STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 544 Arrest, Examination, Commitment and Bail

• 544.010. Magistrate defined.
• 544.020. Issuance of warrant upon complaint.
• 544.030. Issuance of warrants by associate circuit judge.
• 544.040. Bail, associate circuit judge may grant, when.
• 544.045. License to operate motor vehicle may be deposited in lieu of bail--exceptions--failure to appear, notice to director of revenue.
• 544.046. Compact--entered into.
• 544.050. Recognizances.
• 544.060. Issuance of warrants by clerk upon indictments.
• 544.070. Issuance of process.
• 544.080. Issuance of warrant to sheriff--execution.
• 544.090. Warrants, where executed.
• 544.100. Arrest in another county--procedure.
• 544.110. Escape to another county when guilty of felony.
• 544.120. Attempted escape of felon, officers to pursue--arrest.
• 544.130. Attempted escape, proceeding after arrest.
• 544.145. Governor may offer reward for escaped felon--payment.
• 544.150. Reward by county commission.
• 544.155. Uniform fresh pursuit law.
• 544.157. Law enforcement officers, conservation agents, capitol police, park rangers and water patrol agents, arrest powers--fresh pursuit defined--policy of agency electing to institute vehicular pur
• 544.160. Escaped prisoner may be retaken after term expires.
• 544.170. Twenty hours detention on arrest without warrant--twenty-four hours detention for certain offenses, rights of confinee--violations, penalty.
• 544.180. Arrest.
• 544.190. Rights of officer in making arrests.
• 544.193. Strip searches prohibited, when--how executed if authorized.
• 544.195. Rights and remedies of person wronged.
• 544.197. Sections 544.193 to 544.197 not applicable, when.
• 544.200. Officer may break open doors.
• 544.210. Arrests, when.
• 544.216. Powers of arrest, arrest without warrant on suspicion persons violating any law of state including infractions, misdemeanors and ordinances, exception--power of municipal officer in unincorpo
• 544.220. Conveyance of prisoner through another county.
• 544.230. Officer not subject to arrest--posse.
• 544.240. Duty of jailer.
• 544.250. Preliminary hearing, when required--release, when, what conditions.
• 544.260. Arrest of person, where tried.
• 544.270. Procedure before associate circuit judge.
• 544.275. State correctional facilities may be used for certain civil or criminal proceedings not requiring a jury.
• 544.280. Trial, how conducted.
• 544.290. Disqualification of associate circuit judge.
• 544.300. Proceedings in case of disqualification.
• 544.310. Associate circuit judge may call associate.
• 544.320. Adjournment of hearing by associate circuit judge--release of prisoner, when, what conditions.
• 544.330. Failure to appear under recognizance.
• 544.340. Commitment of party, when.
• 544.350. Complaint to be read, time given for advice.
• 544.360. Exclusion of witnesses from examination.
• 544.370. Homicide, written evidence.
• 544.376. Crime laboratory reports, evidence as to test results, procedure--person conducting tests, recorded interview prior to hearing, procedure, right to subpoena.
• 544.380. Examination of prisoner and his witnesses.
• 544.390. Examination and recognizance, certified, when.
• 544.400. Failure of associate circuit judge to discharge duty.
• 544.410. Discharge, when ordered.
• 544.420. Recognizance, when required.
• 544.430. Who may be bound by recognizance.
• 544.440. Commitment of witnesses.
• 544.455. Release of person charged, when--conditions which may be imposed.
• 544.457. Bail, amount of, information which may be considered--denial of bail--special conditions.
• 544.470. Commitment of prisoner, when--presumption for aliens unlawfully present.
• 544.490. What courts may accept recognizance.
• 544.500. Recognizance, disposition of.
• 544.510. Bail, when taken other than by court.
• 544.520. Name of prosecutor returned with bail bond.
• 544.530. Bond or recognizance, by whom taken.
• 544.540. Court to fix conditions for release, when.
• 544.550. Recognizances, how taken.
• 544.560. Sheriff may set conditions for release, when.
• 544.570. Recognizances returned to clerk.
• 544.575. No proceeding upon a recognizance defeated for defects.
• 544.580. Qualification of sureties.
• 544.590. When security deemed sufficient.
• 544.600. Surrender of principal, how made.
• 544.610. Discharge of bailor's liability, how.
• 544.620. What deemed a surrender.
• 544.630. Other bail.
• 544.640. Recognizance forfeited, when.
• 544.650. Writ of scire facias, how served.
• 544.660. Writs of scire facias, service construed.
• 544.665. Failure to appear, penalty.
• 544.671. Certain defendants not entitled to bail for certain offenses.
• 544.676. Court may deny bail upon showing that defendant poses danger to victim, witness, or community--considerations--right to trial, time limit.

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