Your Legal Rights as an NCII Victim in Mississippi

Mississippi NCII Law Overview

Applicable statute: Mississippi Code § 97-29-64.1 (Dissemination of Private Images Without Consent)

Criminal penalty: Misdemeanor (up to 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine); felony for aggravated cases

Civil remedies: actual damages and injunctive relief

Mississippi's NCII statute provides both misdemeanor baseline protections and felony provisions for aggravated cases. Victims in Mississippi are encouraged to pursue the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act removal process alongside state criminal remedies for the most comprehensive response to intimate image abuse.

Your Rights in Mississippi

• Right to 48-hour removal under the TAKE IT DOWN Act
• Right to file a criminal complaint
• Right to civil actual damages and injunctive relief

How to File in Mississippi

File a police report with local law enforcement or the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Civil claims are filed in Circuit Court.

Local Support Resources

• Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, mcadv.org
• RAINN National Hotline, 1-800-656-HOPE

Federal Rights Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act

In addition to Mississippi state law, the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act (47 U.S.C. 223a) gives you a direct right to demand removal from any covered platform within 48 hours. Covered platforms, those with 10 million or more monthly US active users, face FTC enforcement with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation per day if they do not comply. ScanErase's biometric scan finds every platform hosting your images, so you can file the formal notice yourself.