488.5320. Charges in criminal cases, sheriffs and other officers.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

488.5320. Charges in criminal cases, sheriffs and other officers.

Charges in criminal cases, sheriffs and other officers.

488.5320. 1. Sheriffs, county marshals or other officers shall beallowed a charge for their services rendered in criminal cases and in allproceedings for contempt or attachment, as required by law, the sum ofseventy-five dollars for each felony case or contempt or attachmentproceeding, ten dollars for each misdemeanor case, and six dollars for eachinfraction, excluding cases disposed of by a traffic violations bureauestablished pursuant to law or supreme court rule. Such charges shall becharged and collected in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020and shall be payable to the county treasury.

2. The sheriff receiving any charge pursuant to subsection 1 of thissection shall reimburse the sheriff of any other county or the city of St.Louis the sum of three dollars for each pleading, writ, summons, order ofcourt or other document served in connection with the case or proceeding bythe sheriff of the other county or city, and return made thereof, to themaximum amount of the total charge received pursuant to subsection 1 ofthis section.

3. The charges provided in subsection 1 of this section shall betaxed as other costs in criminal proceedings immediately upon a plea ofguilty or a finding of guilt of any defendant in any criminal procedure.The clerk shall tax all the costs in the case against such defendant, whichshall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to488.020; provided, that no such charge shall be collected in any proceedingin any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by thecourt; provided further, that all costs, incident to the issuing andserving of writs of scire facias and of writs of fieri facias, and ofattachments for witnesses of defendant, shall in no case be paid by thestate, but such costs incurred under writs of fieri facias and scire faciasshall be paid by the defendant and such defendant's sureties, and costs forattachments for witnesses shall be paid by such witnesses.

4. Mileage shall be reimbursed to sheriffs, county marshals andguards for all services rendered pursuant to this section at the rateprescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motorvehicle use expressed as an amount per mile.