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Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-307 (2026)

Temporary custody

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The judge or his designee may authorize the temporary custody of a child taken into custody for a period of not longer than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory state holidays if the judge or his designee finds there are grounds to issue a custody order as defined in Section 43-21-301 and such custody order complies with the detention requirements provided in Section 43-21-301(6).

Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 35; Laws, 1993, ch. 439, § 2, eff. 3/27/1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: R.P. v. State, 151 So. 3d 204 (Miss. 2014).
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R.P. v. State, 151 So. 3d 204 (Miss. 2014). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 43-21-301 (Rev. 2009). .”
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