548.121. Confinement in jail when necessary. - Missouri Statutes

Confinement in jail when necessary.

548.121. 1. The officer or persons executing the governor'swarrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whomthe prisoner may have been delivered, may, when necessary,confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city throughwhich he may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive andsafely keep the prisoner until the officer or person havingcharge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer orperson being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

2. The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom aprisoner may have been delivered following extraditionproceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have beendelivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and whois passing through this state with such a prisoner for thepurpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demandingstate may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail ofany county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper ofsuch jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until theofficer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on hisroute, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with theexpense of keeping; provided, however, that such officer or agentshall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactorywritten evidence of the fact that he is actually transportingsuch prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by theexecutive authority of such demanding state. Such prisonershall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in thisstate.

(L. 1953 p. 425 § 12)