550.210. Fee bill, how certified--information required. - Missouri Statutes

Fee bill, how certified--information required.

550.210. When a fee bill shall be certified to the director of thedepartment of corrections for payment, the certificate of the judge andprosecuting attorney shall contain a statement of the following facts:that they have strictly examined the bill of costs; that the defendant wasconvicted or acquitted, and if convicted, the nature and extent ofpunishment assessed, or the cause continued generally, as the case may be;that the offense charged is a capital one, or punishable solely byimprisonment in the penitentiary, as the case may be; that the serviceswere rendered for which charges are made, and that the fees charged areexpressly authorized by law, and that they are properly taxed against theproper party, and that the fees of no more than three witnesses to proveany one fact are allowed. In cases in which the defendant is convicted,the judge and prosecuting attorney shall certify, in addition to theforegoing facts, that the defendant is insolvent, and that no costs chargedin the fee bill, fees for the cost of incarceration, including a reasonablesum to cover occupancy costs, excepted, were incurred on the part of thedefendant.

(RSMo 1939 § 4239, A. 1949 H.B. 2146, A.L. 1977 H.B. 427, A.L. 2006 S.B. 870)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3844; 1919 § 4187; 1909 § 5395

Effective 7-01-06