
record, to be called the "Jail docket," in which he or she shall 14
note each warrant or mittimus by which any person shall be 15
received into or placed in the jail of his or her county, entering 16
the nature of the writ or warrant, by whom issued, the full name 17
of the prisoner, when received, the date of the arrest and 18
commitment, the arresting agency, for what crime or other cause 19
the party is imprisoned, and on what authority, how long the 20
prisoner was so imprisoned, how released or discharged, * * * the 21
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amount of bond, the date of indictment, if any, issued by the 22
grand jury, and the warrant therefor or the receipt of the officer 23
of the penitentiary when sent there. All of said entries shall be 24
full and complete, so as to give a perfect history of each case. 25
The record shall be kept as a public record, and turned over to 26
his or her successor. 27
The sheriff shall submit his or her updated jail docket 28
noting all currently-incarcerated persons to the board of 29
supervisors via the Chancery Clerk sufficiently in advance of the 30
board's first meeting of each month, and the same shall be 31
examined carefully by the president of the board, and by any other 32
members who desire to examine the same, to allow the report to be 33
spread upon the board's minutes. 34
SECTION 2. Section 47-1-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 35
amended as follows: 36
47-1-21. The sheriff of each county shall keep a well bound 37
alphabetical jail docket. In it he or she shall promptly enter 38
under the proper initial the full name, age, color and sex of each 39
convict, the date of his or her commitment, each day worked on the 40
county farm, time required to be served and amount of fine and 41
costs and the jail fees charged against the prisoner and the date 42
of discharge. In the case of incarcerated persons awaiting trial, 43
the sheriff shall promptly enter under the proper initial the full 44
name, age, color and sex of each incarcerated person, the date of 45
his or her commitment, the arresting agency, the offenses charged, 46
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ST: Jail docket; require sheriff to include
certain information about incarcerated persons
awaiting trial in.
the amount of bond, and the date of indictment, if any, issued by 47
a grand jury. 48
The sheriff shall submit his or her updated docket noting all 49
currently incarcerated persons to the board of supervisors * * * 50
via the Chancery Clerk sufficiently in advance of the board's 51
first meeting of each month, and the same shall be examined 52
carefully by the president of the board, and by any other members 53
who desire to examine the same, * * * to allow the report to be 54
spread upon the board's minutes. 55
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from 56
and after July 1, 2026. 57