3 Miss. Code. R. 1-7-707

Current through December 10, 2024
Section 3-1-7-707 - Cancellation or Withdrawal of ACP Certification
1. Program certification shall be canceled if any of the following occur:
a. The program participant obtains a name change. However, the person may immediately reapply for certification under their new name. A copy of legal documents verifying the name change must be submitted. If the applicant is applying merely because of a name change, submission of a new ACP application is all that is required.
b. The program participant applied using false information.
c. The program participant discloses his/her confidential address to the assailant or probable assailant.
d. The program applicant moves out of the State of Mississippi.
2. Program certification may be canceled if any of the following occur:
a. A change in the residential address or telephone number from the address or the telephone number listed for the program participant on the application unless the program participant provides the Office of the Attorney General with notice of the new contact information within a minimum of seven (7) days before the change of address occurs.
b. If mail forwarded to the program participants confidential address is returned as undeliverable or if service of process documents are returned as unable to be served.
3. The Office of the Attorney General shall send notice of cancellation to the program participant, with the notice stating the reason(s) for cancellation. The program participant shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice of cancellation to appeal the cancellation decision.
4. Upon cancellation of program certification, the program participant shall return the ACP authorization card to the Office of the Attorney General.
5. An ACP participant may terminate their program certification by filing a notarized request for withdrawal from the program with the Office of the Attorney General and by returning their current authorization card to the Office of the Attorney General. The Office of the Attorney General shall send a letter acknowledging receipt of the participant's request for withdrawal from the program.
6. An individual who ceases to be a program participant is responsible for notifying persons/agencies, which use the substitute address designated by the Office of the Attorney General as the program participants address, that the designated substitute address is no longer the individual's address.
7. Any mail received after an individual ceases to be a program participant shall be returned to sender.

3 Miss. Code. R. 1-7-707