545.050. No indictment for any trespass against the person orproperty of another, not amounting to a felony, except for petit larceny,and no indictment for the disturbance of the peace of a person, or forlibel or slander, shall be preferred unless the name of a prosecutor isaffixed thereto, thus: "A B, prosecutor", except where the same ispreferred upon the information and testimony of one or more grand jurors,or of some public officer in the necessary discharge of his or her duty.
(RSMo 1939 § 3931, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 2009 H.B. 62 merged with H.B. 481)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3542; 1919 § 3887; 1909 § 5095