546.610. Copy of commitment to sheriff--prisoner, how and where delivered. - Missouri Statutes

Copy of commitment to sheriff--prisoner, how and where delivered.

546.610. When any offender shall be committed to thedepartment of corrections the clerk of the court in which thesentence was passed shall forthwith deliver a certified copythereof to the sheriff of the county, who shall, without delay,either in person or by a general and usual deputy, cause suchoffender to be transported to a place designated by the directorof the department of corrections and delivered to the chiefadministrative officer thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 4106, A.L. 1971 S.B. 293, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3717; 1919 § 4061; 1909 § 5267

CROSS REFERENCE:

Commitments to state penal institutions, how made, RSMo 217.305