221.070. Prisoners liable for cost of imprisonment. - Missouri Statutes

Prisoners liable for cost of imprisonment.

221.070. Every person who shall be committed to the common jailwithin any county in this state, by lawful authority, for any offense ormisdemeanor, upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt for such offense,shall bear the expense of carrying him or her to said jail, and also his orher support while in jail, before he or she shall be discharged; and theproperty of such person shall be subjected to the payment of such expenses,and shall be bound therefor, from the time of his commitment, and may belevied on and sold, from time to time, under the order of the court havingcriminal jurisdiction in the county, to satisfy such expenses.

(RSMo 1939 § 9199, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1188)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 8530; 1919 § 12555; 1909 § 1577