Stalking Investigations in Mississippi

01Before anything else

Safety Planning Comes Before Evidence

If you are in immediate danger, call 911. Evidence matters, but not more than your safety. Before an investigator does anything that could be noticed, we talk through your routines, who knows your schedule, where you park and sleep, and who else could be at risk, such as children or a new partner. The National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233, can help with a safety plan. Stalking investigations in Mississippi should never make the situation more dangerous, and our surveillance investigators plan every observation with that in mind.

Tell local police or the sheriff what is happening and ask for an incident number each time. Even if officers cannot make an arrest yet, a series of reports helps prove a pattern later. Keep copies of every message, voicemail and photo, and do not delete accounts the person is using to contact you without advice, because that can erase evidence. Our cyberbullying investigations explain how to preserve online material, and our Hinds County investigators work many capital-area cases.

• Call 911 if you are in danger
• Ask for an incident number every time
• Keep every message and voicemail
• Vary routes and routines where possible
• Tell trusted people what is happening

02Mississippi law

How Mississippi Defines Stalking and Cyberstalking

Under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-107, as reproduced in the 2025 Mississippi Code, stalking means purposefully engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, or making a credible threat, that the person knows or should know would cause a reasonable person to fear for their own or another's safety, or for damage to property. A course of conduct is two or more acts over time showing a continuity of purpose, including following, confronting, and contact by phone, mail or electronic communication. Our witness background research helps document who saw those acts.

Basic stalking carries up to one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine, and up to $1,500 when a protective order is in effect. Aggravated stalking, a felony, applies when a deadly weapon is involved, the person has a prior stalking conviction within seven years, or a registered sex offender targets a victim under 18. Separately, cyberstalking under § 97-45-15 covers electronic threats and repeated electronic communications meant to threaten, terrify or harass, and is a felony punishable by up to two years. Our Mississippi recording law guide covers lawful capture of calls.

03Evidence

Building a Dated Record of Every Incident

Courts and prosecutors look for a pattern, so the record has to show one. We help you build an incident log with date, time, place, what happened, who saw it and what evidence exists, then add our own observations. When the person follows you or waits outside your home or work, investigators can observe from public places, photograph vehicles and plates, and note times, without engaging. Each observation is time-stamped and written up the same day. Our employee surveillance specialists use the same reporting discipline.

Mississippi generally allows a party to a conversation to record it under § 41-29-531(e), so you may usually record calls you are part of. Recording conversations you are not part of is a different matter: illegal interception is a crime, and disclosing intercepted communications can be a felony. We never intercept the other person's communications, and we will not ask you to; our Jackson County investigators follow the same rule on the Coast. Our workplace surveillance team helps employers when the conduct reaches a victim's job site.

04Devices

GPS Trackers, Hidden Cameras and Shared Accounts

Stalkers often know too much: where you went, when you left, who you met. That can come from a tracker on a vehicle, location sharing left on a phone, a shared cloud or family account, or a hidden camera. Mississippi has no statute that specifically regulates private GPS tracking; a 2020 bill that would have banned placing a GPS device on another person's vehicle died in committee. Covert tracking can still support a stalking charge or a privacy claim, and federal law at 18 U.S.C. § 2261A also reaches stalking through electronic means. Our OSINT exposure reviews show what is publicly findable about you.

We inspect vehicles the client owns or has the right to search, review the account and location settings the client controls, and check the client's home for concealed cameras. Section 97-29-63 punishes lewd photographing or filming in places where people expect privacy, such as bedrooms and bathrooms. If we find a device, we photograph it in place, do not destroy it, and advise the client to give it to police. We do not place trackers on anyone else's vehicle. Our corporate espionage investigations apply similar checks in offices.

05Who is it

Identifying a Harasser Who Hides Behind Accounts

Some stalkers use new phone numbers, fake profiles and burner email addresses so the victim cannot prove who is behind them. Investigators compare writing style, posting times, details only certain people would know, linked accounts and public records to narrow the field. We report what the evidence supports and how strongly, not a guess. Platform records showing who owns an account usually require a subpoena or police request, so we tell counsel what to ask for. Our dating background checks help when the harasser is someone met online.

Once a suspect is identified, the evidence package goes to the investigating officer and to your attorney. A civil claim may also be possible. Mississippi recognizes invasion of privacy as a tort, as in Candebat v. Flanagan (1986), and § 15-1-35 sets a one-year period for claims such as assault, menace, slander and libel, so counsel should review timing early. Our investigation support for Mississippi attorneys covers both protective order hearings and civil suits.

06Court protection

Protective Orders and the Evidence Courts Expect

Mississippi's protection from domestic abuse law in chapter 93-21 allows a person to file in municipal, justice, county or chancery court, and a parent, adult household member or next friend may file for a minor. Under § 93-21-15, municipal and justice courts may issue temporary orders after a hearing with notice, generally lasting up to 30 days, or up to a year if the parties have no minor children together. Final orders come from chancery or county court and may address temporary custody and support. Your attorney or an advocate can explain which court fits, and our Lowndes County investigators can gather evidence for hearings in Columbus.

Whether the stalker is a former partner or a stranger affects which remedies apply, and an attorney should advise on that choice. Either way, judges respond to organized, dated evidence: the incident log, photographs, our observation reports and copies of messages. Violating a protective order also raises the stalking penalty. If custody is part of the case, our Mississippi custody investigations guide explains how chancellors weigh conduct, and our Rankin County investigators work many Brandon-area chancery matters.

07Standards

Who Delator Works For, and Who It Will Not

Delator works only for the person being stalked or their counsel, and it screens every request. Stalkers sometimes hire investigators to find a victim who moved, so we ask why someone is being located and decline requests that look like that. Mississippi leaves private investigators unlicensed at the state level, though a general business privilege license may still be required locally. Delator is a licensed Tennessee private investigation firm headquartered in Nashville, with no Mississippi office. Our guide on choosing an investigator without a state license lists questions to ask.

Investigators never confront the person, never trespass to gather evidence and never pose as anyone else. Mississippi's trespass statute, § 97-17-97, applies to us. Work is billed at $100 per hour under a written scope, with the price set before anything starts, and every report is reviewed by leadership. Coast clients can work with our Harrison County investigators, and our published Mississippi pricing lists every rate.

Services

Stalking Investigation Services in Mississippi

• Incident log and case fileWe organize every incident into a dated log with times, places, witnesses and evidence, formatted for police, prosecutors and protective order hearings.Learn more
• Following documentationInvestigators observe from public places when the person follows you or waits nearby, photographing vehicles and recording times without any engagement.Learn more
• Vehicle tracker checksInspection of vehicles the client owns or may lawfully search for GPS trackers, with any device photographed in place and preserved for police.Learn more
• Home camera checksA check of the client's home for concealed cameras and listening devices, focused on bedrooms, bathrooms and other places where privacy is expected.Learn more
• Account and location reviewReview of the phone, cloud and family-plan settings the client controls, looking for location sharing or access the stalker may be using.Learn more
• Anonymous harasser identificationComparison of accounts, writing patterns, timing and public records to identify who is behind fake profiles, with findings stated by strength.Learn more
• Exposure reductionRemoval of personal information from data broker and people-search sites where possible, so a stalker has fewer ways to find a new address.Learn more
• Background on the suspectCourt history, prior protective orders, addresses and vehicles for the person the client believes is responsible, prepared for counsel and police.Learn more
• Workplace coordinationPractical help for employers when stalking reaches a victim's workplace, including documentation of visits and coordination with security and counsel.Learn more

How it works

How a Stalking Investigation Works

1. 01

   Safety-first intake

   Leadership talks through the danger, your routines and who else may be at risk before any field work, and points you to police and advocates where needed.

2. 02

   Written scope and price

   We set out the documentation, device checks and reporting in writing with every cost listed. Nothing begins until you or your attorney approves the scope.

3. 03

   Document and check

   Investigators build the incident record, observe from public places, check vehicles and homes the client controls, and preserve anything found for police without delay. Nothing is touched before it is photographed.

4. 04

   Report for police and court

   You and counsel receive a dated, sourced report with photos and logs, organized for a police report, a protective order hearing or a civil claim.

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Stalking, Aggravated Stalking and Cyberstalking in Mississippi

Statewide coverage

Stalking Investigations Across Mississippi

Delator assigns investigators to stalking cases in all 82 Mississippi counties. Clients near Oxford can reach our Lafayette County investigators, Starkville clients the team covering Oktibbeha County, and Memphis-area clients our DeSoto County investigators. Field work is scheduled around the days and times incidents tend to happen, and every observation is carefully planned so it never draws the person's attention to you. Every stalking case starts with a written scope and price, and Nashville leadership reviews every report before delivery.

• Hinds County
• Rankin County
• Harrison County
• DeSoto County
• Lafayette County
• Oktibbeha County
• All of Mississippi

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Investigations available in Mississippi

Every service below is available in Mississippi and across Mississippi, run by the same Delator Group leadership that manages our Tennessee casework. Choose a service to read how it works in Mississippi.

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Private investigators across Mississippi