MS SB2361

Consolidates Mississippi's expungement laws into a unified statute covering misdemeanor convictions, felony convictions, DUI offenses, drug charges, and non-convictions with specific eligibility requirements and timelines for each category.

Allows expungement of first-offense misdemeanors by any first offender; multiple misdemeanors after showing 2 years of good conduct and rehabilitation; and one felony conviction 5 years after completing sentence (except crimes of violence, arson, drug trafficking, repeat DUIs, firearms possession, sex offender registration failure, voyeurism, witness intimidation, vulnerable person abuse, and embezzlement).

Permits first-offense DUI expungement 5 years after sentence completion if the person did not refuse testing, had blood alcohol below .16%, and has not previously been nonadjudicated or had a DUI expunged.

Establishes $150 filing fee for circuit/county court felony expungement petitions (with $140 to state general fund and $10 to clerk); no fee for dismissed or dropped charges; requires Interstate Identification Index background checks and maintains confidential expungement records at Mississippi Criminal Information Center accessible only to prosecutors and law enforcement.

Repeals prior expungement statutes (Sections 99-15-59, 99-19-71, and 99-19-72) and amends justice, municipal, intervention, and drug court provisions to conform to the unified expungement framework; effective July 1, 2024.