{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-143","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-143","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-143","body":"For purposes of this section and Section 47-5-145 , the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(a) “ Change of name petition ” means a petition to change the legal name of an individual.\n\n(b) “ Offender ” means any physically incarcerated person convicted of a crime or offense under the laws and ordinances of the state and its political subdivisions or the laws and regulations of the federal government.","path":["MS Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T20:49:39Z","sha256":"937cb056bbc4294659805d4e8e69e43e1e229c7cd6e9494c0438b1f92abbcb07","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-142","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-145","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}