532.030. Application, to what court first made. - Missouri Statutes

Application, to what court first made.

532.030. When a person applies for the benefit of thischapter, who is held in custody on a charge of crime ormisdemeanor, his application, in the first instance, shall be toa judge of the circuit court for the county in which theapplicant is held in custody, other than a municipal judge; andupon every application of the kind aforesaid, the applicant shallcause reasonable notice of the time and place of making theapplication to be given to the circuit or prosecuting attorneyfor the county in which the application is to be made, if at thetime thereof such attorney be in the county, and upon suchnotice, it shall be the duty of such attorney to attend upon thehearing of such application on behalf of the state.

(RSMo 1939 § 1658, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1494; 1919 § 1944; 1909 § 2509

Effective 1-2-79

(1975) This section superseded as to writs of habeas corpus by supreme court rule 84.22. Reiter v. Camp (A.), 518 S.W.2d 82.