548.131. Arrest prior to requisition.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

548.131. Arrest prior to requisition.

Arrest prior to requisition.

548.131. Whenever any person within this state shall becharged on the oath of any credible person before any judge orassociate circuit judge of this state with the commission of anycrime in any other state and, except in cases arising undersection 548.061, with having fled from justice, or with havingbeen convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped fromconfinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation orparole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before anyjudge or associate circuit judge in this state setting forth onthe affidavit of any credible person in another state that acrime has been committed in such other state and that the accusedhas been charged in such state with the commission of the crime,and, except in cases arising under section 548.061, has fled fromjustice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that stateand having escaped from confinement, or having broken the termsof his bail, probation or parole, and is believed to be in thisstate, the judge or associate circuit judge shall issue a warrantdirected to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend theperson named therein, wherever he may be found in this state, andto bring him before the same or any other judge, associatecircuit judge or court who or which may be available in orconvenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made,to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certifiedcopy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon whichthe warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant, providedthat when a complaint shall be made against any person under theterms of this chapter, the judge or associate circuit judge shalltake from the prosecutor a bond, to the clerk of the court, withsufficient security, to secure the payment of the costs andexpenses which may accrue by occasion of the arrest and detentionof the party charged, which bond shall be certified and returned,with the examination, to the office of the circuit clerk and whenany such recognizance shall be forfeited, it shall inure to thebenefit of the state.