WomensLaw serves and supports all survivors.

Legal Information: Mississippi

Restraining Orders

View all
Laws current as of August 8, 2025

Do I have to register my protection order in Mississippi in order to get it enforced?

You do not have to register a protection order from another state to get it enforced.1 Mississippi will enforce your order if:

  1. you can show the officer a copy of your order;
  2. your order clearly identifies both you and the abuser; and
  3. your order is in effect “on its face” – which means that the expiration date listed on your order hasn’t passed yet.2

Even though the order doesn’t have to be registered, the officer does need to believe that it is a valid order.3 Registering your order in Mississippi may help local law enforcement officers more easily check that your order is valid.

1 Miss. Code § 93-22-9(1), (4)
2 Miss. Code § 93-22-7(1)
3 Miss. Code §§ 93-21-16(2); 93-22-7(1)

Legal Information

© 2008–2025 WomensLaw.org is a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Inc. All rights reserved. This website is funded in part through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). NNEDV is a 501©(3) non-profit organization; EIN 52-1973408.