542.190. Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state. - Missouri Statutes

Special deputies and policemen to be residents of state.

542.190. No sheriff of a county, mayor of a city or otherprivate person authorized by law to appoint special deputies,marshals or policemen in this state to preserve the public peaceand quell public disturbances shall appoint as special deputies,marshals or policemen any person who is not a resident of thisstate and who has not been a resident of this state for at leastthree years prior to his appointment.

(RSMo 1939 § 4622, A.L. 1955 p. 515)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4233; 1919 § 3480; 1909 § 4695

CROSS REFERENCE:

Bona fide citizens only may be deputized, RSMo 57.117, 85.005