Mississippi

Mississippi

Identity Theft Laws in Mississippi

• Identity theft Law - Miss. Code Ann. § 97-19-85
  Fraudulent Use of Identity
  www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/019/0085.htm
  
  
• Identity theft Law - Miss. Code Ann. § 97-45-1 et se q .
  Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
  
  
• Identity theft Law - Miss. Code Ann. § 97-45-29
  Identity theft Passports
  www.mscode.com/free/statutes/97/045/0029.htm

Credit Freeze Law in Mississippi

• Freeze Law - Senate Bill 3034:
  http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/3000-3099/SB3034SG.htm
  

Effective as of July 1, 2007
Applies to identity theft victims with a police report, investigative report or complaint which the consumer has filed with a law enforcement agency.
Fee of $10 to place
To place a security freeze in Mississippi:
www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityMS.pdf

Contacts in Mississippi

• Attorney General:  Jim Hood (D)
  Department of Justice, P.O. Box 220, Jackson, MS 37205-0220
  Phone: (601) 359-3680
  Website:  www.ago.state.ms.us/
   
• Cybercrime Center
  P.O. Box 2, Jackson, MS 39205
  Website: www.ago.state.ms.us/divisions/pid/cybercrime/index.html
  Email Cybertips and Complaints: msag05@ago.state.ms.us
   
• Mississippi Department of Public Safety
  Website: www.dps.state.ms.us/dps/dps.nsf/main?OpenForm
  Vehicle and License Website: https://www.ms.gov/hp/drivers/license/Main.do

  CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: www.equifax.com
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: www.experian.com
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: www.transunion.com
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form
• FBI/FTC's Internet Fraud Task Force
  Website: www.ic3.gov

If you know of any not-for-fee identity theft resources in Mississippi that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC.