544.560. Sheriff may set conditions for release, when. - Missouri Statutes

Sheriff may set conditions for release, when.

544.560. When any sheriff or other officer shall arrest aparty by virtue of a warrant upon an indictment, or shall have aperson in custody under a warrant of commitment on account offailing to find conditions for release as provided in section544.455, and the conditions for release required are specified onthe warrant, or if the case is a misdemeanor, such officer mayset the conditions for release, and discharge the person so heldfrom actual custody.

(RSMo 1939 § 3965, A.L. 1957 p. 379, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1160)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3576; 1919 § 3919; 1909 § 5126