544.540. Court to fix conditions for release, when. - Missouri Statutes

Court to fix conditions for release, when.

544.540. If the defendant is not arrested or in custodyduring the term at which an indictment for felony is returned,the court must fix the conditions for release as provided insection 544.455 required of the defendant, and the clerk mustendorse the conditions on the warrant; but if no order fixing theconditions for release has* been made, the sheriff may present thewarrant to the judge of the court, and such judge may thereuponendorse the conditions for release required; or if the judge isnot in the county, the clerk may fix the conditions for release.

(RSMo 1939 § 3963, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1160)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3574; 1919 § 3917; 1909 § 5124

*Word "have" appears in original rolls.